CAM AUTOS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC378868 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-20
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£85
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.7y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
43 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £85
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£117
~ YoY
Net Worth
£85
~ YoY
Current Assets
£5k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£985£2k£3k£4k£5kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£85£85
Current assets£4.9k£4.9k
Cash£117£117
Debtors£4.8k£4.8k
Net assets£85£85

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2025-06-25
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  3. 2024-09-25
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  4. 2023-09-29
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  5. 2022-07-28
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  6. 2021-09-24
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  7. 2020-09-15
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  8. 2019-09-30
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  9. 2018-09-27
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  10. 2017-10-03
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    MCADAM, Kacie resigned
    director
  11. 2017-10-03
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2017-09-29
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  13. 2016-10-03
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-06-20
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  15. 2015-10-07
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  16. 2015-06-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2013-11-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  18. 2013-11-13
    ➕
    MCADAM, Colin appointed
    secretary
  19. 2010-05-27
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    MCADAM, Kacie appointed
    director
  20. 2010-05-20
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    Company incorporated
    As CAM AUTOS LTD.
  21. 2010-05-20
    ➕
    MCADAM, Aileen Jane appointed
    director
  22. 2010-05-20
    ➕
    MCADAM, Colin appointed
    director
  23. 2010-05-20
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2010-05-20
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2010-05-20
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  26. 2010-05-20
    ➖
    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 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 candidate

Strong 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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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.)

Group structure

Kcm Holdings (Scotland) Ltd. is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Kcm Holdings (Scotland) Ltd.
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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CAM AUTOS LTD.
This company · SC378868

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Kcm Holdings (Scotland) Ltd.
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Aileen Jane Mcadam
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Colin Mcadam
Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2010-05-20
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Unit 2 No 1 Alleysbank Road
Rutherglen
Glasgow
G73 1LX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MCADAM, Colin→
secretary · appointed 2013-11-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCADAM, Aileen Jane→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCADAM, Colin→
director · ~64y · appointed 2010-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-05-20 · resigned 2010-05-20
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-05-20 · resigned 2010-05-20
Resigned
MCADAM, Kacie→
director · ~34y · appointed 2010-05-27 · resigned 2017-10-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property14/11/2013—
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Recent filings (43 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-30