I. CAMERON COMMUNICATIONS LTD.

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SC137937 · ltd · incorporated 1992-04-24
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-11.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £11,807

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
-£12k
↑ 32% YoY
Current Assets
£23k
↑ 88% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£17k-£9k-£1k£7k£15k£23kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£-11.8k£-17.3k
Current assets£23.0k£12.2k
Net assets£-11.8k£-17.3k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-31
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  3. 2024-04-18
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  4. 2023-04-27
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  5. 2022-04-27
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  6. 2021-04-29
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  7. 2021-04-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2021-04-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-04-14
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-11
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  11. 2018-04-26
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-04-26
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-27
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-04-25
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-05-28
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-04-23
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    accounts · AA
  17. 1992-04-24
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    Company incorporated
    As I. CAMERON COMMUNICATIONS LTD.
  18. 1992-04-24
    ➕
    CAMERON, Georgia appointed
    secretary
  19. 1992-04-24
    ➕
    CAMERON, Georgia appointed
    director
  20. 1992-04-24
    ➕
    CAMERON, Ian appointed
    director
  21. 1992-04-24
    ➕
    REID, Brian appointed
    nominee-secretary
  22. 1992-04-24
    ➖
    REID, Brian resigned
    nominee-secretary
  23. 1992-04-24
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen appointed
    nominee-director
  24. 1992-04-24
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CAMERON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 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

86/100
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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Georgia Cameron
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/04/2021
Mr Ian Adam Cameron
Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1992-04-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production

Registered office

53 Broomfield Road
Portlethen
Aberdeen
AB12 4SU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-07
Last: 2026-04-23

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CAMERON, Georgia→
secretary · appointed 1992-04-24
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Active
CAMERON, Georgia→
director · ~65y · appointed 1992-04-24
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Active
CAMERON, Ian→
director · ~68y · appointed 1992-04-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REID, Brian→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-04-24 · resigned 1992-04-24
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen→
nominee-director · ~76y · appointed 1992-04-24 · resigned 1992-04-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-04-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-14