CAMSON NURSERIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01283684 · ltd · incorporated 1976-10-28

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 47.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01130

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 5 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · oldest 47.6y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 47.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

108 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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.

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	6	400

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-11-28
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-14
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2024-08-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-03-04
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STANLEY, Phillipa Susan appointed
director
2020-12-09
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-12-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-02
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-12-31
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2009-06-01
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CAMPAGNA, Sam Philip appointed
director
2005-01-19
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Charge registered #5
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2003-05-30
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Charge registered #4
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2002-11-12
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CAMPAGNA, Salvatore resigned
director
2000-06-27
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1978-12-29
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1978-12-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1976-10-28
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Company incorporated
As CAMSON NURSERIES LIMITED

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 50 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 low

5 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert Ian Bailey Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest	01/03/2018
Mr Philip Campagna Individual · British · DOB 02/1950 · age 76	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1976-10-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC01130 — SIC 01130

Registered office

Badsey Fields Lane

Badsey

Evesham

Worcestershire

WR11 7EX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-15

Last: 2026-01-01