C L C PRESENTATION SYSTEMS LIMITED
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -79% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 13.4y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £52.0k | £68.1k |
| Current assets | £178.2k | £274.7k |
| Cash | £2.9k | £14.2k |
| Debtors | £76.6k | £156.5k |
| Net assets | £16.0k | £2.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-23📄capital-alter-shares-consolidationcapital · SH02
- 2017-11-23📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2017-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-08📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-08-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-03-17📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2012-11-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2001-02-15🏢Company incorporatedAs C L C PRESENTATION SYSTEMS LIMITED
- 2001-02-15➕CAMERON, Norma appointedsecretary
- 2001-02-15➕CAMERON, Craig appointeddirector
- 2001-02-15➕CAMERON, Norma appointeddirector
- 2001-02-15➕ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-02-15➖ACS SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-02-15➕ACS NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2001-02-15➖ACS NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Craig Cameron Individual · British · DOB 01/1951 · age 75 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Norma Cameron Individual · British · DOB 01/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 26/11/2012 | — |