CAMMACHMORE BAY LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive

SC709749 · ltd · incorporated 2021-09-17

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£101.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 01500

Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -38% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (6 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

5 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

21 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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 £101,041

Cash YoY

-38%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£33k

↓ 38% YoY

Net Worth

£101k

↑ 191% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Cash	£33.3k	£53.8k
Net assets	£101.0k	£34.7k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2025-06-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-07
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-02-07
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-02-07
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officers · AP01
2023-01-12
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-01-12
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address · AD01
2023-01-12
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-01-12
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-01-12
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-12
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appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2023-01-12
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-01-09
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-01-06
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-01-06
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-11-10
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STRONACHS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2022-11-10
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SHEPHERD, Linda Jean appointed
director
2022-11-10
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LC SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2021-09-17
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Company incorporated
As CAMMACHMORE BAY LIMITED
2021-09-17
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SHEPHERD, Alexander James Clark appointed
director
2021-09-17
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SHEPHERD, Iain Douglas appointed
director
2021-09-17
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SHEPHERD, Nicol Alexander Richard appointed
director
2021-09-17
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SHEPHERD, Ross Scott appointed
director
2021-09-17
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LC SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2021-09-17
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incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SHEPHERD, Iain Douglas (same surname) appointed 2021-09-17. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

5 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Linda Jean Shepherd Individual · British · DOB 11/1947 · age 79	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	10/11/2022
Iain Douglas Shepherd Individual · British · DOB 10/1978 · age 48	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	10/11/2022
Mr Ross Scott Shepherd Individual · British · DOB 08/1980 · age 46	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	10/11/2022
Mr Nicol Alexander Richard Shepherd Individual · British · DOB 11/1975 · age 51	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	10/11/2022
Mr Alexander James Clark Shepherd Individual · British · DOB 10/1944 · age 82	—	25–50%	25-50% voting	17/09/2021

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

Incorporated2021-09-17

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

28 Albyn Place

Aberdeen

AB10 1YL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last: 2025-09-16