MCCALLUMS FOODS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC209850 · ltd · incorporated 2000-08-09
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 25.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10130
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 25.1y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.1 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 (79/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
78 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees12001200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-28
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  2. 2025-10-28
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    Charge satisfied #1
  3. 2025-08-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-08-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-08-14
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    officers · CH03
  6. 2025-08-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-08-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2025-08-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2025-07-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-08-14
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-03-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-04-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-07-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2003-10-20
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    MCCALLUM, Caroline Rose appointed
    director
  20. 2001-06-25
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: South Ayrshire Council
  21. 2001-04-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  22. 2000-08-09
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    Company incorporated
    As MCCALLUMS FOODS LIMITED
  23. 2000-08-09
    ➕
    MCCALLUM, Caroline Rose appointed
    secretary
  24. 2000-08-09
    ➕
    MCCALLUM, Christopher Morgan appointed
    director
  25. 2000-08-09
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2000-08-09
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2000-08-09
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2000-08-09
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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 "MCCALLUM" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Chris Mccallum
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Caroline Rose Mccallum
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
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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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-08-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10130 — SIC 10130

Registered office

30 Miller Road
Ayr
KA7 2AY
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MCCALLUM, Caroline Rose→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCALLUM, Caroline Rose→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-10-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCALLUM, Christopher Morgan→
director · ~63y · appointed 2000-08-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-08-09 · resigned 2000-08-09
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-08-09 · resigned 2000-08-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
South Ayrshire Council
Floating charge1 property25/06/2001—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property02/04/200128/10/2025
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Recent filings (78 total)

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-10-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-14
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-08-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-19