CALEDONIAN CRANES LTD

💤Zombieactive
SC296309 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-30
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of trucks and other heavy vehicles
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
58 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.

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-02-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-06-12
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  11. 2018-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-08
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  13. 2017-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-02-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2006-06-01
    ➕
    STALKER, John appointed
    director
  17. 2006-02-02
    ➖
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  18. 2006-02-02
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    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  19. 2006-01-30
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    Company incorporated
    As CALEDONIAN CRANES LTD
  20. 2006-01-30
    ➕
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-01-30
    ➕
    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
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 62. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Stalker
Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/07/2016

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
Incorporated2006-01-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77120 — Renting and leasing of trucks and other heavy vehicles

Registered office

17 Victoria Street
Aberdeen
AB10 1PU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-13
Last: 2026-01-30

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

STALKER, John→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-06-01
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Active
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-30 · resigned 2006-02-02
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-30 · resigned 2006-02-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-10