CALANNE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06575561 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-24
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£71.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-life insurance
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed financial-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -78% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £71,431
Very low cash
Cash position: £62
Net assets shrinking
Down £26,907 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 78% YoY
Cash YoY
-78%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£62
↓ 78% YoY
Net Worth
£71k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£109k
↓ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£29k£57k£86k£115k£143kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£73.1k£105.0k
Current assets£108.6k£143.1k
Cash£62£281
Debtors£108.5k£142.8k
Net assets£71.4k£98.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-15
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  4. 2023-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-30
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    HARRISON, Wayne appointed
    director
  6. 2023-06-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-06-28
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    gazette · DISS40
  8. 2023-06-27
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2022-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-05-03
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    HARRISON, Wayne resigned
    director
  15. 2018-05-03
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  16. 2018-05-03
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  17. 2018-05-03
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    officers · TM01
  18. 2018-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2008-04-24
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    Company incorporated
    As CALANNE LIMITED
  20. 2008-04-24
    ➕
    HARRISON, Cally Luanne appointed
    director
  21. 2008-04-24
    ➕
    HARRISON, Wayne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Cally Luanne Harrison
Individual · British · DOB 03/1978 · age 48
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Wayne Harrisonceased 03/05/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-04-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC65120 — Non-life insurance

Registered office

Hawthorne Cottage
Sproatley Road
Flinton
East Yorkshire
HU11 4NE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-19
Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HARRISON, Cally Luanne→
director · ~48y · appointed 2008-04-24
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Active
HARRISON, Wayne→
director · ~62y · appointed 2023-06-30
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Active
HARRISON, Wayne→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-04-24 · resigned 2018-05-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-06-28
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-20