CAM BO EDINBURGH LTD.

🏛️Establishedactive
SC568331 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-08
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 8.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 8.7y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees21002100

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-20
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2023-07-20
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2023-07-20
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  6. 2023-07-20
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    Charge satisfied #2
  7. 2023-07-20
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    Charge satisfied #1
  8. 2023-07-19
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
  9. 2023-07-18
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2023-07-18
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
  11. 2023-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-05-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-07-10
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  18. 2018-02-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2017-11-27
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  20. 2017-11-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2017-08-29
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  22. 2017-08-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  23. 2017-06-08
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    Company incorporated
    As CAM BO EDINBURGH LTD.
  24. 2017-06-08
    ➕
    LAMB, Judy Bie Ha appointed
    director
  25. 2017-06-08
    ➕
    SHING, Yun Cheung appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Judy Bie Ha Lamb
Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/06/2017
Yun Cheung Shing
Individual · British · DOB 09/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/06/2017

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
Incorporated2017-06-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46390 — Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco

Registered office

7 Bankhead Crossway North
Edinburgh
EH11 4BP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last: 2025-10-10

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

LAMB, Judy Bie Ha→
director · ~61y · appointed 2017-06-08
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Active
SHING, Yun Cheung→
director · ~69y · appointed 2017-06-08
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Together Money
Together Commercial Finance Limited
A registered charge1 property19/07/2023—
outstanding
Together Money
Together Commercial Finance Limited
A registered charge—18/07/2023—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property06/11/201720/07/2023
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge—24/08/201720/07/2023
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Recent filings (26 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-02
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-07-20
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-07-20
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-07-20
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-10