CADDON GROUP LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

SC659299 · ltd · incorporated 2020-04-15

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

16 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	200	200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand

2025-12-18
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accounts · AA
2024-12-17
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accounts · AA
2023-08-31
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accounts · AA
2023-01-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
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accounts · AA01
2020-05-27
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2020-05-27
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-05-20
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capital · SH01
2020-04-15
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Company incorporated
As CADDON GROUP LIMITED
2020-04-15
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LACON, Valerie Jane appointed
secretary
2020-04-15
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LACON, Valerie Jane appointed
director
2020-04-15
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STAVERT, Diane appointed
director
2020-04-15
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Diane Stavert Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	15/04/2020
Ms Valerie Jane Lacon Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	15/04/2020

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

Incorporated2020-04-15

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

C/O Accy Busn Cnslt Ltd, 17

Flowerhill Street

Airdrie

Lanarkshire

ML6 6AP

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-28

Last: 2026-04-14

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

LACON, Valerie Jane→

secretary · appointed 2020-04-15

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LACON, Valerie Jane→

director · ~67y · appointed 2020-04-15

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Active

STAVERT, Diane→

director · ~60y · appointed 2020-04-15

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