CAMBUSDOON LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC480101 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-16
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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year to Jun 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 0.8y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Newest facility, 0.8 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · 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
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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2023Jun 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-06-272023-06-27
Average employees200200

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-03
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2025-08-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  3. 2025-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-06-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-06-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-06-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-03-27
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    accounts · AA01
  9. 2024-01-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2023-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-06-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2020-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-03-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2018-07-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2018-07-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2018-07-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2014-06-16
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    Company incorporated
    As CAMBUSDOON LTD
  21. 2014-06-16
    ➕
    WILLIAMSON, Brian David appointed
    director
  22. 2014-06-16
    ➕
    WILLIAMSON, Tracey appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian David Ramsay Williamson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1974 · age 52
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-06-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Alloway House
6 Alloway Place
Ayr
Ayrshire
KA7 2AA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-27
Last made up to: 2024-06-27
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last: 2025-06-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WILLIAMSON, Brian David→
director · ~52y · appointed 2014-06-16
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Active
WILLIAMSON, Tracey→
director · ~48y · appointed 2014-06-16
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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—16/08/2025—
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Recent filings (33 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-28