CAE SYSTEMS AND CALIBRATION LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC271442 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-02
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
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 26512SIC 26512
  • 28930SIC 28930
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company 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 (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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 (3 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
54 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-06
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2019-08-07
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2018-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-02-18
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    CARDIFF, Lesley Anne appointed
    director
  14. 2016-02-18
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    GALLACHER, James resigned
    director
  15. 2016-02-18
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2016-02-18
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2016-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2005-06-02
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    CARDIFF, Lesley Anne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-06-02
    ➕
    MCKERRACHER, Douglas appointed
    director
  20. 2005-06-02
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2005-06-02
    ➕
    GALLACHER, James appointed
    director
  22. 2005-06-02
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2004-08-02
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    Company incorporated
    As CAE SYSTEMS AND CALIBRATION LTD
  24. 2004-08-02
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-08-02
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 Douglas Mckerracher
Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence06/04/2016
Ms Lesley Anne Cardiff
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-08-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

Block5, 76 Beardmore Way
Clydebank Industrial Estate
Glasgow
G81 4HT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-16
Last: 2025-08-02

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CARDIFF, Lesley Anne→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-02
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Active
CARDIFF, Lesley Anne→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-02-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKERRACHER, Douglas→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-06-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-08-02 · resigned 2005-06-02
Resigned
GALLACHER, James→
director · ~75y · appointed 2005-06-02 · resigned 2016-02-18
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-08-02 · resigned 2005-06-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-05-15
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-05