AZTEC OILS LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

03528262 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-16

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.

Opportunity decay

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 19209

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Leverage-led grower with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).

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Refinance opportunity

8 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 28.0y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 28.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)

Directors & officers

19 officers (6 active, 19 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

121 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £50,149

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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Profit before tax	£50.1k	£102.9k
Average employees	74	8300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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 (66 events)Click to expand

2025-10-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
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COPE, Jason John appointed
director
2024-12-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-20
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
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DICKINS, Paige appointed
secretary
2024-09-25
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-09-05
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-09-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-02
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-02
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-08-30
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HARTSHORNE, Janis Ann resigned
secretary
2024-08-30
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HARTSHORNE, Janis Ann resigned
director
2024-03-07
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-03-07
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Charge satisfied #8
2023-12-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-12-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-08
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COX, Jason Paul appointed
director
2023-12-08
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WATKINS, Derek resigned
director
2023-11-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-15
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-11-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-11-09
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Npif Y&H Debt L.P. Acting Through It’S General Partner Evbl (General Partner Npif Y&H Debt) Limited (“Npiflp”)
2021-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-17
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-02-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-02-16
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MUDZENGERERE, Kumbirai (Issy) Macdonald appointed
director
2020-12-14
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2020-09-25
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MARSLAND, Wayne resigned
director
2020-09-08
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TRAVIS, Kevin Mark appointed
director
2017-09-30
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CAWOOD, Susan resigned
director
2017-04-01
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MARSLAND, Wayne appointed
director
2017-03-13
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ASHARD, David Scott resigned
director
2017-02-01
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WATKINS, Derek appointed
director
2016-11-24
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HARTSHORNE, Janis Ann appointed
secretary
2016-11-24
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LORD, Mark Simon resigned
secretary
2015-04-13
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HARTSHORNE, Janis Ann appointed
director
2014-09-16
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Charge satisfied #4
2014-09-16
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Charge satisfied #3
2014-09-16
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Charge satisfied #2
2014-09-16
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Charge satisfied #1
2013-08-02
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2013-07-24
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2012-12-21
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ASHARD, David Scott appointed
director
2012-12-21
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CAWOOD, Susan appointed
director
2012-09-14
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LORD, Hannah Catherine resigned
director
2012-01-08
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LORD, Catherine resigned
director
2012-01-08
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LORD, Hannah Catherine appointed
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Simon Lord Individual · British · DOB 08/1957 · age 69	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	05/09/2024

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Lubricant Holdings (Midlands) Limitedceased 30/08/2024· 75-100% shares
Mr Mark Simon Lordceased 17/02/2021· 50-75% shares
Mr Mark Simon Lordceased 02/11/2016· 75-100% shares · firm interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1998-03-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC19209 — SIC 19209

Registered office

31-33 Intake Road, Bolsover Business Park

Bolsover

Chesterfield

S44 6BB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-19

Last: 2025-09-05