CAMPBELL MEYER & CO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC116101 · ltd · incorporated 1989-02-10

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

£4.06M

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 11010

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 14.4y

15/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 14.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

23 officers (5 active, 23 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

140 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £4,061,427

Net assets shrinking

Down £176,749 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 79% YoY

Cash YoY

-79%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£70k

↓ 79% YoY

Net Worth

£4.1m

↓ 4.2% YoY

Current Assets

£5.3m

↓ 19% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£4.07M	£4.25M
Current assets	£5.33M	£6.58M
Cash	£69.6k	£336.0k
Debtors	£4.14M	£4.73M
Net assets	£4.06M	£4.24M

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

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3 signals 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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 mortgage

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (66 events)Click to expand

2026-01-24
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mortgage · 466(Scot)
2026-01-23
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mortgage-alter-floating-charge-with-number
mortgage · 466(Scot)
2026-01-20
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mortgage · MR01
2026-01-16
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Ferovinum LTD
2025-09-26
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accounts · AA
2025-06-19
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officers · TM01
2025-06-06
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MCSHERRY, Gerrard resigned
director
2025-03-31
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LULHAM, Michael appointed
director
2025-03-31
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MCSHERRY, Gerrard resigned
secretary
2025-03-31
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-31
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-12-03
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BALLINGALL, Simon resigned
director
2024-12-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-05-03
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BARCLAY, David Ellis appointed
director
2023-05-03
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CAMPBELL, Anna appointed
director
2023-05-03
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BRIODY, Debbie Sarah resigned
director
2023-05-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-03
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-20
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-19
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BRIODY, Debbie Sarah appointed
director
2022-08-26
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BALLINGALL, Simon appointed
director
2022-08-26
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-07-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-10-23
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-10-23
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Charge satisfied #3
2020-08-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2014-06-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2014-03-25
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2014-02-07
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Charge satisfied #2
2014-01-31
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SLOANE, Louise resigned
director
2013-11-12
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PURDIE, Caroline Amy appointed
director
2013-10-23
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Aldermore Invoice Finance a Division of Aldermore Bank PLC
2013-07-25
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WINCHESTER, Yvonne resigned
director
2012-03-07
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) LTD
2011-12-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2011-08-01
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WINCHESTER, Yvonne appointed
director
2008-01-10
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SLOANE, Louise appointed
director
2007-11-14
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NEIGHBOUR, Pamela Ivy resigned
secretary
2007-11-14
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NEIGHBOUR, Pamela Ivy resigned
director
2007-11-14
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NEIGHBOUR, Thomas William resigned
director
2007-11-01
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BARCLAY, Colin Shields appointed
director
2007-11-01
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MCSHERRY, Gerrard appointed
secretary
2007-11-01
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MCSHERRY, Gerrard appointed
director
2005-08-01
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JAGIELKO, Henry John resigned
secretary
2005-08-01
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BULLOCH, Alexander resigned
director
2005-08-01
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DOUGLAS, Alan Ruthven resigned
director

Showing most recent 50 of 66 events

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CAMPBELL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Jg Distillers Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Jg Distillers Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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CAMPBELL MEYER & CO LIMITED

This company · SC116101

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
Jg Distillers Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	30/10/2016

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

Incorporated1989-02-10

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC11010 — SIC 11010

Registered office

3 Peel Park Place

East Kilbride

Glasgow

G74 5LW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-19

Last: 2025-10-05