CAMERON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC393025 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-07
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 8.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£616.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 8.1y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.1 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £616,527
Cash YoY
+23%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£570k
↑ 23% YoY
Net Worth
£617k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£973k
↑ 2.2% 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 | £649.1k | £586.9k |
| Current assets | £972.9k | £951.8k |
| Cash | £570.4k | £462.9k |
| Debtors | £352.0k | £442.5k |
| Net assets | £616.5k | £543.4k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-10📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-04-05➖PATEL, Avir Mukesh resigneddirector
- 2025-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-28📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-06-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-06-23➕CAIRNS, Christopher Thomas appointeddirector
- 2024-12-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-18📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-09-18🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2022-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-08📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2022-04-07📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-04-05📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-04-05📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-04-01➕PATEL, Avir Mukesh appointeddirector
- 2021-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2014-10-01➕MCILROY, Steven David appointeddirector
- 2011-02-07🏢Company incorporatedAs CAMERON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LTD
- 2011-02-07➕CAMERON, Stewart David appointeddirector
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CAMERON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
43/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Stewart David Cameron Individual · British · DOB 10/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Steven David Mcilroy Individual · British · DOB 01/1976 · age 50 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-02-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69109 — Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities
Registered office
Moncrieff House
69 West Nile Street
Glasgow
G1 2QB
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-21
Last: 2026-02-07
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
CAIRNS, Christopher Thomas→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2025-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CAMERON, Stewart David→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2011-02-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCILROY, Steven David→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2014-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PATEL, Avir Mukesh→
Resigneddirector · ~35y · appointed 2022-04-01 · resigned 2026-04-05
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 28/03/2018 | 18/09/2023 |
Recent filings (56 total)
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-11-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-13
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-20