CALVERLEY DALGETTY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC338928 · ltd · incorporated 2008-03-05
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
52 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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
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. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-12-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2022-12-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-24
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    DALGETTY, Elizabeth Shields, Dr appointed
    director
  15. 2017-10-24
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    DALGETY, Elizabeth Shields, Dr resigned
    secretary
  16. 2017-10-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2017-10-24
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2008-03-05
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    Company incorporated
    As CALVERLEY DALGETTY LIMITED
  19. 2008-03-05
    ➕
    CALVERLEY, Andrfew Leveson Hugh appointed
    director
  20. 2008-03-05
    ➕
    DALGETY, Elizabeth Shields, Dr appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-03-05
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-03-05
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2008-03-05
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2008-03-05
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CALVERLEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Calverley
Individual · Scottish · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-03-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

Orchard House
Orchard House, Dildawn
Castle Douglas
United Kingdom
DG7 1SE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

CALVERLEY, Andrfew Leveson Hugh→
director · ~60y · appointed 2008-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DALGETTY, Elizabeth Shields, Dr→
director · ~62y · appointed 2017-10-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DALGETY, Elizabeth Shields, Dr→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-05 · resigned 2017-10-24
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-03-05 · resigned 2008-03-05
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-03-05 · resigned 2008-03-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-23