ACHAEAN PETROLEUM CONSULTING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03290975 · ltd · incorporated 1996-12-12

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 06100

Sector: Mining & quarrying

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	100	100

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

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-12-09
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-19
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accounts · AA
2019-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-09-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-04-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-02-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-01-02
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-08-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-01-06
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annual-return · AR01
2014-04-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
1996-12-13
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PINE, Alison appointed
secretary
1996-12-13
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PINE, Kevin Paterson appointed
director
1996-12-13
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ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-12-13
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AR NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1996-12-12
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Company incorporated
As ACHAEAN PETROLEUM CONSULTING LIMITED
1996-12-12
➕
ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1996-12-12
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AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Kevin Paterson Pine Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	12/12/2016
Mr Kevin Paterson Pine Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest	01/10/2016

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

Incorporated1996-12-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC06100 — SIC 06100

Registered office

20 Ashton Road

Siddington

Cirencester

Gloucestershire

GL7 6HD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-23

Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

PINE, Alison→

secretary · appointed 1996-12-13

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Active

PINE, Kevin Paterson→

director · ~61y · appointed 1996-12-13

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Active

ASHBURTON REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-12-12 · resigned 1996-12-13

Resigned

AR NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-12-12 · resigned 1996-12-13

Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-10

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC01

2025-12-09