TU-MAX STORAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC475554 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-17
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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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52103
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
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.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2024-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-22
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-04-17
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    Company incorporated
    As TU-MAX STORAGE LIMITED
  17. 2014-04-17
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    MCCALLUM, Christopher Morgan appointed
    director
  18. 2014-04-17
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    MCCALLUM, Peter Philip appointed
    director

Owner dependency

79/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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 Christopher Morgan Mccallum
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control19/12/2016

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
Incorporated2014-04-17
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103

Registered office

30 Miller Road
Ayr
KA7 2AY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCCALLUM, Christopher Morgan→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-04-17
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MCCALLUM, Peter Philip→
director · ~34y · appointed 2014-04-17
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Recent filings (28 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-20