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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · 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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£0£253k£505k£758k£1.0m£1.3mNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
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

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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-14
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  2. 2024-08-21
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  3. 2023-11-14
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  6. 2023-11-14
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  7. 2023-11-01
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    HAMILTON, Angela appointed
    director
  8. 2023-11-01
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    HAMILTON, Steven appointed
    director
  9. 2023-11-01
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    JACK, Maryann appointed
    director
  10. 2023-11-01
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    MCBAIN, Steven appointed
    director
  11. 2023-08-29
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  12. 2022-08-29
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  13. 2021-08-30
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  14. 2020-09-11
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  15. 2019-08-30
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  16. 2018-08-29
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  17. 2017-08-30
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  18. 2017-07-08
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  19. 2016-08-25
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  20. 2016-08-01
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  21. 2004-06-21
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    Company incorporated
    As CAMILLA TRAINING ASPECTS LIMITED
  22. 2004-06-21
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    HAMILTON, Heather appointed
    secretary
  23. 2004-06-21
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    HAMILTON, James appointed
    director
  24. 2004-06-21
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    ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2004-06-21
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    ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2004-06-21
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    ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Hamilton
Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70
75–100%
—75-100% shares08/07/2017

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

Officers (6 active · 2 resigned)

HAMILTON, Heather→
secretary · appointed 2004-06-21
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Active
HAMILTON, Angela→
director · ~48y · appointed 2023-11-01
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Active
HAMILTON, James→
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-06-21
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Active
HAMILTON, Steven→
director · ~46y · appointed 2023-11-01
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Active
JACK, Maryann→
director · ~48y · appointed 2023-11-01
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Active
MCBAIN, Steven→
director · ~51y · appointed 2023-11-01
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Active
ONLINE CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-06-21 · resigned 2004-06-21
Resigned
ONLINE NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-06-21 · resigned 2004-06-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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2025-08-14
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2025-06-23
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2024-08-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-21
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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
2023-11-14
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accounts · AA
2023-08-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-25
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2021-08-30
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2021-07-23
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accounts · AA
2020-09-11