CAMPHILL(BLAIR DRUMMOND)TRUST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC059206 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1976-01-12

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 48.6y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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Net worth

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Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 48.6y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 48.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: low (50/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

54 officers (10 active, 54 linked, 48 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

185 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (111 events)Click to expand

2025-11-13
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2025-09-29
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2025-09-23
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GRAHAM, Rene Tanya resigned
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2025-08-13
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2025-03-12
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2025-03-11
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MUIR, Rebecca appointed
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2025-03-11
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2024-12-17
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WILLIAMS, Peter Clifford appointed
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2024-12-06
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2024-07-03
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2024-06-25
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CARSON, John Seton Burrell resigned
director
2024-06-10
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2024-03-19
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GRIMES, Alistair Bernard, Dr resigned
director
2024-01-29
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2024-01-09
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YEOMAN, David William appointed
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2023-07-13
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MCLEAN, Evan Andrew appointed
director
2023-06-21
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NIVEN, Kate appointed
director
2023-06-21
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SIMPSON, Christine Margaret appointed
director
2023-04-05
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2023-03-21
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WELSH, Ron appointed
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2023-03-21
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SCOTT, John Kilbane resigned
director
2022-04-16
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2022-04-16
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2022-04-16
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2022-03-29
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CILLIERS, Deirdre Armstrong resigned
director
2022-03-29
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SHIFFNER, Rosamund Mary resigned
director
2020-12-01
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MUIR, Susan Margaret resigned
director
2017-12-05
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MUNRO, Helen Dempsie resigned
director
2016-12-06
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GRIMES, Alistair Bernard, Dr appointed
director
2016-12-06
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SCOTT, John Kilbane appointed
director
2015-03-10
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MIDDLETON, Catherine Patricia Elizabeth appointed
director
2015-03-10
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CILLIERS, Deirdre Armstrong appointed
director
2014-08-06
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ASHTON, Jeanie Vorley resigned
director
2013-04-26
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BROWN, Robert Morrison Gibb appointed
director
2013-03-31
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RUSSELL, Marjory Bruce resigned
director
2009-12-12
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DAVIDSON, Roderick Iain resigned
secretary
2009-12-12
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NEWBATT, David John resigned
director
2009-06-23
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MUIR, Susan Margaret appointed
director
2009-02-17
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RUSSELL, Marjory Bruce appointed
director
2007-08-30
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STOLK, Betty resigned
director
2007-06-26
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ASHTON, Jeanie Vorley appointed
director
2006-10-17
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MITCHELL, David Patrick appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-10 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1976-01-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC87200 — Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse

Registered office

Cuthil Brae

Blair Drummond House

Stirling

FK9 4UT

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-22

Last: 2025-07-08