J. LUKE CAMPTON ORTHOPAEDICS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC625382 · ltd · incorporated 2019-03-22
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£118.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
63/100
Worth a look
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Specialist medical practice activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed healthcare with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
63/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £118,117
Cash YoY
+37%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£43k
↑ 37% YoY
Net Worth
£118k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£62k
↑ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£24k£47k£71k£94k£118kMar 2024Mar 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£120.5k£100.2k
Current assets£62.1k£46.8k
Cash£43.2k£31.4k
Debtors£19.0k£15.4k
Net assets£118.1k£98.0k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-19
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2025-12-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-10
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-03-09
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2022-02-23
    CAMPTON, Lucy resigned
    director
  9. 2021-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-03-28
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-03-28
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2019-03-22
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As J. LUKE CAMPTON ORTHOPAEDICS LIMITED
  14. 2019-03-22
    CAMPTON, Jacob Luke appointed
    director
  15. 2019-03-22
    CAMPTON, Lucy appointed
    director
  16. 2019-03-22
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CAMPTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-04-05

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jacob Luke Campton
Individual · British · DOB 10/1973 · age 53
5075%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting22/03/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Lucy Camptonceased 26/06/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Healthcare & medical · IV postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
LIFEWAYS COMMUNITY CARE (INVERNESS) LIMITED
SC253251 · est 2003 · no financials extracted
22y
LLOYD GRIFFITHS LIMITED
SC324462 · est 2007 · no financials extracted
18y
MORVEN INVERNESS LIMITED
SC447005 · est 2013 · no financials extracted
13y
NESSIE'S NURSERY LTD
SC666796 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
5y
PHYSIO INVERNESS LIMITED
SC454559 · est 2013 · no financials extracted
12y
PHYSIONESS REHAB LTD
SC638787 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
6y
RHINDSDALE HOUSE LIMITED
SC433984 · est 2012 · no financials extracted
13y
SALTAIRE MEDIC LIMITED
SC728886 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
4y
SATURNÉ MEDICAL AESTHETICS LIMITED
SC880009 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
SEAFORTH HOUSE LIMITED
SC140707 · est 1992 · no financials extracted
33y
SMILE ASSOCIATES LTD
SC516109 · est 2015 · no financials extracted
10y
ST. MODANS CARE HOME LIMITED
SC086885 · est 1984 · no financials extracted
42y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-03-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC86220 — Specialist medical practice activities

Registered office

9 Ardross Street
Inverness
IV3 5NN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-05OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-22

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

CAMPTON, Jacob Luke
director · ~53y · appointed 2019-03-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAMPTON, Lucy
director · ~45y · appointed 2019-03-22 · resigned 2022-02-23
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (19 total)

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-10
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-25