CALLISTO GOLF EQUIPMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC192559 · ltd · incorporated 1999-01-14
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 27.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45190
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 27.2y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-08-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-31
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-10-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-27
    ➕
    LAW, Laura Margaret appointed
    director
  8. 2022-10-27
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-10-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-10-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-11-26
    📄
    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  13. 2019-11-26
    📄
    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  14. 2019-11-26
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    Charge satisfied #3
  15. 2019-11-26
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    Charge satisfied #1
  16. 2019-10-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-10-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-04-01
    ➖
    LAW, Norman James resigned
    secretary
  20. 2009-11-23
    ➖
    NICHOLSON, Anthony Campbell resigned
    director
  21. 2000-08-11
    🔒
    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  22. 1999-03-01
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  23. 1999-01-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CALLISTO GOLF EQUIPMENT LIMITED
  24. 1999-01-14
    ➕
    LAW, Norman James appointed
    director
  25. 1999-01-14
    ➕
    LAW, Norman James appointed
    secretary
  26. 1999-01-14
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1999-01-14
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1999-01-14
    ➕
    NICHOLSON, Anthony Campbell appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Laura Margaret Law
Individual · British · DOB 06/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/10/2022
Mr Norman James Law
Individual · British · DOB 09/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2016

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
Incorporated1999-01-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190

Registered office

11 Hillend Road
Burghmuir
Perth
PH1 1JE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

LAW, Laura Margaret→
director · ~78y · appointed 2022-10-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAW, Norman James→
director · ~77y · appointed 1999-01-14
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Active
LAW, Norman James→
secretary · appointed 1999-01-14 · resigned 2016-04-01
Resigned
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-01-14 · resigned 1999-01-14
Resigned
NICHOLSON, Anthony Campbell→
director · ~89y · appointed 1999-01-14 · resigned 2009-11-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Standard security1 property11/08/200026/11/2019
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property01/03/199926/11/2019

Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-22