CAMAS CONTRAX LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC349281 · ltd · incorporated 2008-09-30
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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Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Floor and wall covering
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47599Retail sale of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised stores
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
74 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees500500

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-09-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-11
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  9. 2022-11-10
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  10. 2022-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-10-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-10-14
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  13. 2021-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-11-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-11-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-11-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2020-11-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2020-11-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2020-11-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  20. 2015-09-15
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    SKINNER, Abigail Jayne appointed
    director
  21. 2015-09-15
    ➕
    SKINNER, Mark James, Dr appointed
    director
  22. 2008-09-30
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    Company incorporated
    As CAMAS CONTRAX LTD.
  23. 2008-09-30
    ➕
    SKINNER, Charlotte-Ann appointed
    secretary
  24. 2008-09-30
    ➕
    SKINNER, Abraham appointed
    director
  25. 2008-09-30
    ➕
    SKINNER, Charlotte-Ann appointed
    director
  26. 2008-09-30
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2008-09-30
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2008-09-30
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  29. 2008-09-30
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Abraham Skinner
Individual · British · DOB 03/1960 · age 66
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-09-30
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43330 — Floor and wall covering

Registered office

C/O A9 Accountancy Ltd Elm House
Cradlehall Business Park
Inverness
IV2 5GH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-16
Last: 2025-11-02

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

SKINNER, Charlotte-Ann→
secretary · appointed 2008-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SKINNER, Abigail Jayne→
director · ~31y · appointed 2015-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SKINNER, Abraham→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SKINNER, Charlotte-Ann→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SKINNER, Mark James, Dr→
director · ~41y · appointed 2015-09-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-09-30 · resigned 2008-09-30
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2008-09-30 · resigned 2008-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-14
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2022-11-11
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2022-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-02