CALITEX LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC223423 · ltd · incorporated 2001-09-20
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
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£86
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -48% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £86
Cash draining
Cash down 48% YoY
Cash YoY
-48%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↓ 48% YoY
Net Worth
£86
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£32k
↑ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£6k£13k£19k£26k£32kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£86£72
Current assets£32.2k£24.1k
Cash£4.8k£9.4k
Debtors£25.3k£12.7k
Net assets£86£72

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-11
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  2. 2024-09-25
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  3. 2023-06-29
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  4. 2022-09-28
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  5. 2021-09-24
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  6. 2020-06-30
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  7. 2019-06-26
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  8. 2018-06-21
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  9. 2017-06-01
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  10. 2016-09-08
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  11. 2016-09-08
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  12. 2016-09-08
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  13. 2016-04-21
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  14. 2016-03-24
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  15. 2015-10-16
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  16. 2015-08-28
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    KERSH, Lorraine appointed
    director
  17. 2002-07-17
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    INGRAM, Louise appointed
    director
  18. 2001-09-20
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    Company incorporated
    As CALITEX LIMITED
  19. 2001-09-20
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    KERSH, Loraine appointed
    secretary
  20. 2001-09-20
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    KERSH, Nigel Harry appointed
    director
  21. 2001-09-20
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-09-20
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-09-20
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2001-09-20
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nigel Harry Kersh
Individual · British · DOB 04/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Lorraine Kersh
Individual · British · DOB 10/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-09-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Regent Court
70 West Regent Street
Glasgow
G2 2QZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-04
Last: 2025-09-20

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

KERSH, Loraine→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
INGRAM, Louise→
director · ~77y · appointed 2002-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KERSH, Lorraine→
director · ~74y · appointed 2015-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KERSH, Nigel Harry→
director · ~74y · appointed 2001-09-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-09-20 · resigned 2001-09-20
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-09-20 · resigned 2001-09-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
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2025-06-11
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2024-09-25
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2024-09-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
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accounts · AA
2023-06-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-26
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accounts · AA
2021-09-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-01
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accounts · AA
2020-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-06-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-01