MAXI CALEDONIAN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC403078 · ltd · incorporated 2011-07-06

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (88/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

11 officers (6 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

56 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £5,107,612

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Profit before tax	£5.11M	—	—
Average employees	369	—	—

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-05-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
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confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2025-05-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-10-03
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-10-03
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-09-26
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-26
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-09-26
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-06-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-11-07
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officers · AP03
2022-11-07
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-10-27
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ROGERSON, Carrieanne appointed
secretary
2022-10-27
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LOGAN, Catherine resigned
secretary
2022-05-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-09-29
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2020-07-27
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AAMD
2020-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2020-05-07
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ROGERSON, Carrieanne appointed
director
2012-09-26
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ATKINSON, Douglas Finlay appointed
director
2012-09-26
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ATKINSON, Richard Elliott appointed
director
2011-07-27
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ATKINSON, Gerald Elliott appointed
director
2011-07-27
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ATKINSON, Ruth Elizabeth appointed
director
2011-07-27
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LOGAN, Catherine appointed
secretary
2011-07-27
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D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2011-07-27
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ROSE, Kenneth Charles resigned
director
2011-07-27
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D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2011-07-27
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D.W. DIRECTOR 1 LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2011-07-06
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Company incorporated
As MAXI CALEDONIAN LIMITED
2011-07-06
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D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2011-07-06
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ROSE, Kenneth Charles appointed
director
2011-07-06
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D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2011-07-06
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D.W. DIRECTOR 1 LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 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

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gerald Elliott Atkinson Individual · British · DOB 02/1944 · age 82	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2011-07-06

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Elliott House

Kilwinning Road

Irvine

Ayrshire

KA12 8TG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-16

Last: 2026-04-02