CALEY COLD STORE LIMITED

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SC270634 · ltd · incorporated 2004-07-13
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.28M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52103
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 21.6y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
14 officers (6 active, 14 linked, 10 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
82 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,284,807
Cash YoY
-28%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.6m
↓ 28% YoY
Net Worth
£3.3m
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£2.8m
↓ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£756k£1.5m£2.3m£3.0m£3.8mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£3.35M£2.99M
Current assets£2.79M£3.78M
Cash£2.64M£3.67M
Debtors£156.3k£108.2k
Net assets£3.28M£2.92M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-10
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  7. 2023-10-05
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    HOMEWOOD, Nicola appointed
    director
  8. 2023-10-05
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    PATRICK, Margaret Joan appointed
    director
  9. 2023-10-05
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    STRACHAN, Bruce appointed
    director
  10. 2023-10-05
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    STRACHAN, Sandra appointed
    director
  11. 2023-09-04
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  12. 2022-11-04
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  13. 2022-07-25
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  14. 2022-07-25
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  15. 2021-07-01
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  16. 2020-10-09
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  17. 2019-10-14
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  18. 2018-10-05
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  19. 2017-10-24
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  20. 2016-12-13
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  21. 2008-04-18
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    Charge satisfied #1
  22. 2008-04-11
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    Charge satisfied #2
  23. 2008-04-01
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    MASSON GLENNIE LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2008-04-01
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    STRACHAN, James George Stephen appointed
    director
  25. 2008-04-01
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    WATT, Allan resigned
    secretary
  26. 2008-04-01
    ➖
    COLAM, Johannus Jacobus resigned
    director
  27. 2008-04-01
    ➖
    TAIT, John resigned
    director
  28. 2007-12-17
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    BROWN, James Hamilton resigned
    director
  29. 2007-12-17
    ➕
    TAIT, John appointed
    director
  30. 2006-12-22
    ➖
    MYERS, Leonard Turnbull resigned
    director
  31. 2004-10-25
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    WATT, Allan appointed
    secretary
  32. 2004-10-25
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    MASSON & GLENNIE resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2004-10-04
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  34. 2004-09-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  35. 2004-07-13
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    Company incorporated
    As CALEY COLD STORE LIMITED
  36. 2004-07-13
    ➕
    COLAM, Johannus Jacobus appointed
    secretary
  37. 2004-07-13
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    COLAM, Johannus Jacobus resigned
    secretary
  38. 2004-07-13
    ➕
    MASSON & GLENNIE appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  39. 2004-07-13
    ➕
    BROWN, James Hamilton appointed
    director
  40. 2004-07-13
    ➕
    COLAM, Johannus Jacobus appointed
    director
  41. 2004-07-13
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    MILTON, Bruce appointed
    nominee-director
  42. 2004-07-13
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    MILTON, Bruce resigned
    nominee-director
  43. 2004-07-13
    ➕
    MYERS, Leonard Turnbull appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Caley Cold Store (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Caley Cold Store (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CALEY COLD STORE LIMITED
This company · SC270634

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Caley Cold Store (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares31/03/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ugie Investments Limitedceased 31/03/2022· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 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
Incorporated2004-07-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103

Registered office

Broad House
Broad Street
Peterhead
Aberdeenshire
AB42 1HY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-27
Last: 2025-07-13

Officers (6 active · 8 resigned)

MASSON GLENNIE LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOMEWOOD, Nicola→
director · ~48y · appointed 2023-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATRICK, Margaret Joan→
director · ~73y · appointed 2023-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STRACHAN, Bruce→
director · ~51y · appointed 2023-10-05
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Active
STRACHAN, James George Stephen→
director · ~70y · appointed 2008-04-01
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Active
STRACHAN, Sandra→
director · ~69y · appointed 2023-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COLAM, Johannus Jacobus→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-13 · resigned 2004-07-13
Resigned
WATT, Allan→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-25 · resigned 2008-04-01
Resigned
MASSON & GLENNIE→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-07-13 · resigned 2004-10-25
Resigned
BROWN, James Hamilton→
director · ~79y · appointed 2004-07-13 · resigned 2007-12-17
Resigned
COLAM, Johannus Jacobus→
director · ~73y · appointed 2004-07-13 · resigned 2008-04-01
Resigned
MILTON, Bruce→
nominee-director · ~69y · appointed 2004-07-13 · resigned 2004-07-13
Resigned
MYERS, Leonard Turnbull→
director · ~80y · appointed 2004-07-13 · resigned 2006-12-22
Resigned
TAIT, John→
director · ~65y · appointed 2007-12-17 · resigned 2008-04-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property04/10/200411/04/2008
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property03/09/200418/04/2008

Recent filings (82 total)

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2025-07-21
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2023-08-28
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2022-11-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-07-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-23