CALEDONIAN DEVELOPMENTS LTD.

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SC211941 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-12

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 18.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Oct 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Development of building projects

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.5y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 18.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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.

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Average employees	200	200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-04-02
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2022-07-27
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2021-07-27
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2020-07-29
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2019-07-31
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2018-07-31
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2017-07-31
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2016-07-27
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2015-07-30
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Charge satisfied #1
2008-01-23
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Charge registered #3
Lender: John Mcfarlane
2007-11-22
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2007-10-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2000-10-12
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Company incorporated
As CALEDONIAN DEVELOPMENTS LTD.
2000-10-12
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SIME, Keith John appointed
secretary
2000-10-12
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SIME, Aileen Margaret appointed
director
2000-10-12
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SIME, Keith John appointed
director
2000-10-12
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-10-12
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2000-10-12
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2000-10-12
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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Owner dependency

84/100

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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Keith John Sime Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/10/2016

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

Incorporated2000-10-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Sgurabhal

20 Macbean Road

Kincraig

Inverness Shire

PH21 1AD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-26

Last: 2025-10-12

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SIME, Keith John→

secretary · appointed 2000-10-12

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Active

SIME, Aileen Margaret→

director · ~64y · appointed 2000-10-12

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Active

SIME, Keith John→

director · ~63y · appointed 2000-10-12

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Active

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-10-12 · resigned 2000-10-12

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-10-12 · resigned 2000-10-12

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	John Mcfarlane	Standard security	1 property	23/01/2008	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	Standard security	1 property	22/11/2007	—
satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	16/10/2007	23/07/2011

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