A N CAMERON LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC217279 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-26
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£51.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -65% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.1y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £51,604
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,859 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 65% YoY
Cash YoY
-65%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£15k
↓ 65% YoY
Net Worth
£52k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£40k
↓ 37% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£13k£25k£38k£51k£64kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£54.3k£61.2k
Current assets£40.1k£63.6k
Cash£14.9k£43.2k
Debtors£25.1k£20.4k
Net assets£51.6k£60.5k

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

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1 signal 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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-05
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-14
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  9. 2020-11-19
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    CAMERON, Flora Ann Mary resigned
    secretary
  10. 2020-03-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-22
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2002-06-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2001-04-18
    ➕
    CAMERON, Alister Neil appointed
    director
  19. 2001-04-18
    ➕
    CAMERON, Flora Ann Mary appointed
    secretary
  20. 2001-04-18
    ➖
    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2001-04-18
    ➖
    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2001-03-26
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    Company incorporated
    As A N CAMERON LIMITED
  23. 2001-03-26
    ➕
    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-03-26
    ➕
    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alister Neil Cameron
Individual · British · DOB 12/1946 · age 80
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-03-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Goirtean Old Banavie Road
Banavie
Fort William
PH33 7PZ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

CAMERON, Alister Neil→
director · ~80y · appointed 2001-04-18
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Active
CAMERON, Flora Ann Mary→
secretary · appointed 2001-04-18 · resigned 2020-11-19
Resigned
PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-26 · resigned 2001-04-18
Resigned
PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-26 · resigned 2001-04-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property14/06/2002—
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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-20
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-09