CAMVO 197 LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC392612 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-01
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.3y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
39 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-282024-04-28
Average employees2200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-25
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  2. 2024-11-26
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  3. 2023-12-19
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  4. 2022-12-01
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  5. 2022-01-26
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  6. 2022-01-17
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Coolmicro Limited
  7. 2021-12-08
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  8. 2021-12-08
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2021-11-04
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  10. 2021-04-20
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  11. 2019-12-04
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  12. 2018-12-10
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  13. 2018-02-14
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  14. 2018-02-14
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  15. 2017-11-15
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  16. 2016-12-23
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  17. 2016-03-10
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  18. 2014-01-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  19. 2013-06-27
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    HEYWOOD, Claire Suzanne appointed
    director
  20. 2013-06-27
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    LINFIELD, Paul Stephen resigned
    director
  21. 2011-02-01
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    Company incorporated
    As CAMVO 197 LIMITED
  22. 2011-02-01
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    HEYWOOD, Simon William appointed
    director
  23. 2011-02-01
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    LINFIELD, Paul Stephen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +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 68. 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 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon William Heywood
Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/07/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Paul Stephen Linfieldceased 01/02/2018· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2011-02-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

The Links Hotel
Mid Links
Montrose
Angus
DD10 8RL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last made up to: 2025-04-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-15
Last: 2026-02-01

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

HEYWOOD, Claire Suzanne→
director · ~68y · appointed 2013-06-27
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Active
HEYWOOD, Simon William→
director · ~67y · appointed 2011-02-01
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Active
LINFIELD, Paul Stephen→
director · ~71y · appointed 2011-02-01 · resigned 2013-06-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Coolmicro
Coolmicro Limited
A registered charge—17/01/2022—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property23/01/201408/12/2021
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Recent filings (39 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
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accounts · AA
2025-11-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
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accounts · AA
2024-11-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
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accounts · AA
2023-12-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-14
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-01-26
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-17