CAMLIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC256523 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-23
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 21.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£-3.15M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 21.9y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 21.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £3,148,298
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
-£3.1m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£126k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-3.15M | £-3.15M |
| Current assets | £125.9k | £126.0k |
| Net assets | £-3.15M | £-3.15M |
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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-16📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-02-16🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2021-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-07-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-28📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2012-12-06🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2004-06-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2004-06-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2004-02-01➕MACLENNAN, Fiona appointedsecretary
- 2004-02-01➖DAVIDSON CHALMERS (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2003-09-23🏢Company incorporatedAs CAMLIN INVESTMENTS LIMITED
- 2003-09-23➕CAMERON, David John appointeddirector
- 2003-09-23➕LINTON, Bruce Reid appointeddirector
- 2003-09-23➕DAVIDSON CHALMERS (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2003-09-23➕DAVIDSON CHALMERS (NOMINEES) LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-09-23➖DAVIDSON CHALMERS (NOMINEES) LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Bruce Reid Linton Individual · British · DOB 09/1953 · age 73 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr David John Cameron Individual · British · DOB 12/1942 · age 84 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-09-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
First Floor
111 Grampian Road
Aviemore
Inverness-Shire
PH22 1RH
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-23
Last: 2025-09-09
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
CAMERON, David John→
Activedirector · ~84y · appointed 2003-09-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LINTON, Bruce Reid→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2003-09-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DAVIDSON CHALMERS (SECRETARIAL SERVICES) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2003-09-23 · resigned 2004-02-01
DAVIDSON CHALMERS (NOMINEES) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-23 · resigned 2003-09-23
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Standard security | 1 property | 15/06/2004 | 16/02/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Floating charge | 1 property | 08/06/2004 | 06/12/2012 |
Recent filings (65 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-07
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-04-17