JOHN CAMPBELL QUALITY FOODS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC509828 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-01
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
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 1 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£44k£87k£131k£174k£218kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets—£217.9k
Current assets—£102.4k
Cash—£101.2k
Debtors—£991
Net assets—£217.9k
Average employees0—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-24
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-27
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-07-30
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-03-31
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2015-11-24
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    annual-return · AR01
  12. 2015-11-23
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    capital · SH01
  13. 2015-11-18
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    officers · TM01
  14. 2015-11-18
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2015-11-17
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    change-of-name · CERTNM
  16. 2015-07-01
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    Company incorporated
    As JOHN CAMPBELL QUALITY FOODS LTD.
  17. 2015-07-01
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    CAMPBELL, Karen appointed
    director
  18. 2015-07-01
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    CAMPBELL, William John appointed
    director
  19. 2015-07-01
    ➕
    MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
    director
  20. 2015-07-01
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    MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
    director
  21. 2015-07-01
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    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    director
  22. 2015-07-01
    ➖
    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CAMPBELL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William John Campbell
Individual · British · DOB 08/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016
Mrs Karen Mckinnon Campbell
Individual · British · DOB 10/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2015-07-01
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

32 Brora Road
Bishopbriggs
Glasgow
G64 1HY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-26
Last: 2025-07-12

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CAMPBELL, Karen→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-07-01
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Active
CAMPBELL, William John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2015-07-01
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Active
MCINTOSH, Susan→
director · ~56y · appointed 2015-07-01 · resigned 2015-07-01
Resigned
TRAINER, Peter→
director · ~74y · appointed 2015-07-01 · resigned 2015-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-04-30