KIPPEN CAMPBELL (TRUSTEES) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC193777 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1999-02-25
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-22
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  2. 2025-01-19
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  3. 2023-06-30
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  4. 2022-10-05
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  5. 2021-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-12
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  7. 2020-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-05-20
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-06-13
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  10. 2018-06-13
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  11. 2018-06-13
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  12. 2018-06-13
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  13. 2018-06-13
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  14. 2018-06-13
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-06-13
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2018-05-01
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    MCCARTNEY, Sally Ann appointed
    director
  17. 2018-04-30
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    LAMOND, Douglas resigned
    director
  18. 2018-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2009-05-01
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    KIPPEN CAMPBELL LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2009-04-30
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    KIPPEN CAMPBELL WS resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2004-05-01
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    NAPIER, Alistair Graham resigned
    director
  22. 2001-10-31
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    BEATON, Deirdre Anne resigned
    director
  23. 1999-02-25
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    Company incorporated
    As KIPPEN CAMPBELL (TRUSTEES) LIMITED
  24. 1999-02-25
    ➕
    MCLAREN, Steven George appointed
    director
  25. 1999-02-25
    ➕
    WIGHTMAN, Susan Jane appointed
    director
  26. 1999-02-25
    ➕
    KIPPEN CAMPBELL WS appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 1999-02-25
    ➕
    BEATON, Deirdre Anne appointed
    director
  28. 1999-02-25
    ➕
    LAMOND, Douglas appointed
    director
  29. 1999-02-25
    ➕
    NAPIER, Alistair Graham appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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

Kippen Campbell Llp is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Kippen Campbell Llp
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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KIPPEN CAMPBELL (TRUSTEES) LIMITED
This company · SC193777

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Kippen Campbell Llp
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/04/2018
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Susan Jane Wightmanceased 30/04/2018· 25-50% voting
  • Mr Steven Mclarenceased 30/04/2018· 25-50% voting
  • Mr Douglas Lamondceased 30/04/2018· 25-50% voting

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1999-02-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69109 — Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities

Registered office

48 Tay Street
Perth
PH1 5TR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-11
Last: 2026-02-25

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

KIPPEN CAMPBELL LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCARTNEY, Sally Ann→
director · ~53y · appointed 2018-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCLAREN, Steven George→
director · ~66y · appointed 1999-02-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WIGHTMAN, Susan Jane→
director · ~62y · appointed 1999-02-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KIPPEN CAMPBELL WS→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-02-25 · resigned 2009-04-30
Resigned
BEATON, Deirdre Anne→
director · ~77y · appointed 1999-02-25 · resigned 2001-10-31
Resigned
LAMOND, Douglas→
director · ~77y · appointed 1999-02-25 · resigned 2018-04-30
Resigned
NAPIER, Alistair Graham→
director · ~82y · appointed 1999-02-25 · resigned 2004-05-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-11
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2021-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-20