CAMBERS COUNTRY STORES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08608755 · ltd · incorporated 2013-07-15
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 12.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46610
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 46900Non-specialised wholesale trade
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.8y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 12.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1900 | 1900 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-03-01➖CARTWRIGHT, Reginald John resigneddirector
- 2024-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-06-18🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2023-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2017-11-30🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2017-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-08-21📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2013-10-22🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2013-09-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2013-07-15🏢Company incorporatedAs CAMBERS COUNTRY STORES LIMITED
- 2013-07-15➕CARTWRIGHT, James Bernard appointeddirector
- 2013-07-15➕CARTWRIGHT, Joan Ann appointeddirector
- 2013-07-15➕CARTWRIGHT, Reginald John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
3jc Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
3jc Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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CAMBERS COUNTRY STORES LIMITED
This company · 08608755
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
3jc Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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| BELLA STYLE LIMITED→ 16185665 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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| BEVROW LTD→ 13671374 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| BIKOLD LIMITED→ 03730857 · est 1999 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 27y | — | — |
| BORDER TEXTILES (TELFORD) LIMITED→ 05931290 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
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| BRICK VILLAGE LIMITED→ 12994646 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-07-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46610 — SIC 46610
Registered office
Ryton Farm Ryton
Dorrington
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY5 7LY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-29
Last: 2025-07-15
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
CARTWRIGHT, James Bernard→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2013-07-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CARTWRIGHT, Joan Ann→
Activedirector · ~82y · appointed 2013-07-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CARTWRIGHT, Reginald John→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · appointed 2013-07-15 · resigned 2025-03-01
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 18/06/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/11/2017 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/10/2013 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/09/2013 | — |
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Recent filings (31 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-31
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-28