CALDER HAY STEWART & CO LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC618666 · ltd · incorporated 2019-01-21
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2026
Net worth
£1.24M
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69202Bookkeeping activities
  • 69203Tax consultancy
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.2y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Newest facility, 1.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · 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, 3 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 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
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £1,242,935

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1.2m
↑ 5.6% YoY
Current Assets
£75k
↓ 30% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£249k£497k£746k£994k£1.2mMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£1.40M£1.54M
Current assets£75.4k£108.0k
Net assets£1.24M£1.18M

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-02-25
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  4. 2025-02-25
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  5. 2025-02-25
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  6. 2025-02-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  7. 2024-10-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-11-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-04-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2019-01-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CALDER HAY STEWART & CO LTD
  16. 2019-01-21
    ➕
    CALDER, Christopher appointed
    director
  17. 2019-01-21
    ➕
    STEWART, Lauren appointed
    director
  18. 2019-01-21
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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 "CALDER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Christopher Calder
Individual · Scottish · DOB 07/1980 · age 46
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control21/01/2019

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
Incorporated2019-01-21
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

153 Queen Street
First Floor, Front
Glasgow
G1 3BJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-03
Last: 2026-01-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CALDER, Christopher→
director · ~46y · appointed 2019-01-21
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Active
STEWART, Lauren→
director · ~32y · appointed 2019-01-21
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge—24/02/2025—
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Recent filings (21 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-07
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-02-25
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-02-25
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-13