CALEY OCEAN SYSTEMS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC200730 · ltd · incorporated 1999-10-13
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28220
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueLeverage-led grower. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.
Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (62/100).
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Refinance opportunity
16 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 26.4y
25/100
too messy
Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 26.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 7 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 45/100 (high).
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
16 charges (16/16 with lender, 16/16 with type)
90
Directors & officers
18 officers (3 active, 18 linked, 10 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
19 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
151 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
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
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £2,886,774
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £2.89M | £3.16M |
| Average employees | 7200 | 7500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 capital
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 incorporation
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (83 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-07📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-11-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-11-06📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-11-06📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-30📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-01-30🔓Charge satisfied #11
- 2025-01-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2025-01-13📄mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-numbermortgage · 466(Scot)
- 2025-01-13📄mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-numbermortgage · 466(Scot)
- 2025-01-13📄mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-numbermortgage · 466(Scot)
- 2025-01-13📄mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-numbermortgage · 466(Scot)
- 2025-01-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-01-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-12-24🔒Charge registered #16Lender: Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending Limited
- 2024-12-24🔒Charge registered #15Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2024-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-02📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-06-27📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-06-25🔒Charge registered #14Lender: Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending Limited
- 2024-02-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-05📄appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP04
- 2024-02-05📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-02-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-01➕BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2024-02-01➖BUCHAN, Tyler John resignedsecretary
- 2024-01-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-31➖HODKINSON, David John resigneddirector
- 2023-11-28🔒Charge registered #13Lender: Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending Limited
- 2023-11-23🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2023-09-28🔒Charge registered #12Lender: Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending Limited
- 2023-02-02➕HODKINSON, David John appointeddirector
- 2023-01-25🔒Charge registered #11Lender: Santander UK PLC as Security Trustee
- 2022-10-18➖COOPER, David Robert resigneddirector
- 2022-09-30🔓Charge satisfied #10
- 2022-09-30🔓Charge satisfied #9
- 2022-08-12🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2022-07-27🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2022-07-27🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2022-04-12➖HUTCHINSON, David Craig, Managing Director resigneddirector
- 2021-11-02➕BUCHAN, Tyler John appointeddirector
- 2021-11-02➕BUCHAN, Tyler John appointedsecretary
- 2021-10-24➖KERR, Gordon William resignedsecretary
- 2021-10-24➖KERR, Gordon William resigneddirector
- 2021-09-06🔒Charge registered #10Lender: Igf Business Credit Limited
- 2021-08-19➕KERR, Gordon William appointedsecretary
- 2021-08-19➖BLACKWOOD PARTNERS LLP resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2021-08-14🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2021-08-13🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Igf Business Credit Limited
Showing most recent 50 of 83 events
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 med · 1 lowCharge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
5 live charges
lowHeavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.
Group structure
Pryme Group Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Pryme Group Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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CALEY OCEAN SYSTEMS LIMITED
This company · SC200730
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Pryme Group Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 05/08/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Seanamic Limitedceased 05/08/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
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.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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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.
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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
Incorporated1999-10-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC28220 — SIC 28220
Registered office
Brodies House
31-33 Union Grove
Aberdeen
AB10 6SD
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-12
Last: 2026-01-29
Officers (3 active · 15 resigned)
BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2024-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BUCHAN, Tyler John→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2021-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MURRAY, Kerrie Rae Doreen→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2021-08-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BUCHAN, Tyler John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2021-11-02 · resigned 2024-02-01
COOPER, David Robert→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-11-16 · resigned 2014-09-19
KERR, Gordon William→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2021-08-19 · resigned 2021-10-24
BLACKWOOD PARTNERS LLP→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2019-11-07 · resigned 2021-08-19
BURNESS PAULL LLP→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2014-09-19 · resigned 2019-11-01
DALGLEN SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-10-13 · resigned 1999-11-16
COOPER, David Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~69y · appointed 1999-11-16 · resigned 2022-10-18
GILL, Christopher John→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2014-09-19 · resigned 2016-05-31
HODKINSON, David John→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2023-02-02 · resigned 2023-12-31
HUTCHINSON, David Craig, Managing Director→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2018-09-07 · resigned 2022-04-12
KERR, Gordon William→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2019-11-07 · resigned 2021-10-24
MACDONALD, Alasdair→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2014-09-19 · resigned 2016-06-30
MCLELLAN, Ross Andrew Gordon→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2017-05-24 · resigned 2019-12-04
MCPHERSON, James Gregor→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 1999-11-16 · resigned 2021-07-30
DALGLEN DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-10-13 · resigned 1999-11-16
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Mortgages & charges
16
Total charges
5
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:16 of 16 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending Limited | A registered charge | — | 24/12/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 24/12/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending Limited | A registered charge | — | 25/06/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 28/11/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending Limited | A registered charge | — | 28/09/2023 | — | |
| satisfied | Santander Santander UK PLC as Security Trustee | A registered charge | — | 25/01/2023 | 30/01/2025 | |
| satisfied | Igf Business Credit Igf Business Credit Limited | A registered charge | 3 properties | 06/09/2021 | 30/09/2022 | |
| satisfied | Igf Business Credit Igf Business Credit Limited | A registered charge | 3 properties | 13/08/2021 | 30/09/2022 | |
| satisfied | Igf Business Credit Igf Business Credit Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 05/08/2021 | 23/11/2023 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 04/08/2021 | 12/08/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 22/03/2019 | 14/08/2021 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/09/2014 | 27/07/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 23/03/2009 | 12/11/2014 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 14/01/2009 | 27/07/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 23/12/1999 | 27/02/2009 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Floating charge | 1 property | 17/12/1999 | 27/02/2009 |
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Recent filings (151 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-11-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-11-07
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-11-06
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-01-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-01-29
mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2025-01-13
mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2025-01-13
mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2025-01-13
mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2025-01-13
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-01-03