CAM SPORT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

07299629 · ltd · incorporated 2010-06-30

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£422

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45200

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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 (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

37 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £422

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£422

Current Assets

£5k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£422	—
Current assets	£4.8k	—
Net assets	£422	—
Average employees	—	100

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-03-24
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2025-03-25
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2024-03-26
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2023-03-21
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2022-03-17
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accounts · AA
2021-03-29
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accounts · AA
2020-03-24
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accounts · AA
2019-03-28
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accounts · AA
2018-03-28
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accounts · AA
2017-03-28
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accounts · AA
2016-03-30
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accounts · AA
2016-03-03
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annual-return · AR01
2016-03-03
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officers · CH01
2015-04-14
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accounts · AA
2015-03-03
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annual-return · AR01
2013-02-28
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RAYNER, Mark Richard resigned
director
2010-06-30
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Company incorporated
As CAM SPORT LIMITED
2010-06-30
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JOHN, David Andrew appointed
director
2010-06-30
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JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointed
director
2010-06-30
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JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigned
director
2010-06-30
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RAYNER, Mark Richard appointed
director

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David Andrew John Individual · British · DOB 10/1966 · age 60	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/03/2017

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

Incorporated2010-06-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

4 High Street

Pontardawe

Swansea

SA8 4HU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-15

Last: 2026-03-01

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

JOHN, David Andrew→

director · ~60y · appointed 2010-06-30

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→

director · ~56y · appointed 2010-06-30 · resigned 2010-06-30

Resigned

RAYNER, Mark Richard→

director · ~51y · appointed 2010-06-30 · resigned 2013-02-28

Resigned

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