CALMAC DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC084696 · ltd · incorporated 1983-09-22
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 38.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£3.65M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 38.3y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 38.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
112 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £3,647,689
Cash YoY
+20%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£430k
↑ 20% YoY
Net Worth
£3.6m
↑ 7.4% YoY
Current Assets
£536k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £4.20M | £4.09M |
| Current assets | £536.1k | £473.1k |
| Cash | £429.6k | £358.6k |
| Debtors | £8.3k | £8.3k |
| Net assets | £3.65M | £3.40M |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-01-15➖MCCALL, Janet Dobie resigneddirector
- 2025-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-02📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2022-10-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-10-10📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2022-10-10📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-10-04📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-09-30➖KIRKPATRICK, Janet Dobie resigneddirector
- 2022-09-29📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-09-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-09-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-14➖KIRKPATRICK, Ian William resigneddirector
- 2021-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2008-10-30➖MCCALL SNR, George Dobie resigneddirector
- 2002-02-15🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Scottish & Newcastle PLC
- 2002-02-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1988-12-31➕MCCALL, George Dobie appointedsecretary
- 1988-12-31➕MCCALL, George Dobie appointeddirector
- 1987-12-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 1983-09-22🏢Company incorporatedAs CALMAC DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 37 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 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 37 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr George Dobie Mccall Individual · British · DOB 05/1951 · age 75 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Elizabeth Janis Mccall Individual · British · DOB 03/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 30/09/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Janet Dobie Kirkpatrickceased 23/09/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1983-09-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Registered office
Farries Kirk Mcvean Dumfries Enterprise Park
Heathhall
Dumfries
Dumfries & Galloway
DG1 3SJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-13
Last: 2025-09-29
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
MCCALL, George Dobie→
Activesecretary · appointed 1988-12-31
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Active
MCCALL, George Dobie→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 1988-12-31
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KIRKPATRICK, Ian William→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · resigned 2022-04-14
KIRKPATRICK, Janet Dobie→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · resigned 2022-09-30
MCCALL, Janet Dobie→
Resigneddirector · ~97y · resigned 2026-01-15
MCCALL SNR, George Dobie→
Resigneddirector · ~102y · resigned 2008-10-30
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Scottish & Newcastle Scottish & Newcastle PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 15/02/2002 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 01/02/2002 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 30/12/1987 | — |
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Recent filings (112 total)
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2022-11-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-10-10
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2022-10-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-09-29