IT'S CAULD LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC341975 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-25
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
46 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31

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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-14
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    BEATTIE, Euphemia appointed
    director
  6. 2022-10-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2021-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2017-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-28
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-12-17
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    address · AD01
  16. 2015-12-16
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  17. 2015-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2008-04-25
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    Company incorporated
    As IT'S CAULD LTD.
  19. 2008-04-25
    ➕
    BEATTIE, Euphemia appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-04-25
    ➕
    BEATTIE, Allan Bernard appointed
    director
  21. 2008-04-25
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-04-25
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2008-04-25
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2008-04-25
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BEATTIE, Euphemia (same surname) appointed 2022-10-14. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Euphemia Beattie
Individual · British · DOB 04/1984 · age 42
75–100%
—75-100% shares29/06/2016

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
Incorporated2008-04-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10200 — SIC 10200

Registered office

27 North Bridge Street
Hawick
Borders
TD9 9BD
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-09
Last: 2025-04-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BEATTIE, Euphemia→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEATTIE, Allan Bernard→
director · ~82y · appointed 2008-04-25
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Active
BEATTIE, Euphemia→
director · ~42y · appointed 2022-10-14
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-04-25 · resigned 2008-04-25
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-04-25 · resigned 2008-04-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-04-09