CALEDONIA TV PRODUCTIONS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

SC141667 · ltd · incorporated 1992-12-09

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£451.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Television programme production activities

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 22.2y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 22.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

15 officers (6 active, 15 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

112 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £451,270

Cash YoY

-9%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£486k

↓ 9.1% YoY

Net Worth

£451k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£608k

↑ 6.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£462.3k	£464.2k
Current assets	£607.9k	£569.7k
Cash	£486.4k	£534.8k
Debtors	£121.5k	£34.8k
Net assets	£451.3k	£447.7k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2025-10-27
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accounts · AA
2024-12-09
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officers · AP01
2024-11-06
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CORBETT, Julie appointed
director
2024-10-04
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accounts · AA
2023-11-16
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accounts · AA
2023-08-10
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capital · SH10
2023-08-09
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incorporation · MA
2023-08-09
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-12-12
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accounts · AA
2021-12-28
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2021-03-29
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accounts · AA
2019-12-31
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accounts · AA
2018-12-31
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accounts · AA
2018-04-05
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capital · SH01
2018-01-05
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accounts · AA
2016-12-16
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accounts · AA
2016-03-31
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FOSTER, Stephen William resigned
director
2007-10-08
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Scottish Screen Enterprises Limited
2007-06-20
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MACLEAN, Faye appointed
director
2006-04-18
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QUAYUM, Sajid Sabeih appointed
secretary
2006-04-18
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QUAYUM, Sajid Sabeih appointed
director
2006-04-18
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WILSON, Leslie Alan resigned
secretary
2005-02-11
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Ingenious Television LLP and Another
2004-10-15
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MURRAY, Brian resigned
secretary
2004-10-15
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WILSON, Leslie Alan appointed
secretary
2004-03-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
2002-07-22
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FOSTER, Stephen William appointed
director
2002-06-13
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MURRAY, Brian appointed
secretary
2002-06-13
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ROBERTSON, Seona Margaret Innes resigned
secretary
2001-11-30
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KANE, Aileen Rafferty resigned
secretary
2001-11-30
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ROBERTSON, Seona Margaret Innes appointed
secretary
2001-11-30
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KANE, Aileen Rafferty resigned
director
1992-12-31
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ROBERTSON, Seona Margaret Innes appointed
director
1992-12-31
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WILSON, Leslie Alan appointed
director
1992-12-31
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KANE, Aileen Rafferty appointed
secretary
1992-12-31
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D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
1992-12-31
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CAMPBELL, Christopher Robert James resigned
director
1992-12-31
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KANE, Aileen Rafferty appointed
director
1992-12-31
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WARD, Laurence Charnock resigned
director
1992-12-09
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Company incorporated
As CALEDONIA TV PRODUCTIONS LTD.
1992-12-09
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D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
1992-12-09
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CAMPBELL, Christopher Robert James appointed
director
1992-12-09
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WARD, Laurence Charnock appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 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

clean

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Seona Margaret Innes Robertson Individual · British · DOB 02/1951 · age 75	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Leslie Alan Wilson Individual · British · DOB 07/1949 · age 77	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1992-12-09

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC59113 — Television programme production activities

Registered office

147 Bath Street

Glasgow

G2 4SQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-23

Last: 2025-12-09