ERT CAMELOT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC301741 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-04
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.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Thesis has shifted recently — watch for confirmation.
  • · Investment thesis: well_run_hard_buy → unclassified
  • · Deal-killer verdict: clean → high-friction
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture worsened over the last 30 days — 1 negative signal vs 0 positive.

  • ·Investment thesis: well_run_hard_buy → unclassified
  • ↓Deal-killer verdict: clean → high-friction
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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 19.1y

55/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Not currently profitable — coverage conversation is a harder sell.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
21 officers (4 active, 21 linked, 17 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
93 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 101
Loss-making
Loss before tax £183,000

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 101
Metric2025-12-31
Gross profit£-165.0k
Operating profit£-183.0k
Profit before tax£-183.0k
Average employees0

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (57 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-12-20
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    MCCAUL, Craig appointed
    director
  7. 2022-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2019-05-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-05-01
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    NEIKIRK, Kenneth English appointed
    director
  14. 2019-05-01
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    JOHNSON, Alisa Berne resigned
    director
  15. 2018-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-01-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2017-12-31
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    TRIPODO, Anthony resigned
    director
  18. 2017-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2013-04-10
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    HAJDIK, Lloyd resigned
    director
  21. 2013-04-10
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    TRIPODO, Anthony appointed
    director
  22. 2013-03-08
    ➖
    EDWARDS, Johnny Eugene resigned
    director
  23. 2012-08-16
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    PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2012-08-16
    ➖
    MD SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2010-03-08
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    EDWARDS, Johnny Eugene appointed
    director
  26. 2010-03-07
    ➖
    MURPHY, Robert Parsons resigned
    director
  27. 2010-02-03
    ➕
    KRATZ, Owen Eugene appointed
    director
  28. 2010-02-03
    ➖
    HAMILTON, Nicola resigned
    secretary
  29. 2010-02-03
    ➕
    MD SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2010-02-03
    ➕
    HAJDIK, Lloyd appointed
    director
  31. 2010-02-03
    ➕
    JOHNSON, Alisa Berne appointed
    director
  32. 2010-02-03
    ➖
    KINCH, Laurence William resigned
    director
  33. 2010-02-03
    ➖
    MCHATTIE, Kenneth George resigned
    director
  34. 2010-02-03
    ➕
    MURPHY, Robert Parsons appointed
    director
  35. 2010-02-03
    ➖
    ROCHE, Ian Patrick resigned
    director
  36. 2010-02-03
    ➖
    STODDART, Margaret Elaine Fergus resigned
    director
  37. 2010-01-23
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  38. 2008-06-19
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    SMITH, Leslie Frederick resigned
    director
  39. 2008-06-11
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    ROCHE, Ian Patrick appointed
    director
  40. 2008-06-11
    ➕
    STODDART, Margaret Elaine Fergus appointed
    director
  41. 2008-02-29
    ➖
    KOOT, Leo Willem resigned
    director
  42. 2008-02-29
    ➖
    REYNOLDS, Thomas Hamilton resigned
    director
  43. 2007-06-28
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  44. 2007-06-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  45. 2007-04-25
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    ROBINSON, Michael resigned
    director
  46. 2006-05-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ERT CAMELOT LIMITED
  47. 2006-05-04
    ➕
    HAMILTON, Nicola appointed
    secretary
  48. 2006-05-04
    ➕
    STRONACHS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  49. 2006-05-04
    ➖
    STRONACHS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  50. 2006-05-04
    ➕
    KINCH, Laurence William appointed
    director
Showing most recent 50 of 57 events

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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

Energy Resource Technology (U.K.) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Energy Resource Technology (U.K.) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ERT CAMELOT LIMITED
This company · SC301741

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
Energy Resource Technology (U.K.) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-05-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

13 Queen's Road
Aberdeen
AB15 4YL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-18
Last: 2026-05-04

Officers (4 active · 17 resigned)

PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2012-08-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KRATZ, Owen Eugene→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCCAUL, Craig→
director · ~50y · appointed 2022-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NEIKIRK, Kenneth English→
director · ~51y · appointed 2019-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAMILTON, Nicola→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-04 · resigned 2010-02-03
Resigned
MD SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-02-03 · resigned 2012-08-16
Resigned
STRONACHS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-05-04 · resigned 2006-05-04
Resigned
EDWARDS, Johnny Eugene→
director · ~73y · appointed 2010-03-08 · resigned 2013-03-08
Resigned
HAJDIK, Lloyd→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-02-03 · resigned 2013-04-10
Resigned
JOHNSON, Alisa Berne→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-02-03 · resigned 2019-05-01
Resigned
KINCH, Laurence William→
director · ~73y · appointed 2006-05-04 · resigned 2010-02-03
Resigned
KOOT, Leo Willem→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-05-04 · resigned 2008-02-29
Resigned
MCHATTIE, Kenneth George→
director · ~70y · appointed 2006-05-04 · resigned 2010-02-03
Resigned
MURPHY, Robert Parsons→
director · ~67y · appointed 2010-02-03 · resigned 2010-03-07
Resigned
REYNOLDS, Thomas Hamilton→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-05-04 · resigned 2008-02-29
Resigned
ROBINSON, Michael→
director · ~76y · appointed 2006-05-04 · resigned 2007-04-25
Resigned
ROCHE, Ian Patrick→
director · ~63y · appointed 2008-06-11 · resigned 2010-02-03
Resigned
SHEACH, David Alexander→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-05-04 · resigned 2006-05-04
Resigned
SMITH, Leslie Frederick→
director · ~67y · appointed 2006-05-04 · resigned 2008-06-19
Resigned
STODDART, Margaret Elaine Fergus→
director · ~61y · appointed 2008-06-11 · resigned 2010-02-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Assignation in security of account1 property28/06/2007—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property28/06/200723/01/2010
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Recent filings (93 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-11