IAN H. CAMERON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC035342 · ltd · incorporated 1960-06-02

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 May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

70100Activities of head offices

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

7 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

118 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £626,761

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31
Profit before tax	£626.8k
Average employees	44

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

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 (28 events)Click to expand

2025-12-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
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officers · CH01
2025-02-28
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accounts · AA
2025-01-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-14
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-11-20
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CAMERON, Jamie Douglas appointed
director
2024-11-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-10-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-14
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ANDERSON, William David resigned
director
2019-02-14
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2016-01-29
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MELLOR, Kirsten appointed
secretary
2016-01-29
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CAMERON, Jane Mary resigned
secretary
2006-05-01
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LEISHMAN, Norman James appointed
director
2006-04-30
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STEWART, Colin Alexander resigned
director
2002-02-17
➕
CAMERON, Jane Mary appointed
secretary
2002-02-17
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CAMERON, Mary resigned
secretary
2002-02-17
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CAMERON, Mary resigned
director
1991-12-06
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ANDERSON, William David appointed
director
1960-06-02
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Company incorporated
As IAN H. CAMERON LIMITED

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

33/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CAMERON, Jamie Douglas (same surname) appointed 2024-11-20. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
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.)

Group structure

Cameron Group (Perth) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Cameron Group (Perth) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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IAN H. CAMERON LIMITED

This company · SC035342

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Cameron Group (Perth) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1960-06-02

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

Arran Road

North Muirton

Perth

PH1 3DZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-26

Last: 2026-02-12

Officers (5 active · 5 resigned)

MELLOR, Kirsten→

secretary · appointed 2016-01-29

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Active

CAMERON, Ian Douglas→

director · ~81y

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Active

CAMERON, Jamie Douglas→

director · ~42y · appointed 2024-11-20

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Active

CAMERON, Jane Mary→

director · ~72y

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Active

LEISHMAN, Norman James→

director · ~62y · appointed 2006-05-01

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Active

CAMERON, Jane Mary→

secretary · appointed 2002-02-17 · resigned 2016-01-29

Resigned

CAMERON, Mary→

secretary · resigned 2002-02-17

Resigned

ANDERSON, William David→

director · ~84y · appointed 1991-12-06 · resigned 2019-02-14

Resigned

CAMERON, Mary→

director · ~119y · resigned 2002-02-17

Resigned

STEWART, Colin Alexander→

director · ~86y · resigned 2006-04-30

Resigned

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Recent filings (118 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-01

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-08-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2025-02-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-13

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-01-14

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-01-14

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2025-01-14

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-11-20

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2024-11-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-full

accounts · AA

2023-10-30

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-06-26

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-02-14

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-02-14