CALEDONIAN COURIER SERVICES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC248011 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-18
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£51.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Unlicenced Carrier
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). 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 (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
59 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 £51,643
Net assets shrinking
Down £20,469 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£52k
↓ 28% YoY
Current Assets
£61k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£18k£37k£55k£74k£92kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£67.0k£98.9k
Current assets£60.8k£92.0k
Cash—£50.2k
Debtors—£41.8k
Net assets£51.6k£72.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-21
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  2. 2024-04-24
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  3. 2023-05-02
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  4. 2022-04-06
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  5. 2021-04-22
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  6. 2020-04-29
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  7. 2019-05-20
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  8. 2018-06-05
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  9. 2018-06-03
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    HENDERSON, Ewan appointed
    director
  10. 2018-05-08
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  11. 2018-04-24
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    HENDERSON, Ewan resigned
    director
  12. 2018-04-24
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  13. 2017-05-09
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  14. 2016-06-09
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  15. 2016-05-04
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  16. 2015-08-17
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  17. 2015-04-22
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  18. 2003-04-18
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    Company incorporated
    As CALEDONIAN COURIER SERVICES LTD.
  19. 2003-04-18
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    HENDERSON, John appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-04-18
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    HENDERSON, Colin appointed
    director
  21. 2003-04-18
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    HENDERSON, John appointed
    director
  22. 2003-04-18
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    HENDERSON, Ewan 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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 Ewan Henderson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/1977 · age 49
50–75%
—50-75% shares01/01/2017

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
Incorporated2003-04-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC53202 — Unlicenced Carrier

Registered office

Yard 1 Annfield Row
Dundee
DD1 5JH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-11
Last: 2026-04-27

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

HENDERSON, John→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-18
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HENDERSON, Colin→
director · ~52y · appointed 2003-04-18
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Active
HENDERSON, Ewan→
director · ~49y · appointed 2018-06-03
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Active
HENDERSON, John→
director · ~80y · appointed 2003-04-18
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Active
HENDERSON, Ewan→
director · ~49y · appointed 2003-04-18 · resigned 2018-04-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-02
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2025-06-21
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2025-04-28
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2024-04-29
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2024-04-24
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accounts · AA
2023-05-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
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accounts · AA
2022-04-06
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2021-04-27
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accounts · AA
2021-04-22
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accounts · AA
2020-04-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-29
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accounts · AA
2019-05-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-02