GOLF CAMELS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC543169 · ltd · incorporated 2016-08-18
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-49.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Business and domestic software development
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £49,359

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£49k
↓ 1.9% YoY
Current Assets
£73k
↑ 37% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£49k-£25k-£249£24k£49k£73kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-49.4k£-48.4k
Current assets£73.4k£53.7k
Net assets£-49.4k£-48.4k

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.

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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 (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2023-08-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-08-07
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  7. 2023-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-11-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-06-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2022-06-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-08-27
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  15. 2019-08-27
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2018-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-08-18
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    Company incorporated
    As GOLF CAMELS LIMITED
  18. 2016-08-18
    CHERRY, Martin Alister appointed
    director
  19. 2016-08-18
    HART, William Scott appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Scott Hart
Individual · British · DOB 03/1945 · age 81
2550%
25-50% shares01/08/2023
Mr Martin Alister Cherry
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
2550%
25-50% shares01/08/2023

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
Incorporated2016-08-18
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC62012 — Business and domestic software development

Registered office

40/42 Brantwood Avenue
Dundee
DD3 6EW
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-19
Last: 2025-06-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

CHERRY, Martin Alister
director · ~58y · appointed 2016-08-18
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Active
HART, William Scott
director · ~81y · appointed 2016-08-18
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Active

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Recent filings (32 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-08-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-08-07
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2023-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-31