CALLUMN FABRICATIONS LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
SC796750 · ltd · incorporated 2024-01-26
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-162
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
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: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £162

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£162
Current Assets
£1k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-31
Total assets£-162
Current assets£1.2k
Net assets£-162

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-18
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-02-10
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2026-02-02
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2026-01-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-09-24
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2025-01-23
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-01-23
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2025-01-22
    HAWTHORNE, Callumn John appointed
    director
  9. 2025-01-16
    HAWTHORNE, John Forrest resigned
    director
  10. 2024-01-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CALLUMN FABRICATIONS LTD
  11. 2024-01-26
    HAWTHORNE, John Forrest appointed
    director
  12. 2024-01-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 2.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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
Mr Callumn John Hawthorne
Individual · British · DOB 06/2006 · age 20
75100%
75-100% shares26/01/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Forrest Hawthorneceased 16/01/2025· significant influence

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

Similar companies

Active · Trade services · G postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
B&S CONSTRUCTION LTD
SC487776 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
11y
BELLE HEX LIMITED
SC492284 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
11y
BH BUILDING (GLASGOW) LIMITED
SC607106 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
7y
BRAMMERS ENTERTAINMENT LTD
SC444187 · est 2013 · no financials extracted
13y
C AND G PROJECT SERVICES LIMITED
SC805528 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
2y
C AND K COMMERCIAL SERVICES LIMITED
SC744454 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
3y
CALEDONIA CLEANERS LTD
SC866655 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
CALEDONIAN CONTRACTS CLEANING SOLUTIONS LTD
SC761747 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
3y
CALLAN & LINES LTD
SC412122 · est 2011 · no financials extracted
14y
CAMBER MAC LTD
SC758066 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
3y
CAMPBELL FRASER GARDENS LTD
SC822285 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
CAMPBELL MARINE CONSULTANCY LIMITED
SC347000 · est 2008 · no financials extracted
17y
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
Incorporated2024-01-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Pavilion 2 Finnieston Business Park
Minerva Way
Glasgow
G3 8AU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

HAWTHORNE, Callumn John
director · ~20y · appointed 2025-01-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAWTHORNE, John Forrest
director · ~90y · appointed 2024-01-26 · resigned 2025-01-16
Resigned

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

Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-23
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-01-26