A C PAVINGS CO LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.06M | £804.4k |
| Current assets | £973.5k | £599.0k |
| Cash | — | £539.0k |
| Debtors | — | £60.0k |
| Net assets | £748.4k | £804.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-02-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-02-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-30📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-22📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-07📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2023-12-07📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2023-12-07📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2023-12-07📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2023-12-07📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2023-12-07📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2023-12-07📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2023-09-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-09-15📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-09-14➕MCCALLUM, James Ryan appointeddirector
- 2023-09-14➖MCCALLUM, Maxine Leanne resigneddirector
- 2022-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2000-03-07🏢Company incorporatedAs A C PAVINGS CO LIMITED
- 2000-03-07➕MCCALLUM, Andrew Peter appointedsecretary
- 2000-03-07➕MCCALLUM, Andrew Peter appointeddirector
- 2000-03-07➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-03-07➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-03-07➕MCCALLUM, Maxine Leanne appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MCCALLUM, James Ryan (same surname) appointed 2023-09-14. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew Peter Mccallum Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest · firm interest | 01/03/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr James Ryan Mccallumceased 25/02/2026· significant influence · trust interest · firm interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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