CAMSTAR HERBS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01413300 · ltd · incorporated 1979-02-06

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

£29.21M

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10390

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

23 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 29.7y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 29.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — 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

23 charges (23/23 with lender, 23/23 with type)

Directors & officers

14 officers (5 active, 14 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

161 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £29,205,869

Cash YoY

+257%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2.3m

↑ 257% YoY

Net Worth

£29m

↑ 7.7% YoY

Current Assets

£25m

↑ 21% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£40.01M	£39.18M
Current assets	£24.73M	£20.51M
Cash	£2.30M	£644.1k
Debtors	£11.31M	£11.70M
Net assets	£29.21M	£27.11M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 mortgage
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (79 events)Click to expand

2026-03-12
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mortgage · MR01
2026-03-12
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mortgage · MR01
2026-03-12
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Charge registered #23
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2026-03-12
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Charge registered #22
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2026-03-06
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accounts · AA
2025-03-24
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mortgage · MR01
2025-03-18
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Charge registered #21
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2024-12-30
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accounts · AA
2023-12-27
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mortgage · MR01
2023-12-21
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accounts · AA
2023-12-21
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Charge registered #20
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2023-12-08
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officers · CH01
2023-07-13
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mortgage · MR01
2023-07-13
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Charge registered #19
Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
2023-07-10
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mortgage · MR01
2023-07-10
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mortgage · MR01
2023-07-07
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2023-07-07
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2023-07-04
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2023-07-04
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2023-07-04
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2023-07-04
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2023-07-04
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mortgage · MR04
2023-07-04
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mortgage · MR04
2023-07-04
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Charge satisfied #14
2023-07-04
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Charge satisfied #13
2023-07-04
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Charge satisfied #12
2023-07-04
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Charge satisfied #11
2023-07-04
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2023-07-04
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2023-07-04
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Charge satisfied #8
2023-07-04
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2023-07-04
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Charge satisfied #6
2023-07-04
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Charge satisfied #5
2023-07-04
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Charge satisfied #4
2023-07-04
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Charge satisfied #3
2023-07-04
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Charge satisfied #2
2023-07-04
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Charge satisfied #1
2023-06-30
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Charge registered #18
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2023-06-30
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Charge registered #17
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2023-06-30
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Charge registered #16
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2023-06-30
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Charge registered #15
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2022-11-11
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MIZGIER, Agnieszka resigned
director
2022-08-10
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Charge registered #14
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2022-07-06
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KEACH, Gavin appointed
director
2022-07-06
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MIZGIER, Agnieszka appointed
director
2021-12-17
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Charge registered #13
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC

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Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 47 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 med · 1 low

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

9 live charges

low

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

Group structure

Starke Industries Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Starke Industries Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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CAMSTAR HERBS LIMITED

This company · 01413300

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
Starke Industries Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	30/09/2016

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1979-02-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10390 — SIC 10390

Registered office

Chestnuts Farm

Langton Green

Eye

Suffolk

IP23 7HL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last: 2025-11-16

Officers (5 active · 9 resigned)

CLARK, Tracey→

secretary · appointed 2013-03-11

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Active

CLARK, Tracey→

director · ~54y · appointed 2013-03-08

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Active

HOXWORTH, Martin Thomas→

director · ~59y · appointed 2018-05-04

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Active

KEACH, Gavin→

director · ~37y · appointed 2022-07-06

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Active

STARKE, Edward James Bruce→

director · ~55y · appointed 2008-11-17

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Active

STARKE, Phhyllis Frances→

secretary · resigned 1994-05-11

Resigned

STARKE, Richard John Bruce→

secretary · appointed 1994-05-12 · resigned 2013-03-11

Resigned

ALBROW, Tony John→

director · ~68y · appointed 2001-09-03 · resigned 2006-09-08

Resigned

CLARK, Tracey→

director · ~54y · appointed 1998-04-30 · resigned 2001-09-03

Resigned

FULCHER, Stephen James→

director · ~67y · resigned 1994-05-12

Resigned

MIZGIER, Agnieszka→

director · ~46y · appointed 2022-07-06 · resigned 2022-11-11

Resigned

STARKE, Beverly Ann→

director · ~63y · appointed 2006-09-08 · resigned 2008-11-30

Resigned

STARKE, Judith Anne→

director · ~72y · resigned 1998-04-30

Resigned

STARKE, Richard John Bruce→

director · ~81y · resigned 2013-03-11

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:23 of 23 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	2 properties	12/03/2026	—
outstanding	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	3 properties	12/03/2026	—
outstanding	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	18/03/2025	—
outstanding	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	21/12/2023	—
outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD	A registered charge	—	13/07/2023	—
outstanding	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	3 properties	30/06/2023	—
outstanding	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	30/06/2023	—
outstanding	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	30/06/2023	—
outstanding	HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC	A registered charge	2 properties	30/06/2023	—
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	10/08/2022	04/07/2023
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	17/12/2021	04/07/2023
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	17/12/2021	04/07/2023
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	01/05/2020	04/07/2023
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	18/01/2018	04/07/2023
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	10/01/2018	04/07/2023
satisfied	NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited	A registered charge	1 property	30/09/2016	04/07/2023
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	30/09/2016	04/07/2023
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	20/02/2015	04/07/2023
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	24/09/2014	04/07/2023
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	13/07/2011	04/07/2023
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	22/10/2008	04/07/2023
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Legal mortgage	1 property	22/11/1998	04/07/2023
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Mortgage debenture	1 property	30/10/1996	04/07/2023

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Recent filings (161 total)

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mortgage · MR01

2026-03-12

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mortgage · MR01

2026-03-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-medium

accounts · AA

2026-03-06

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-25

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mortgage · MR01

2025-03-24

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accounts · AA

2024-12-30

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-25

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mortgage · MR01

2023-12-27

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-21

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-08

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officers · CH01

2023-12-08

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2023-07-13

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2023-07-10

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2023-07-10

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2023-07-07