CAMPBELL & SELLAR LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC435348 · ltd · incorporated 2012-10-24
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£176.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.2y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
35 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £176,576
Cash YoY
+41%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£519k
↑ 41% YoY
Net Worth
£177k
↑ 36% YoY
Current Assets
£604k
↑ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£121k£242k£362k£483k£604kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£286.4k£150.8k
Current assets£604.1k£454.2k
Cash£519.0k£367.6k
Debtors£85.2k£86.7k
Net assets£176.6k£129.9k

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

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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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-02
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  2. 2025-12-01
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  3. 2025-09-16
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  4. 2024-09-18
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  5. 2023-09-29
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  6. 2022-09-29
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  7. 2021-09-30
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  8. 2020-11-18
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  9. 2019-09-30
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  10. 2018-08-06
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  11. 2017-09-19
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  12. 2016-06-01
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  13. 2016-05-13
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  14. 2015-11-06
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  15. 2015-09-28
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  16. 2014-05-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  17. 2012-10-24
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    Company incorporated
    As CAMPBELL & SELLAR LIMITED
  18. 2012-10-24
    ➕
    STRACHAN, Athol Gordon appointed
    director
  19. 2012-10-24
    ➕
    STRACHAN, Jacqueline Elspeth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

79/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Athol Gordon Strachan
Individual · British · DOB 08/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/10/2016
Mrs Jacqueline Elspeth Strachan
Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/10/2016

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
Incorporated2012-10-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77110 — Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

East Lodge Greenwell Road
East Tullos
Aberdeen
AB12 3AX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-07
Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

STRACHAN, Athol Gordon→
director · ~58y · appointed 2012-10-24
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Active
STRACHAN, Jacqueline Elspeth→
director · ~58y · appointed 2012-10-24
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge—28/05/2014—
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Recent filings (35 total)

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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
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accounts · AA
2025-09-16
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2024-10-28
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2024-09-18
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2023-10-24
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2023-09-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-26
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2022-09-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-27
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2021-09-30
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2020-11-18
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2020-10-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-06