CONNECT OIL LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04236753 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-18
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
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46719
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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 (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
112 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees200100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2023-06-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-05-31
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  7. 2023-05-31
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  8. 2023-05-20
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2023-05-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2023-05-09
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  11. 2023-05-09
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2023-05-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2023-04-27
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    POLLARD, Simon Keith appointed
    secretary
  14. 2023-04-27
    ➖
    SWATTON, Jonathan Spencer resigned
    secretary
  15. 2023-04-27
    ➖
    SWATTON, Jonathan Spencer resigned
    director
  16. 2023-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2022-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2020-07-20
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  21. 2020-01-31
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  22. 2018-02-28
    ➖
    POLLARD, Brianain Myra resigned
    director
  23. 2017-08-07
    ➖
    SWATTON, Charlotte Lucy resigned
    director
  24. 2010-06-10
    ➕
    POLLARD, Brianain Myra appointed
    director
  25. 2010-06-10
    ➕
    SWATTON, Charlotte Lucy appointed
    director
  26. 2009-04-30
    ➖
    POLLARD, Brianain Myra resigned
    director
  27. 2009-04-30
    ➖
    SWATTON, Charlotte Lucy resigned
    director
  28. 2004-11-01
    ➕
    SWATTON, Jonathan Spencer appointed
    secretary
  29. 2004-11-01
    ➖
    LINNELLS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2002-04-11
    ➕
    POLLARD, Brianain Myra appointed
    director
  31. 2002-04-11
    ➕
    SWATTON, Charlotte Lucy appointed
    director
  32. 2001-07-12
    ➕
    POLLARD, Simon Keith appointed
    director
  33. 2001-07-12
    ➕
    SWATTON, Jonathan Spencer appointed
    director
  34. 2001-07-12
    ➖
    LINNELLS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  35. 2001-06-18
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    Company incorporated
    As CONNECT OIL LIMITED
  36. 2001-06-18
    ➕
    LINNELLS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  37. 2001-06-18
    ➕
    LINNELLS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — 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 58. 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Simon Keith Pollard
Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Jonathan Spencer Swattonceased 27/04/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-06-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46719 — SIC 46719

Registered office

C9 Glyme Court, Oxford Office Village
Langford Lane
Kidlington
Oxford
OX5 1LQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-22
Last: 2026-06-08

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

POLLARD, Simon Keith→
secretary · appointed 2023-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POLLARD, Simon Keith→
director · ~58y · appointed 2001-07-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWATTON, Jonathan Spencer→
secretary · appointed 2004-11-01 · resigned 2023-04-27
Resigned
LINNELLS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-06-18 · resigned 2004-11-01
Resigned
POLLARD, Brianain Myra→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-06-10 · resigned 2018-02-28
Resigned
POLLARD, Brianain Myra→
director · ~59y · appointed 2002-04-11 · resigned 2009-04-30
Resigned
SWATTON, Charlotte Lucy→
director · ~53y · appointed 2010-06-10 · resigned 2017-08-07
Resigned
SWATTON, Charlotte Lucy→
director · ~53y · appointed 2002-04-11 · resigned 2009-04-30
Resigned
SWATTON, Jonathan Spencer→
director · ~56y · appointed 2001-07-12 · resigned 2023-04-27
Resigned
LINNELLS NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2001-06-18 · resigned 2001-07-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (112 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-09
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-05-31
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-05-31
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-05-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-09
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-05-09
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-05-09