CAMPBELL PRINT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03467330 · ltd · incorporated 1997-11-18
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 2025
Net worth
£42.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -51% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.5y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
82 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £42,698
Cash draining
Cash down 51% YoY
Cash YoY
-51%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£19k
↓ 51% YoY
Net Worth
£43k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£64k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£14k£29k£43k£57k£71kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£44.0k£43.6k
Current assets£64.2k£71.4k
Cash£19.1k£39.3k
Debtors£45.1k£32.1k
Net assets£42.7k£34.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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  2. 2024-12-20
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  3. 2023-12-22
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  4. 2022-12-22
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  5. 2022-04-29
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  6. 2022-04-28
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    address · AD01
  7. 2022-04-28
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    address · AD01
  8. 2022-04-28
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  9. 2021-12-20
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  10. 2020-12-23
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  11. 2019-12-18
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  12. 2018-12-13
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  13. 2017-12-20
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  14. 2017-01-20
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  15. 2016-12-01
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    address · AD01
  16. 2016-11-25
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Paragon Bank Business Finance PLC
  17. 2015-10-01
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2008-12-09
    ➕
    RUSSELL, Alison Mary appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-12-09
    ➕
    RUSSELL, Alison Mary appointed
    director
  20. 2008-12-09
    ➕
    RUSSELL, Paul Henry appointed
    director
  21. 2008-12-09
    ➖
    CAMPBELL, Enka resigned
    secretary
  22. 2008-12-09
    ➖
    CAMPBELL, Erika resigned
    director
  23. 2008-12-09
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    CAMPBELL, Ian resigned
    director
  24. 2008-12-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Ian and Erika Campbell
  25. 2004-10-06
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Erika appointed
    director
  26. 1997-11-19
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Enka appointed
    secretary
  27. 1997-11-19
    ➖
    DEW, Susan Patricia resigned
    secretary
  28. 1997-11-19
    ➕
    CAMPBELL, Ian appointed
    director
  29. 1997-11-19
    ➖
    HART, Susan Tanya Cynthia resigned
    director
  30. 1997-11-18
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    Company incorporated
    As CAMPBELL PRINT LIMITED
  31. 1997-11-18
    ➕
    DEW, Susan Patricia appointed
    secretary
  32. 1997-11-18
    ➕
    HART, Susan Tanya Cynthia appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Campbell Print Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Campbell Print Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CAMPBELL PRINT LIMITED
This company · 03467330

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Campbell Print Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Alison Mary Russell
Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Paul Henry Russell
Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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7 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
Incorporated1997-11-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

1 Peach Street
Wokingham
RG40 1XJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-14
Last: 2025-10-31

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

RUSSELL, Alison Mary→
secretary · appointed 2008-12-09
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Active
RUSSELL, Alison Mary→
director · ~68y · appointed 2008-12-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUSSELL, Paul Henry→
director · ~64y · appointed 2008-12-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAMPBELL, Enka→
secretary · appointed 1997-11-19 · resigned 2008-12-09
Resigned
DEW, Susan Patricia→
secretary · appointed 1997-11-18 · resigned 1997-11-19
Resigned
CAMPBELL, Erika→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-10-06 · resigned 2008-12-09
Resigned
CAMPBELL, Ian→
director · ~65y · appointed 1997-11-19 · resigned 2008-12-09
Resigned
HART, Susan Tanya Cynthia→
director · ~61y · appointed 1997-11-18 · resigned 1997-11-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Paragon
Paragon Bank Business Finance PLC
A registered charge—25/11/2016—
satisfied
Ian and Erika Campbell
Chattel mortgage1 property09/12/200801/10/2015
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Recent filings (82 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-04-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23