CCL GLOBAL ENTERPRISES LTD.
🌳Matureactive
SC343232 · ltd · incorporated 2008-05-21
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 9.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒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
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 70100Activities of head offices
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.4y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
83 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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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 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-02📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-08-02🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-07-31📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-07-31📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-07-29➕LEES, Clare Melissa appointeddirector
- 2025-07-29➖COCKBURN, David Richard resigneddirector
- 2025-06-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-06-11🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2025-05-06📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-05-06📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-03📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-05-03📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-30📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2017-05-31➖GIBSON, Mark Robert Hunter resigneddirector
- 2016-11-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2016-10-24➕GIBSON, Mark Robert Hunter appointeddirector
- 2016-07-27➕COCKBURN, David Richard appointeddirector
- 2010-04-06➕LOUDON, Alison Jane Bruce appointeddirector
- 2008-05-21🏢Company incorporatedAs CCL GLOBAL ENTERPRISES LTD.
- 2008-05-21➕BASTOCK, Debbie appointedsecretary
- 2008-05-21➕BASTOCK, Callum Niven appointeddirector
- 2008-05-21➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-05-21➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-05-21➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-director
- 2008-05-21➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Callum Bastock Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 12/1967 · age 59 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
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 →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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
Incorporated2008-05-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities
Registered office
Ccl House
27 Burnside Place
Troon
Ayrshire
KA10 6LZ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19
Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)
Active
BASTOCK, Callum Niven→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2008-05-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LEES, Clare Melissa→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2025-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LOUDON, Alison Jane Bruce→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2010-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BRIAN REID LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2008-05-21 · resigned 2008-05-21
COCKBURN, David Richard→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2016-07-27 · resigned 2025-07-29
GIBSON, Mark Robert Hunter→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2016-10-24 · resigned 2017-05-31
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2008-05-21 · resigned 2008-05-21
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 11/06/2025 | — | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 11/11/2016 | 02/08/2025 |
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Recent filings (83 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-08-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-31
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-06-17
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-05-06
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-29