CAMERON AUTOTECH LIMITED

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SC241160 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-16
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£1.27M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 9.7y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 9.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 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 £1,270,613
Cash YoY
+34%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£618k
↑ 34% YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
↑ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£1.0m
↑ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£254k£508k£762k£1.0m£1.3mDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£1.29M£1.11M
Current assets£1.05M£890.4k
Cash£618.2k£460.5k
Debtors£329.4k£312.4k
Net assets£1.27M£1.10M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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  2. 2024-09-30
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  3. 2023-09-27
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  4. 2023-09-27
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  5. 2023-09-27
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  6. 2022-09-30
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  7. 2021-09-30
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  8. 2021-06-03
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  9. 2021-06-03
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  10. 2021-06-03
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  11. 2021-06-03
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  12. 2021-06-03
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  13. 2020-12-21
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  14. 2019-09-30
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  15. 2018-09-28
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  16. 2017-10-05
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  17. 2016-09-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2002-12-18
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    SIMMERS, Jamie Jan resigned
    nominee-director
  19. 2002-12-16
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    Company incorporated
    As CAMERON AUTOTECH LIMITED
  20. 2002-12-16
    ➕
    CAMERON, Irene appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-12-16
    ➕
    CAMERON, Roy Allan appointed
    director
  22. 2002-12-16
    ➕
    SIMMERS, Jamie Jan appointed
    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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Mr Roy Allan Cameron
Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
—25–50%25-50% voting · trust interest01/06/2016
Mrs Irene Cameron
Individual · Scottish · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2002-12-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

23 High Street
Cuminestown
Turrif
AB53 5YD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-01
Last: 2025-12-18

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

CAMERON, Irene→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-16
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Active
CAMERON, Roy Allan→
director · ~65y · appointed 2002-12-16
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Active
SIMMERS, Jamie Jan→
nominee-director · ~48y · appointed 2002-12-16 · resigned 2002-12-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—08/09/201627/09/2023

Recent filings (55 total)

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2026-01-20
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2025-09-24
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2025-01-15
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2024-09-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
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accounts · AA
2023-09-27
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mortgage · MR04
2023-09-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
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accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-03
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
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