CAMILLA TRAINING ASPECTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC269558 · ltd · incorporated 2004-06-21

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

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

—

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

£1.24M

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Technical and vocational secondary education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,243,056

Net assets shrinking

Down £19,808 YoY

Cash YoY

-16%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£780k

↓ 16% YoY

Net Worth

£1.2m

↓ 1.6% YoY

Current Assets

£1.0m

↓ 2.5% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Total assets	£1.25M	£1.27M
Current assets	£1.02M	£1.05M
Cash	£779.8k	£932.8k
Debtors	£240.4k	£113.0k
Net assets	£1.24M	£1.26M

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-08-14
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accounts · AA
2024-08-21
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accounts · AA
2023-11-14
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officers · AP01
2023-11-14
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officers · AP01
2023-11-14
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officers · AP01
2023-11-14
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officers · AP01
2023-11-01
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HAMILTON, Angela appointed
director
2023-11-01
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HAMILTON, Steven appointed
director
2023-11-01
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JACK, Maryann appointed
director
2023-11-01
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MCBAIN, Steven appointed
director
2023-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-29
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accounts · AA
2021-08-30
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accounts · AA
2020-09-11
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accounts · AA
2019-08-30
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accounts · AA
2018-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-08-30
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accounts · AA
2017-07-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2016-08-25
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accounts · AA
2016-08-01
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2004-06-21
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Company incorporated
As CAMILLA TRAINING ASPECTS LIMITED
2004-06-21
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HAMILTON, Heather appointed
secretary
2004-06-21
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HAMILTON, James appointed
director
2004-06-21
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ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-06-21
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ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-06-21
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ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-06-21
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ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HAMILTON, Angela (same surname) appointed 2023-11-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr James Hamilton Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	08/07/2017

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

Incorporated2004-06-21

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC85320 — Technical and vocational secondary education

Registered office

3 Camilla Grove

Auchtertool

Kirkcaldy

Fife

KY2 5XP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-05

Last: 2025-06-21