ACRIS OILS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01783585 · ltd · incorporated 1984-01-17
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 36.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46120
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 36.2y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 36.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
102 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees2200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-04-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2026-04-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-02-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-02-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-02-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-06-05
    ➖
    WHITE, Anthony Robert resigned
    director
  18. 2011-07-25
    ➕
    WHITE, Paul Anthony appointed
    director
  19. 2002-01-31
    ➕
    WHITE, Paul Anthony appointed
    secretary
  20. 2002-01-31
    ➖
    DAKIN, Susan resigned
    secretary
  21. 1990-04-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  22. 1984-01-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ACRIS OILS LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jennifer White
Individual · British · DOB 05/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Anthony Robert Whiteceased 05/06/2017· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1984-01-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46120 — SIC 46120

Registered office

Silverland Farm 131 Main Road
Ravenshead
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG15 9JW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last: 2026-02-14

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WHITE, Paul Anthony→
secretary · appointed 2002-01-31
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Active
WHITE, Jennifer→
director · ~75y
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Active
WHITE, Paul Anthony→
director · ~55y · appointed 2011-07-25
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Active
DAKIN, Susan→
secretary · resigned 2002-01-31
Resigned
WHITE, Anthony Robert→
director · ~76y · resigned 2017-06-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Fixed and floating charge1 property04/04/1990—
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Recent filings (102 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-23