D CAMPBELL & SON LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC376494 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-08

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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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10130

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

36 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	6	600

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-01-07
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accounts · AA
2025-02-11
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accounts · AA
2024-01-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-19
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-05-12
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-05-12
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-01-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
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accounts · AA
2020-01-03
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accounts · AA
2018-12-21
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accounts · AA
2018-04-16
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officers · CH01
2017-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-01-18
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accounts · AA
2016-04-25
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-07
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accounts · AA
2010-04-08
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Company incorporated
As D CAMPBELL & SON LTD
2010-04-08
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CAMPBELL, Duncan Neil appointed
secretary
2010-04-08
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CAMPBELL, Colin appointed
director
2010-04-08
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CAMPBELL, Duncan Neil appointed
director
2010-04-08
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CAMPBELL, Elizabeth appointed
director

Owner dependency

98/100

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

+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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Colin Campbell Individual · British · DOB 03/1982 · age 44	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/01/2017

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

Incorporated2010-04-08

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC10130 — SIC 10130

Registered office

28 Ancaster Square

Callander

Perthshire

FK17 8BL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-04-22

Last: 2025-04-08

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

CAMPBELL, Duncan Neil→

secretary · appointed 2010-04-08

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CAMPBELL, Colin→

director · ~44y · appointed 2010-04-08

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Active

CAMPBELL, Duncan Neil→

director · ~74y · appointed 2010-04-08

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Active

CAMPBELL, Elizabeth→

director · ~74y · appointed 2010-04-08

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Recent filings (36 total)

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2026-01-07

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-05-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-02-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-01-16

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-23

capital-name-of-class-of-shares

capital · SH08

2023-05-19

memorandum-articles

incorporation · MA

2023-05-12

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2023-05-12

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-01-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-05-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-10-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-05-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2020-12-17

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-04-17