CALLIEU FAMILY BUTCHERS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC685277 · ltd · incorporated 2021-01-07
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.
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year to Jan 2025
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Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 74). 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
18 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees-300-200

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-10-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-10-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-10-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-10-16
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2024-10-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2024-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-06-18
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    CALLIEU, Barry John appointed
    secretary
  12. 2021-06-18
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  13. 2021-05-06
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    CALLIEU, Elliott John appointed
    director
  14. 2021-05-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2021-01-07
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    Company incorporated
    As CALLIEU FAMILY BUTCHERS LIMITED
  16. 2021-01-07
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    CALLIEU, Barry John appointed
    director
  17. 2021-01-07
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

96/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CALLIEU" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Barry John Callieu
Individual · British · DOB 10/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control07/01/2021
Mr Elliott John Callieu
Individual · British · DOB 10/1993 · age 33
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control07/01/2021

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
Incorporated2021-01-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47220 — Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores

Registered office

26 Berry View
Upper Scalloway
Shetland
ZE1 0WA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-20
Last: 2026-01-06

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CALLIEU, Barry John→
secretary · appointed 2021-06-18
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Active
CALLIEU, Barry John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2021-01-07
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Active
CALLIEU, Elliott John→
director · ~33y · appointed 2021-05-06
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Recent filings (18 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-16
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-10-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-20