CAMPHILL GROVE CARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC392819 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-03

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£52.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -48% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 14.4y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 14.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

33 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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 £52,547

Cash draining

Cash down 48% YoY

Cash YoY

-48%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£42k

↓ 48% YoY

Net Worth

£53k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£58k

↓ 30% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£52.5k	£52.5k
Current assets	£57.5k	£82.7k
Cash	£41.8k	£80.5k
Debtors	£15.7k	£2.2k
Net assets	£52.5k	£52.5k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

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2011-12-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2011-02-03
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Company incorporated
As CAMPHILL GROVE CARE LIMITED
2011-02-03
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SOPER, Kenneth James Haward appointed
secretary
2011-02-03
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MILLER, James appointed
director
2011-02-03
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SOPER, Kenneth James Haward appointed
director

Owner dependency

83/100

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 77 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Kenneth James Haward Soper Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest	06/04/2016
Mr James Miller Individual · Scottish · DOB 05/1949 · age 77	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2011-02-03

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

49 Grove Road

Broughty Ferry

Dundee

Angus

DD5 1JP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-17

Last: 2026-02-03

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SOPER, Kenneth James Haward→

secretary · appointed 2011-02-03

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MILLER, James→

director · ~77y · appointed 2011-02-03

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SOPER, Kenneth James Haward→

director · ~68y · appointed 2011-02-03

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Floating charge	1 property	09/12/2011	—

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