JOHN CALLUM LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC196483 · ltd · incorporated 1999-05-24
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£2.54M
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,536,123
Cash YoY
+333%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.0m
↑ 333% YoY
Net Worth
£2.5m
↑ 8.9% YoY
Current Assets
£2.1m
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£507k£1.0m£1.5m£2.0m£2.5mFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£2.65M£2.46M
Current assets£2.11M£1.86M
Cash£1.02M£235.5k
Debtors£740.6k£756.3k
Net assets£2.54M£2.33M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-29
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    BOOTH, Conor David appointed
    director
  3. 2025-10-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2021-06-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2021-06-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-06-01
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2021-06-01
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2020-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 1999-05-31
    ➕
    MILLER, Kirsty Diane appointed
    secretary
  19. 1999-05-31
    ➕
    MILLER, Peter Stewart appointed
    director
  20. 1999-05-31
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1999-05-31
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 1999-05-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As JOHN CALLUM LTD.
  23. 1999-05-24
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1999-05-24
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
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.
  • 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.
  • 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 Kirsty Diane Miller
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares25/05/2020
Mr Peter Stewart Miller
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-05-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46310 — Wholesale of fruit and vegetables

Registered office

Unit 51
Bandeath Industrial, Throsk
Stirling
Stirlingshire
FK7 7NP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-07
Last: 2025-05-24

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MILLER, Kirsty Diane→
secretary · appointed 1999-05-31
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Active
BOOTH, Conor David→
director · ~34y · appointed 2025-10-29
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Active
MILLER, Peter Stewart→
director · ~61y · appointed 1999-05-31
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-05-24 · resigned 1999-05-31
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-05-24 · resigned 1999-05-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-06-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-01