A & E E CALLAN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04888177 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-04
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£8.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Credit granting by non-deposit taking finance houses and other specialist consumer credit grantors
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £8,225
Net assets shrinking
Down £12,885 YoY
Cash YoY
+25%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£37k
↑ 25% YoY
Net Worth
£8k
↓ 61% YoY
Current Assets
£162k
↓ 4.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£34k£67k£101k£135k£168kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£37.6k£56.0k
Current assets£161.7k£168.4k
Cash£36.7k£29.5k
Debtors£125.0k£139.0k
Net assets£8.2k£21.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-01-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-11-17
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-04
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-08-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2019-08-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-04-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-03-10
    ➖
    CALLAN, Anthony resigned
    director
  16. 2017-03-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2015-04-15
    ➕
    CALLAN, Mark Philippe appointed
    director
  18. 2003-09-10
    ➖
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2003-09-09
    ➖
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  20. 2003-09-04
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A & E E CALLAN LIMITED
  21. 2003-09-04
    ➕
    CALLAN, Maureen appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-09-04
    ➕
    CALLAN, Maureen appointed
    director
  23. 2003-09-04
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-09-04
    ➕
    CALLAN, Anthony appointed
    director
  25. 2003-09-04
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 "CALLAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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 Mark Philippe Callan
Individual · British · DOB 07/1983 · age 43
75–100%
—75-100% shares11/01/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Anthony Callanceased 30/08/2019· 50-75% shares

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
Incorporated2003-09-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64921 — Credit granting by non-deposit taking finance houses and other specialist consumer credit grantors

Registered office

Hamilton House
141 Priory Road
Liverpool
L4 2SG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-17
Last: 2026-01-03

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CALLAN, Maureen→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CALLAN, Mark Philippe→
director · ~43y · appointed 2015-04-15
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Active
CALLAN, Maureen→
director · ~81y · appointed 2003-09-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-04 · resigned 2003-09-10
Resigned
CALLAN, Anthony→
director · ~82y · appointed 2003-09-04 · resigned 2017-03-10
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-04 · resigned 2003-09-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-10