FRANCIS CAMPBELL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC334461 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-26
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£-86.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £86,191
Cash YoY
+66%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£8k
↑ 66% YoY
Net Worth
-£86k
↑ 6.9% YoY
Current Assets
£29k
↑ 31% 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 | £-86.2k | £-92.6k |
| Current assets | £29.3k | £22.3k |
| Cash | £8.3k | £5.0k |
| Debtors | £4.3k | £9.0k |
| Net assets | £-86.2k | £-92.6k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-10-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2011-12-22➖ASTLEY-JONES, William Francis resigneddirector
- 2011-06-10➕ASTLEY-JONES, Adrian Campbell appointeddirector
- 2011-05-06➕YOUNGER, Meriel Charlotte appointedsecretary
- 2011-05-06➕YOUNGER, Meriel Charlotte appointeddirector
- 2011-05-06➖ASTLEY-JONES, Adrian Campbell resignedsecretary
- 2011-05-06➖ASTLEY-JONES, Adrian Campbell resigneddirector
- 2007-11-26🏢Company incorporatedAs FRANCIS CAMPBELL LIMITED
- 2007-11-26➕ASTLEY-JONES, Adrian Campbell appointedsecretary
- 2007-11-26➕ASTLEY-JONES, Adrian Campbell appointeddirector
- 2007-11-26➕ASTLEY-JONES, William Francis appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Adrian Campbell Astley-Jones Individual · British · DOB 10/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 01/11/2016 |
Ms Meriel Charlotte Younger Individual · Scottish · DOB 11/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 01/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-11-26
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Registered office
Traprain Cottage
7 Traprain
Haddington
East Lothian
EH41 4PY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-17
Last: 2025-12-03
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
YOUNGER, Meriel Charlotte→
Activesecretary · appointed 2011-05-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ASTLEY-JONES, Adrian Campbell→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2011-06-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
YOUNGER, Meriel Charlotte→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2011-05-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ASTLEY-JONES, Adrian Campbell→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-11-26 · resigned 2011-05-06
ASTLEY-JONES, Adrian Campbell→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2007-11-26 · resigned 2011-05-06
ASTLEY-JONES, William Francis→
Resigneddirector · ~85y · appointed 2007-11-26 · resigned 2011-12-22
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Recent filings (59 total)
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2024-11-29
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2023-12-04
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2023-08-16
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2022-12-16
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2022-09-30
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2022-09-08
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accounts · AA
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