CAMERON PLANT SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC376669 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-12

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

£10.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33170

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

42 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £10,828

Net assets shrinking

Down £16,075 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£11k

↓ 60% YoY

Current Assets

£104k

↓ 15% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£10.8k	£26.9k
Current assets	£103.6k	£122.5k
Net assets	£10.8k	£26.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-01-26
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2025-01-31
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2024-01-26
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2023-01-31
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2022-01-26
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2021-01-29
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2020-01-27
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2019-01-22
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accounts · AA
2018-01-23
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accounts · AA
2017-01-24
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accounts · AA
2016-05-03
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-01-25
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accounts · AA
2015-05-05
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2015-01-30
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2014-05-07
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annual-return · AR01
2010-05-05
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CAMERON, Karen Louise appointed
secretary
2010-05-05
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CAMERON, Kenneth, Me appointed
director
2010-05-05
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CAMERON, Kenneth Andrew appointed
director
2010-05-05
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HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2010-05-05
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MUNRO, Donald John resigned
director
2010-05-05
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HMS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2010-04-12
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Company incorporated
As CAMERON PLANT SERVICES LIMITED
2010-04-12
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HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2010-04-12
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MUNRO, Donald John appointed
director
2010-04-12
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HMS DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CAMERON" — 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 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Kenneth Andrew Cameron Individual · British · DOB 05/1980 · age 46	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	12/04/2016
Me Kenneth Cameron Individual · British · DOB 09/1955 · age 71	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	12/04/2016

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

Incorporated2010-04-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC33170 — SIC 33170

Registered office

50 Redwood Avenue

Inverness

IV2 6HA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-26

Last: 2026-04-12

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CAMERON, Karen Louise→

secretary · appointed 2010-05-05

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Active

CAMERON, Kenneth, Me→

director · ~71y · appointed 2010-05-05

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Active

CAMERON, Kenneth Andrew→

director · ~46y · appointed 2010-05-05

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Active

HMS SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-04-12 · resigned 2010-05-05

Resigned

MUNRO, Donald John→

director · ~55y · appointed 2010-04-12 · resigned 2010-05-05

Resigned

HMS DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2010-04-12 · resigned 2010-05-05

Resigned

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