Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Income Taxes - Summary of Federal Statutory Rate to Pretax Income (Detail)

v2.4.1.9
Income Taxes - Summary of Federal Statutory Rate to Pretax Income (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2014
Nov. 30, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]    
Tax at Federal Statutory Rate, Amount $ 272,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ 67,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State Income Tax Effect, Amount 29,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 7,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Decrease in valuation allowance, Amount (301,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (115,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Permanent Disallowances, Amount 123,000ccel_IncomeTaxReconciliationPermanentDisallowances 210,000ccel_IncomeTaxReconciliationPermanentDisallowances
Capital loss expirations, Amount 0ccel_IncomeTaxReconciliationCapitalLossExpirations 0ccel_IncomeTaxReconciliationCapitalLossExpirations
Foreign tax credits, Amount (124,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCreditsForeign (170,000)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxCreditsForeign
Foreign tax withholding, Amount 124,000ccel_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignTaxWithholding 170,000ccel_IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignTaxWithholding
Other, Amount 0us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments 0us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Income tax expense $ 123,526us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 169,580us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Tax at Federal Statutory Rate 34.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 34.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
State Income Tax Effect, Rate 3.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 3.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Decrease in valuation allowance, Rate (37.70%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (58.40%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Permanent Disallowances, Rate 15.20%ccel_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationPermanentDisallowances 106.60%ccel_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationPermanentDisallowances
Capital loss expirations, Rate 0.00%ccel_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationCapitalLossExpirations 0.00%ccel_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationCapitalLossExpirations
Foreign tax credits, Rate (15.50%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxCreditsForeign (86.30%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxCreditsForeign
Foreign tax withholding, Rate 15.50%ccel_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateForeignTaxWithholding 86.30%ccel_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateForeignTaxWithholding
Other, Rate 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments 0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments
Total income taxes, Rate 15.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 85.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations