OIL RECOVERIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07190350 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-16

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£1.77M

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 38120

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

13 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

44 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,774,068

Cash YoY

+14%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£482k

↑ 14% YoY

Net Worth

£1.8m

↑ 2.4% YoY

Current Assets

£5.8m

↑ 25% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£1.79M	£1.75M
Current assets	£5.83M	£4.68M
Cash	£481.6k	£423.3k
Debtors	£3.87M	£2.82M
Net assets	£1.77M	£1.73M

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-12-31
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2020-11-05
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2017-08-21
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2016-09-16
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Company incorporated
As OIL RECOVERIES LIMITED
2010-03-16
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HEADLEY, Lynda appointed
secretary
2010-03-16
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CACKETT, Barry John appointed
director
2010-03-16
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HEADLEY, Lynda Ann appointed
director
2010-03-16
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KAMEL, Shaun appointed
director
2010-03-16
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KAHAN, Barbara appointed
director
2010-03-16
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KAHAN, Barbara resigned
director

Owner dependency

60/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

53/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

Jarron Holdings Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Jarron Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares

majority

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OIL RECOVERIES LIMITED

This company · 07190350

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Jarron Holdings Limited Corporate entity	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	15/08/2016
Mr Shaun Kamel Individual · English · DOB 02/1990 · age 36	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Ms Lynda Ann Headleyceased 15/08/2016· 25-50% shares
Mr Barry John Cackettceased 15/08/2016· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated2010-03-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC38120 — SIC 38120

Registered office

Scarisbrick Hall Southport Road

Scarisbrick

Ormskirk

Lancashire

L40 9RQ

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

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

HEADLEY, Lynda→

secretary · appointed 2010-03-16

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Active

CACKETT, Barry John→

director · ~57y · appointed 2010-03-16

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Active

HEADLEY, Lynda Ann→

director · ~56y · appointed 2010-03-16

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Active

KAMEL, Shaun→

director · ~36y · appointed 2010-03-16

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Active

KAHAN, Barbara→

director · ~95y · appointed 2010-03-16 · resigned 2010-03-16

Resigned

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