MCCALL ENERGY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC509929 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-02
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 10.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35110
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees300300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-04-02
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  3. 2023-05-22
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  4. 2022-04-28
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  5. 2021-05-28
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-05-18
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  7. 2019-05-07
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-05-29
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-03-15
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    accounts · AA01
  11. 2017-02-24
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2017-02-04
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    MCCALL, Kathleen Jean Brander resigned
    director
  13. 2015-12-16
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    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2015-12-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Close Leasing Limited
  15. 2015-07-02
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    Company incorporated
    As MCCALL ENERGY LIMITED
  16. 2015-07-02
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    MCCALL, Andrew Lockhart appointed
    director
  17. 2015-07-02
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    MCCALL, Angus Robert Lockhart appointed
    director
  18. 2015-07-02
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    MCCALL, Ian Harold Lockhart appointed
    director
  19. 2015-07-02
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    MCCALL, Kathleen Jean Brander appointed
    director
  20. 2015-07-02
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MCCALL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 Ian Harold Lockhart Mccall
Individual · British · DOB 09/1949 · age 77
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% 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
Incorporated2015-07-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Westby
64 West High Street
Forfar
Tayside
DD8 1BJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MCCALL, Andrew Lockhart→
director · ~46y · appointed 2015-07-02
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Active
MCCALL, Angus Robert Lockhart→
director · ~47y · appointed 2015-07-02
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Active
MCCALL, Ian Harold Lockhart→
director · ~77y · appointed 2015-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCALL, Kathleen Jean Brander→
director · ~76y · appointed 2015-07-02 · resigned 2017-02-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Close Leasing
Close Leasing Limited
A registered charge1 property09/12/2015—
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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
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accounts · AA
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
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accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-07-13