CALEDONIA FUNERAL AID CIC

🏛️Establishedactive

SC566867 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2017-05-24

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 4.8y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-110.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Cultural education

Sector: Education

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

88990Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
96030Funeral and related activities

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 4.8y

75/100

ready

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

· Charge age ~4.8 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 23/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

38 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £110,577

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£12k

Net Worth

-£111k

Current Assets

£26k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Total assets	£-103.1k
Current assets	£26.0k
Cash	£12.3k
Debtors	£13.7k
Net assets	£-110.6k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2026-02-03
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officers · AP01
2026-02-03
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officers · AP01
2026-02-03
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officers · TM01
2026-01-29
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DANSON, Michael William, Professor appointed
director
2026-01-29
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FORD, Hilary Anne Carrick appointed
director
2026-01-29
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BIRRELL, John Maxwell resigned
director
2025-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
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officers · TM01
2024-12-31
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THOMSON, Sheila resigned
director
2023-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-08
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officers · TM01
2023-10-26
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CHALMERS, Barbara Marion resigned
director
2023-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
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address · AD01
2022-01-31
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change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-01-26
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MCGARVA, Denise appointed
director
2022-01-26
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REID, Louise appointed
director
2022-01-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-18
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BIRRELL, John Maxwell appointed
director
2022-01-18
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CHALMERS, Barbara Marion appointed
director
2022-01-18
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D'ABOVILLE, Etienne resigned
director
2022-01-18
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OHRI, Ashok Kumar resigned
director
2022-01-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-01-10
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MCCOLGAN, Paul Joseph Matthew resigned
director
2021-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-21
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-02
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HALLIDAY, John Rennison Artus appointed
director
2021-12-02
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THOMSON, Sheila appointed
director
2021-06-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Foundation Scotland
2019-12-31
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GIBSON, James Newton resigned
director
2017-07-19
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D'ABOVILLE, Etienne appointed
director
2017-07-19
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GIBSON, James Newton appointed
director
2017-05-24
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Company incorporated
As CALEDONIA FUNERAL AID CIC
2017-05-24
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MCCOLGAN, Paul Joseph Matthew appointed
director
2017-05-24
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OHRI, Ashok Kumar appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

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.

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

Community Renewal Trust is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Community Renewal Trust

Corporate parent · board control

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CALEDONIA FUNERAL AID CIC

This company · SC566867

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
Community Renewal Trust Corporate entity	—	75–100%	board control75-100% voting · board control	24/05/2017

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2017-05-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85520 — Cultural education

Registered office

31 Pennywell Road

Edinburgh

EH4 4PJ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-22

Last: 2025-06-08