CAMPBELL MARINE CONSULTANCY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC347000 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-13
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 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
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 100 | 100 |
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-08-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-08-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-05-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-01➕CAMPBELL, Karen appointeddirector
- 2019-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-09-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-09-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-09-17📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2008-08-13🏢Company incorporatedAs CAMPBELL MARINE CONSULTANCY LIMITED
- 2008-08-13➕CAMPBELL, Norman appointedsecretary
- 2008-08-13➕CAMPBELL, Norman appointeddirector
Owner dependency
99/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CAMPBELL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Norman Campbell Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-08-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
168 Bath Street
Glasgow
G2 4TP
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-25
Last: 2025-08-11
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
CAMPBELL, Karen→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2020-09-01
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CAMPBELL, Norman→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2008-08-13
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Recent filings (53 total)
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2025-09-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-25
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2025-08-25
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2025-08-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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2025-08-25
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accounts · AA
2025-05-07
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2024-09-04
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accounts · AA
2024-04-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
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2023-12-21
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2023-09-14
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2022-09-11
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2022-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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2021-11-01
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2021-08-13