ACKWORTH SERVICE STATION LTD

🌳Matureactive

04368463 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-06

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: leverage-led grower with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 19.9y

35/100

too messy

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

· Oldest live charge is 19.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 8 total, 8 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

107 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

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

Profitable

Profit before tax £2,142,653

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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	£2.14M	£2.15M
Average employees	4900	4800

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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

• 5 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 address

Last 180 days

filings

• 6 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand

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officers · CH03
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
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address · AD01
2026-02-17
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officers · RP01AP01
2025-12-30
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-01
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capital · SH06
2025-02-14
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
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2024-12-16
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accounts · AA
2024-03-06
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2024-02-16
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2024-02-13
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Highways England Company Limited
2019-01-01
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VALLI, Haroon appointed
director
2019-01-01
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VALLI, Yunus appointed
director
2019-01-01
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VALLI, Amina resigned
secretary
2019-01-01
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VALLI, Dawood resigned
director
2018-11-26
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Charge satisfied #2
2013-04-06
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VALLI, Amina appointed
secretary
2013-04-06
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VALLI, Amina appointed
secretary
2009-10-01
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VALLI, Dawood appointed
director
2007-11-05
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Bp Oil UK Limited
2007-10-30
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2006-08-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bp Oil UK Limited
2005-02-24
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VALLI, Farook appointed
secretary
2004-08-01
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VALLI, Amina resigned
secretary
2004-08-01
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VALLI, Amina resigned
director
2002-02-13
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-02-13
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2002-02-06
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Company incorporated
As ACKWORTH SERVICE STATION LTD
2002-02-06
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VALLI, Farook appointed
director
2002-02-06
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VALLI, Amina appointed
secretary
2002-02-06
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-02-06
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VALLI, Amina appointed
director
2002-02-06
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VALLI, Dawood appointed
director
2002-02-06
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — 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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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
Mrs Amina Dawood Musa Valli Individual · British · DOB 03/1946 · age 80	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/09/2025
Mr Dawood Valli Individual · British · DOB 08/1939 · age 87	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

6 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Yunus Valliceased 01/01/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Haroon Valliceased 01/01/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Farook Valliceased 01/04/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · firm interest
Mr Dawood Valliceased 01/01/2019· 25-50% shares · firm interest
Ms Amina Valliceased 01/01/2019· 25-50% shares
Mrs Amina Valliceased 06/04/2016· 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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ADAAB.GIFTS LTD→ 15194559 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ADAM CONVENIENCE STORE LTD→ 16780626 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
ADVANCE PINNACLE HOLDING LTD→ 11545951 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
AF ENTERPRISES LTD→ 11825061 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
AFFORDABLE PICKS LIMITED→ 16259717 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
AFFORDABLE QUALITY LIMITED→ 16663931 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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8 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

Incorporated2002-02-06

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47300 — Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores

Registered office

Fall Ings Service Station

Doncaster Road

Wakefield

WF1 5DX

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-16

Last: 2026-02-02