CALLANDS INVESTMENTS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC323783 · ltd · incorporated 2007-05-16
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 May 2025
Net worth
£1.19M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
45 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,187,645
Cash YoY
+254%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£268k
↑ 254% YoY
Net Worth
£1.2m
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£277k
↑ 224% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£238k£475k£713k£950k£1.2mMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£1.19M£995.9k
Current assets£277.4k£85.7k
Cash£267.8k£75.7k
Debtors£9.7k£10.0k
Net assets£1.19M£995.9k

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

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
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  2. 2025-02-28
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  3. 2024-02-28
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  4. 2023-02-28
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  5. 2022-02-25
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  6. 2021-03-26
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  7. 2020-02-29
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  8. 2019-02-28
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  9. 2018-02-28
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  10. 2017-02-28
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  11. 2016-06-06
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  12. 2016-02-29
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  13. 2015-10-21
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  14. 2015-08-25
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    GARDNER, Jeremy Damien appointed
    secretary
  15. 2015-06-11
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  16. 2015-02-25
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  17. 2014-06-12
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  18. 2014-06-05
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    CROSS, Robin resigned
    secretary
  19. 2014-06-05
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    CROSS, Robin resigned
    director
  20. 2007-05-16
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    Company incorporated
    As CALLANDS INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  21. 2007-05-16
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    CROSS, Jonathan Robin appointed
    director
  22. 2007-05-16
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    CROSS, Robin appointed
    secretary
  23. 2007-05-16
    ➕
    CROSS, Robin appointed
    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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — 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 60. 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 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 Jonathan Robin Cross
Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60
——board controlboard 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
Incorporated2007-05-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Netherby House
60 Abbotsford Road
Galashiels
TD1 3HP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-30
Last: 2025-05-16

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

GARDNER, Jeremy Damien→
secretary · appointed 2015-08-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROSS, Jonathan Robin→
director · ~60y · appointed 2007-05-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROSS, Robin→
secretary · appointed 2007-05-16 · resigned 2014-06-05
Resigned
CROSS, Robin→
director · ~96y · appointed 2007-05-16 · resigned 2014-06-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-02-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
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accounts · AA
2025-02-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-18
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accounts · AA
2024-02-28
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2023-05-30
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accounts · AA
2023-02-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-02-28