CAMPBELLS LIMITED
Company number 00562376 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Campbells Limited is a long-established, family-controlled caravan and motor vehicle retailer that remains balance-sheet solvent with net assets of £1.54m and low external gearing, but has depleted its reserves by approximately £589k over two consecutive loss-making years and holds effectively no cash, leaving near-term obligations dependent on the realisable value of £4.0m of stock. The overall risk is assessed as MEDIUM at the upper end of the band: the company is not at imminent risk of insolvency, but its financial cushion is thin, its asset base is highly concentrated in depreciable inventory, and the absence of filed profit and loss data for FY2024 and FY2025 materially limits visibility on trading performance. Priority due diligence should focus on obtaining management accounts, independently validating stock values, and clarifying the terms of the £162,000 annual related-party lease with the directors' pension scheme.
Shareholders' funds
£1,541,993
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The company's principal activity during the year continued to be that of the retail of touring caravans, motorhomes, awnings and accessories and the service and repair of the touring caravans and motor homes.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1956-03-08
- Employees
- 30 (2025 accounts · was 34 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Watkin Lane, Lostock Hall, Preston, PR5 5RD
- Postcode
- PR5 5RD
- Capital
- 405,504 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-10-31
- Next due by
- 2026-11-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 45111 Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
- 47799 Retail sale of other second-hand goods in stores (not incl. antiques)
Officers 5 current · 7 resigned
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| CAMPBELLS CARAVANS LIMITED | 1999-07-15 |
| GORDON'S CARAVANS LIMITED | 1980-12-31 |
Among its peers
Among the biggest employers
of 25 similar companies in PR, with 30 staff. 3rd oldest of its local peers.
No.9 of the largest sale of new cars and light motor vehicles companies in Preston →
Competitors Preston
This company ranks 9 among sale of new cars and light motor vehicles in Preston.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2024-01-15
- Price paid, where recorded
- £18,000
- Where
- Lancashire (2), Greater London (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN283021 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2024-01-15 | — |
| LAN283023 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2024-01-15 | — |
| TGL357776 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2014-03-25 | £18,000 |
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