CALECON (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC325563 · ltd · incorporated 2007-06-15
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 18.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.7y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-07-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-11-02
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  6. 2023-11-02
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  7. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-08-23
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    SMYTH, Catriona Mary appointed
    director
  9. 2023-08-23
    ➖
    EWART, Peter David Walker resigned
    secretary
  10. 2023-08-23
    ➖
    EWART, Peter David Walker resigned
    director
  11. 2023-08-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2023-08-23
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2023-08-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2022-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-03-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2018-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2012-01-04
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    EWART, Peter David Walker appointed
    director
  22. 2011-08-30
    ➖
    COCKBURN, Vivienne Marie resigned
    secretary
  23. 2011-08-30
    ➕
    EWART, Peter David Walker appointed
    secretary
  24. 2011-08-30
    ➖
    COCKBURN, Vivienne Marie resigned
    director
  25. 2010-09-30
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    Charge satisfied #1
  26. 2007-07-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 2007-07-23
    ➕
    COCKBURN, Vivienne Marie appointed
    secretary
  28. 2007-07-23
    ➖
    MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2007-07-12
    ➖
    MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2007-07-10
    ➕
    FINNIGAN, Martin appointed
    director
  31. 2007-07-10
    ➕
    COCKBURN, Vivienne Marie appointed
    director
  32. 2007-06-15
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    Company incorporated
    As CALECON (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
  33. 2007-06-15
    ➕
    MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2007-06-15
    ➕
    MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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
Ms Catriona Mary Smyth
Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting04/10/2023
Mr Martin Finnigan
Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-06-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

C/O Thomson Cooper Accountants
22 Stafford Street
Edinburgh
EH3 7BD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-29
Last: 2025-06-15

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

FINNIGAN, Martin→
director · ~64y · appointed 2007-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMYTH, Catriona Mary→
director · ~63y · appointed 2023-08-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COCKBURN, Vivienne Marie→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-23 · resigned 2011-08-30
Resigned
EWART, Peter David Walker→
secretary · appointed 2011-08-30 · resigned 2023-08-23
Resigned
MORTON FRASER SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-06-15 · resigned 2007-07-23
Resigned
COCKBURN, Vivienne Marie→
director · ~58y · appointed 2007-07-10 · resigned 2011-08-30
Resigned
EWART, Peter David Walker→
director · ~48y · appointed 2012-01-04 · resigned 2023-08-23
Resigned
MORTON FRASER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-06-15 · resigned 2007-07-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Floating charge1 property31/07/200730/09/2010

Recent filings (73 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-11-02
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-23
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-08-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-28