CALVERT OFFICE EQUIPMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
NI006103 · ltd · incorporated 1964-08-31
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 42.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£11.08M
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
—
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 42.6y

95/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 42.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (2/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
84
Directors & officers
9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
162 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £2,236,090

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-31
Turnover£11.08M
Gross profit£6.73M
Operating profit£2.21M
Profit before tax£2.24M
Average employees4500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-19
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  2. 2025-03-27
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  3. 2024-04-03
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  4. 2023-11-22
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2023-11-22
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    Charge satisfied #3
  6. 2023-03-01
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-14
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  8. 2021-03-08
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  9. 2020-03-13
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  10. 2019-02-08
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  11. 2018-02-06
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  12. 2017-04-06
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-02-23
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  14. 2015-12-24
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  15. 2015-07-10
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  16. 2015-06-30
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2015-06-24
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    ROPER, Alan David appointed
    director
  18. 2015-06-24
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Benjamin Scott appointed
    director
  19. 2008-12-01
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    HOUSTON, Henry Kevin Patterson appointed
    director
  20. 2008-03-14
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    CALVERT, David Andrew appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-03-14
    ➕
    CALVERT, David Andrew appointed
    director
  22. 2008-03-14
    ➕
    CALVERT, Robert Ross appointed
    director
  23. 2008-03-14
    ➖
    CALVERT, Brian resigned
    secretary
  24. 2008-03-14
    ➖
    CALVERT, Brian resigned
    director
  25. 2008-03-14
    ➖
    CALVERT, Veronica resigned
    director
  26. 1996-12-06
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lombard & Ulster
  27. 1995-07-24
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    Charge satisfied #2
  28. 1994-11-25
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    Charge registered #2
    Mortgage or charge
  29. 1994-10-10
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    Charge satisfied #1
  30. 1983-09-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lombard & Ulster
  31. 1964-08-31
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    Company incorporated
    As CALVERT OFFICE EQUIPMENT LIMITED
  32. 1964-08-31
    ➕
    CALVERT, Brian appointed
    secretary
  33. 1964-08-31
    ➕
    CALVERT, Brian appointed
    director
  34. 1964-08-31
    ➕
    CALVERT, Veronica appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CALVERT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 62 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.)

Group structure

Orby Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Orby Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CALVERT OFFICE EQUIPMENT LIMITED
This company · NI006103

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Orby Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1964-08-31
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

20 Orby Link
Belfast
BT5 5HU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (6 active · 3 resigned)

CALVERT, David Andrew→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-14
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Active
CALVERT, David Andrew→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-03-14
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Active
CALVERT, Robert Ross→
director · ~50y · appointed 2008-03-14
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Active
HOUSTON, Henry Kevin Patterson→
director · ~61y · appointed 2008-12-01
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Active
ROPER, Alan David→
director · ~61y · appointed 2015-06-24
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Active
THOMPSON, Benjamin Scott→
director · ~50y · appointed 2015-06-24
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Active
CALVERT, Brian→
secretary · appointed 1964-08-31 · resigned 2008-03-14
Resigned
CALVERT, Brian→
director · ~90y · appointed 1964-08-31 · resigned 2008-03-14
Resigned
CALVERT, Veronica→
director · ~84y · appointed 1964-08-31 · resigned 2008-03-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lombard & Ulster
Mortgage or charge3 properties06/12/199622/11/2023
satisfied
Unknown
Mortgage or charge1 property25/11/199424/07/1995
satisfied
Lombard & Ulster
Mortgage or charge2 properties30/09/198310/10/1994

Recent filings (162 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-15
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-13