CALETECH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC188013 · ltd · incorporated 1998-07-28
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 25.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
£444.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
74 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £444,254
Cash YoY
+516%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£23k
↑ 516% YoY
Net Worth
£444k
↑ 6.0% YoY
Current Assets
£446k
↑ 7.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£89k£178k£268k£357k£446kJul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£444.3k£419.3k
Current assets£445.9k£414.6k
Cash£22.6k£3.7k
Debtors£423.3k£411.0k
Net assets£444.3k£419.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-30
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  2. 2024-04-30
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  3. 2023-04-30
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  4. 2022-05-09
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  5. 2021-07-30
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  6. 2021-06-17
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    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2021-06-17
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    Charge satisfied #1
  8. 2020-07-30
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  9. 2019-06-03
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  10. 2018-04-30
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  11. 2017-04-30
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  12. 2016-08-25
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  13. 2015-08-21
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  14. 2015-05-06
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  15. 2014-08-20
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  16. 2014-06-16
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  17. 2000-09-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  18. 1998-08-17
    ➕
    TOUGH, Norman appointed
    secretary
  19. 1998-08-17
    ➕
    MATTHEWS, Stuart appointed
    director
  20. 1998-08-17
    ➕
    TOUGH, Norman appointed
    director
  21. 1998-08-17
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1998-08-17
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    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1998-07-28
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    Company incorporated
    As CALETECH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
  24. 1998-07-28
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1998-07-28
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

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 76 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Norman Tough
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 11/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-07-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

The Business Centre
Denside School Glenogil
Forfar
Angus
DD8 3SQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-08
Last: 2025-07-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

TOUGH, Norman→
secretary · appointed 1998-08-17
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Active
MATTHEWS, Stuart→
director · ~58y · appointed 1998-08-17
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Active
TOUGH, Norman→
director · ~76y · appointed 1998-08-17
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-07-28 · resigned 1998-08-17
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-07-28 · resigned 1998-08-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property25/09/200017/06/2021

Recent filings (74 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
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accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-03