COUNTY OIL GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02007756 · ltd · incorporated 1986-04-08

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£3.40M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46711

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -35% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 39.8y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 39.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (6 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

129 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,395,959

Net assets shrinking

Down £1,420,757 YoY

Cash YoY

-35%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£3.0m

↓ 35% YoY

Net Worth

£3.4m

↓ 29% YoY

Current Assets

£8.6m

↓ 1.5% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£3.59M	£5.01M
Current assets	£8.63M	£8.77M
Cash	£3.01M	£4.63M
Debtors	£5.28M	£3.89M
Net assets	£3.40M	£4.82M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2025-11-05
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accounts · AA
2024-12-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
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officers · CH01
2024-07-31
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-02
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accounts · AA
2023-09-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-20
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officers · AP01
2023-06-19
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COXHEAD, Paul Michael appointed
director
2022-08-26
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accounts · AA
2021-10-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-07-25
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officers · TM01
2018-03-31
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COXHEAD, Harold Edward resigned
director
2018-03-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2018-03-08
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2018-02-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2017-01-03
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ELTRINGHAM, Kevin appointed
director
2011-08-01
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MUSGRAVE, Andrew appointed
director
2010-03-19
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Charge satisfied #2
2010-03-19
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Charge satisfied #1
2009-10-01
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COXHEAD, Harold Edward appointed
director
2007-07-31
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ROBERTS, Jacqueline resigned
director
2006-05-11
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MUSGRAVE, Margaret Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2006-05-11
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MUSGRAVE, Margaret Elizabeth appointed
director
2006-05-11
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ROBERTS, John Albert resigned
secretary
2006-05-11
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ROBERTS, Jacqueline appointed
director
2006-05-11
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ROBERTS, John Albert resigned
director
1987-02-03
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1986-10-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1986-04-08
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Company incorporated
As COUNTY OIL GROUP LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 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.)

Group structure

County Oil Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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County Oil Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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COUNTY OIL GROUP LIMITED

This company · 02007756

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
County Oil Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	25/01/2018

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Neil Musgraveceased 25/01/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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

Incorporated1986-04-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46711 — SIC 46711

Registered office

Beca House Ashville Way

Sutton Weaver

Runcorn

Cheshire

WA7 3EZ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-08

Last: 2025-11-24