CCL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC169967 · ltd · incorporated 1996-11-19
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 5.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62090Other information technology service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 5.4y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees29003400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-08-02
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2025-08-02
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    Charge satisfied #1
  6. 2025-07-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-07-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2025-07-29
    ➕
    LEES, Clare Melissa appointed
    director
  9. 2025-07-29
    ➖
    COCKBURN, David Richard resigned
    director
  10. 2025-06-17
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  11. 2025-06-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  12. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-03-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  16. 2021-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-12-19
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2020-12-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  19. 2020-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-08-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2019-07-31
    ➖
    PERKINS, Howard resigned
    director
  23. 2019-06-20
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  24. 2018-12-13
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  25. 2017-11-03
    ➕
    BASTOCK, Callum Niven appointed
    director
  26. 2017-11-03
    ➖
    MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2017-11-03
    ➕
    COCKBURN, David Richard appointed
    director
  28. 2016-04-01
    ➖
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2016-04-01
    ➕
    MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2015-03-31
    ➖
    STUART, Gordon Charles resigned
    director
  31. 2006-08-14
    ➕
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2006-08-14
    ➖
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2005-01-12
    ➕
    STUART, Gordon Charles appointed
    director
  34. 2003-07-10
    ➕
    YOUNG, David James, Dr appointed
    director
  35. 2003-07-10
    ➖
    PERKINS, Sarah Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  36. 2003-07-10
    ➕
    MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 1996-11-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CCL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LTD
  38. 1996-11-19
    ➕
    PERKINS, Sarah Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  39. 1996-11-19
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  40. 1996-11-19
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  41. 1996-11-19
    ➕
    PERKINS, Howard appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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.)

Group structure

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

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Ccl Technology Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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CCL TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS LTD
This company · SC169967

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
Ccl Technology Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/11/2017
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Howard Perkinsceased 03/11/2017· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
  • Dr David James Youngceased 03/11/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-11-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

27 Burnside Place
Troon
Ayrshire
KA10 6LZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-19
Last: 2025-12-05

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

BASTOCK, Callum Niven→
director · ~59y · appointed 2017-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEES, Clare Melissa→
director · ~60y · appointed 2025-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YOUNG, David James, Dr→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PERKINS, Sarah Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1996-11-19 · resigned 2003-07-10
Resigned
MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-08-14 · resigned 2016-04-01
Resigned
MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-10 · resigned 2006-08-14
Resigned
MBM SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2016-04-01 · resigned 2017-11-03
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-11-19 · resigned 1996-11-19
Resigned
COCKBURN, David Richard→
director · ~56y · appointed 2017-11-03 · resigned 2025-07-29
Resigned
PERKINS, Howard→
director · ~64y · appointed 1996-11-19 · resigned 2019-07-31
Resigned
STUART, Gordon Charles→
director · ~71y · appointed 2005-01-12 · resigned 2015-03-31
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge—11/06/2025—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—10/12/202002/08/2025
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Recent filings (109 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-08-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-31
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-03-29