CALLAN ACCOUNTANCY GLASGOW LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC747838 · ltd · incorporated 2022-10-19
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 6 → 8
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Filings: 68
Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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

🔒Estimated value
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Oct 2023
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69203Tax consultancy
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2023-10-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 2 dissolution
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 2 dissolution
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 2 dissolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-07
    📄
    dissolution-withdrawal-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS02
  2. 2026-07-07
    📄
    dissolution-application-strike-off-company
    dissolution · DS01
  3. 2025-10-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CALLAN ACCOUNTANCY GLASGOW LIMITED
  6. 2022-10-19
    WARD, Stephen Joseph appointed
    director
  7. 2022-10-19
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
Stephen Joseph Ward
Individual · British · DOB 11/1969 · age 57
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control19/10/2022

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Professional services · G postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
MOULSDALE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
SC491741 · est 2014
£117.51M
£86.58M£148.43M
11810011y8372y
MCGHEE GROUP LIMITED
SC362390 · est 2009
£20.62M
£15.19M£26.04M
16y8767y
I3WORKS LTD
SC477423 · est 2014
£16.71M
£12.31M£21.11M
£38.15M1420012y9261y
DOUGALL HOLDINGS LIMITED
SC182259 · est 1998
£15.47M
£11.40M£19.54M
54028y8584y
24/26 HOLDINGS LTD
SC470528 · est 2014
£4.81M
£3.54M£6.07M
2612y8567y
INTERLOCK INVESTMENTS LIMITED
SC057982 · est 1975
£3.26M
£2.40M£4.11M
2051y8572y
SKYVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
SC153156 · est 1994
£837.2k
£616.9k£1.06M
£680.4k10031y8865y
ACCU-TECH SYSTEMS LIMITED
SC223891 · est 2001
£22.3k
£16.4k£28.2k
£413.2k30024y8558y
'A' FLIGHT AVIATION LIMITED
SC157855 · est 1995
£6.9k31y8372y
AKELA PLANT HIRE LTD
SC313584 · est 2006
£1.74M19y8358y
ANDERSON KNIGHT LIMITED
SC214850 · est 2001
230025y8363y
ASSISTING SUCCESS LIMITED
SC294900 · est 2005
£29.2k20y8362y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-10-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Office 3/7 54 Gordon Street
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G1 3PU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-01
Last: 2025-10-18

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

WARD, Stephen Joseph
director · ~57y · appointed 2022-10-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (8 total)

dissolution-withdrawal-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS02
2026-07-07
dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-10-19