CCL GLOBAL ENTERPRISES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC343232 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-21
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 9.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70100Activities of head offices
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.5y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
83 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
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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

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-08-02
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2025-08-02
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    Charge satisfied #1
  5. 2025-07-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-07-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-07-29
    ➕
    LEES, Clare Melissa appointed
    director
  8. 2025-07-29
    ➖
    COCKBURN, David Richard resigned
    director
  9. 2025-06-17
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2025-06-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  11. 2025-05-06
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  12. 2025-05-06
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  14. 2023-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  15. 2023-05-03
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  16. 2023-05-03
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  17. 2022-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-07-30
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  22. 2017-05-31
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    GIBSON, Mark Robert Hunter resigned
    director
  23. 2016-11-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  24. 2016-10-24
    ➕
    GIBSON, Mark Robert Hunter appointed
    director
  25. 2016-07-27
    ➕
    COCKBURN, David Richard appointed
    director
  26. 2010-04-06
    ➕
    LOUDON, Alison Jane Bruce appointed
    director
  27. 2008-05-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CCL GLOBAL ENTERPRISES LTD.
  28. 2008-05-21
    ➕
    BASTOCK, Debbie appointed
    secretary
  29. 2008-05-21
    ➕
    BASTOCK, Callum Niven appointed
    director
  30. 2008-05-21
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  31. 2008-05-21
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  32. 2008-05-21
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-director
  33. 2008-05-21
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Callum Bastock
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 12/1967 · age 59
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-05-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Ccl House
27 Burnside Place
Troon
Ayrshire
KA10 6LZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

BASTOCK, Debbie→
secretary · appointed 2008-05-21
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Active
BASTOCK, Callum Niven→
director · ~59y · appointed 2008-05-21
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Active
LEES, Clare Melissa→
director · ~60y · appointed 2025-07-29
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Active
LOUDON, Alison Jane Bruce→
director · ~70y · appointed 2010-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-05-21 · resigned 2008-05-21
Resigned
COCKBURN, David Richard→
director · ~56y · appointed 2016-07-27 · resigned 2025-07-29
Resigned
GIBSON, Mark Robert Hunter→
director · ~57y · appointed 2016-10-24 · resigned 2017-05-31
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-05-21 · resigned 2008-05-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge—11/06/2025—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—11/11/201602/08/2025
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Recent filings (83 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-08-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-31
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-06-17
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-05-06
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-29