CALASH LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC222359 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-20
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 23.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£346.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.0y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
100 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £346,082
Net assets shrinking
Down £148,043 YoY
Cash YoY
+48%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£94k
↑ 48% YoY
Net Worth
£346k
↓ 30% YoY
Current Assets
£627k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£140k£279k£419k£559k£698kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£346.2k£507.4k
Current assets£627.2k£698.2k
Cash£94.1k£63.5k
Debtors£533.0k£634.7k
Net assets£346.1k£494.1k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-02-24
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  3. 2024-12-04
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  4. 2023-12-13
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  5. 2023-09-13
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2023-09-13
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    Charge satisfied #1
  7. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-27
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    GALLOW, Iain Daniel appointed
    director
  10. 2022-04-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-05-30
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2021-05-27
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    GRAVES, Leslie John resigned
    secretary
  13. 2021-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-11-20
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  15. 2020-11-03
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  16. 2020-11-03
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  17. 2020-11-03
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  18. 2020-10-28
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    GREGORY, Merlyn resigned
    director
  19. 2020-10-21
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    address · AD01
  20. 2020-01-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2020-01-07
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    LYNCH, Cameron Oliver resigned
    director
  22. 2020-01-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2019-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2018-07-31
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    MACLEAN, Ewen Alistair resigned
    director
  25. 2016-10-13
    ➖
    SMITH, Clive Robert Dean resigned
    director
  26. 2015-07-25
    ➕
    LYNCH, Cameron Oliver appointed
    director
  27. 2014-03-28
    ➕
    GRAVES, Leslie John appointed
    secretary
  28. 2014-03-28
    ➖
    RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2014-02-14
    ➕
    MACLEAN, Ewen Alistair appointed
    director
  30. 2014-02-14
    ➕
    SMITH, Clive Robert Dean appointed
    director
  31. 2012-08-03
    ➖
    GRAVES, Leslie John resigned
    director
  32. 2011-03-31
    ➕
    GREGORY, Merlyn appointed
    director
  33. 2003-04-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
  34. 2002-05-27
    ➕
    GRAVES, Leslie John appointed
    director
  35. 2001-08-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CALASH LIMITED
  36. 2001-08-20
    ➕
    EVETT, Alan John appointed
    director
  37. 2001-08-20
    ➕
    RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan John Evett
Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Leslie John Gravesceased 31/12/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2001-08-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

13 Golden Square
Aberdeen
AB10 1RH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

EVETT, Alan John→
director · ~70y · appointed 2001-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GALLOW, Iain Daniel→
director · ~57y · appointed 2022-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAVES, Leslie John→
secretary · appointed 2014-03-28 · resigned 2021-05-27
Resigned
RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-20 · resigned 2014-03-28
Resigned
GRAVES, Leslie John→
director · ~71y · appointed 2002-05-27 · resigned 2012-08-03
Resigned
GREGORY, Merlyn→
director · ~45y · appointed 2011-03-31 · resigned 2020-10-28
Resigned
LYNCH, Cameron Oliver→
director · ~44y · appointed 2015-07-25 · resigned 2020-01-07
Resigned
MACLEAN, Ewen Alistair→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-02-14 · resigned 2018-07-31
Resigned
SMITH, Clive Robert Dean→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-02-14 · resigned 2016-10-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
Floating charge1 property23/04/200313/09/2023

Recent filings (100 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-09
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-07