CALEDONIAN WOOD FUELS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC335257 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-13
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 8.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£122.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02400
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £122,249
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,789 YoY
Cash YoY
+44%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£103k
↑ 44% YoY
Net Worth
£122k
↓ 1.4% YoY
Current Assets
£155k
↑ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£31k£62k£93k£124k£155kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£138.5k£139.3k
Current assets£154.7k£116.4k
Cash£103.4k£72.0k
Debtors£51.4k£44.4k
Net assets£122.2k£124.0k

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

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1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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  2. 2024-12-23
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  3. 2023-12-17
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  4. 2022-12-14
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  5. 2022-11-30
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  6. 2021-12-28
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  7. 2020-12-17
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  8. 2019-09-30
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  9. 2018-09-27
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  10. 2018-03-22
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  11. 2018-03-21
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  12. 2018-03-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  13. 2018-03-10
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    WILSON, Katherine appointed
    director
  14. 2017-09-29
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  15. 2016-09-29
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  16. 2016-01-12
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  17. 2015-09-28
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  18. 2009-02-04
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    WILSON, Ian appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-02-04
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    WILSON, Colin appointed
    director
  20. 2007-12-13
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    Company incorporated
    As CALEDONIAN WOOD FUELS LIMITED
  21. 2007-12-13
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-12-13
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2007-12-13
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2007-12-13
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Katherine Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1980 · age 46
75–100%
—75-100% shares10/03/2018
Mr Colin Wilson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1979 · age 47
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-12-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC02400 — SIC 02400

Registered office

73 Union Street
Greenock
PA16 8BG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-27
Last: 2025-12-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WILSON, Ian→
secretary · appointed 2009-02-04
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Active
WILSON, Colin→
director · ~47y · appointed 2009-02-04
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Active
WILSON, Katherine→
director · ~46y · appointed 2018-03-10
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-12-13 · resigned 2007-12-13
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-12-13 · resigned 2007-12-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—21/03/2018—
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Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
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accounts · AA
2025-10-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
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accounts · AA
2024-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-30