TACAL JOINERY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

SC305552 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-17

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.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

£2

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Joinery installation

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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 (69/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

46 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £2

Very low cash

Cash position: £2

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2

Net Worth

£2

Current Assets

£2

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-07-31
Total assets	£2
Current assets	£2
Cash	£2
Net assets	£2

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-04-23
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accounts · AAMD
2026-04-13
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accounts · AA
2025-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-01-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-12-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2020-03-24
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accounts · AA
2019-03-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-04-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-04-01
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accounts · AA
2016-04-07
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accounts · AA
2006-07-17
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Company incorporated
As TACAL JOINERY LIMITED
2006-07-17
➕
THACKREY, Stewart appointed
secretary
2006-07-17
➕
CALDWELL, Douglas appointed
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 20 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stewart Thackrey Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	17/07/2016
Mr Douglas Caldwell Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	17/07/2016

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

Incorporated2006-07-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

18 Park Street

Dumbarton

G82 1RF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last: 2025-07-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

THACKREY, Stewart→

secretary · appointed 2006-07-17

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Active

CALDWELL, Douglas→

director · ~66y · appointed 2006-07-17

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Active

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Recent filings (46 total)

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accounts · AAMD

2026-04-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-22