MCCALL ENERGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC509929 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-02

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 10.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35110

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.4y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 10.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

23 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Average employees	300	300

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

filings

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-05-15
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2024-04-02
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2023-05-22
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2022-04-28
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2021-05-28
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2020-05-18
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2019-05-07
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2018-05-29
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2017-03-31
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2017-03-15
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accounts · AA01
2017-02-24
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officers · TM01
2017-02-04
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MCCALL, Kathleen Jean Brander resigned
director
2015-12-16
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mortgage · MR01
2015-12-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Close Leasing Limited
2015-07-02
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Company incorporated
As MCCALL ENERGY LIMITED
2015-07-02
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MCCALL, Andrew Lockhart appointed
director
2015-07-02
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MCCALL, Angus Robert Lockhart appointed
director
2015-07-02
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MCCALL, Ian Harold Lockhart appointed
director
2015-07-02
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MCCALL, Kathleen Jean Brander appointed
director
2015-07-02
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Owner dependency

88/100

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

+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MCCALL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ian Harold Lockhart Mccall Individual · British · DOB 09/1949 · age 77	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% 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

Incorporated2015-07-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Westby

64 West High Street

Forfar

Tayside

DD8 1BJ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-15

Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MCCALL, Andrew Lockhart→

director · ~46y · appointed 2015-07-02

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MCCALL, Angus Robert Lockhart→

director · ~47y · appointed 2015-07-02

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Active

MCCALL, Ian Harold Lockhart→

director · ~77y · appointed 2015-07-02

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Active

MCCALL, Kathleen Jean Brander→

director · ~76y · appointed 2015-07-02 · resigned 2017-02-04

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Close Leasing Close Leasing Limited	A registered charge	1 property	09/12/2015	—

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