NORTHBURN OILS LTD

🌳Matureactive
10047032 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-07
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£6.07M
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38220
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -48% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,074,365
Cash draining
Cash down 48% YoY
Cash YoY
-48%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.5m
↓ 48% YoY
Net Worth
£6.1m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£6.1m
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£1.5m£2.9m£4.4m£5.9m£7.3mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£7.63M£7.37M
Current assets£6.08M£7.33M
Cash£1.47M£2.84M
Debtors£2.52M£3.19M
Net assets£6.07M£6.06M

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

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1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-14
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-07-08
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    MACLEOD, William Galloway resigned
    director
  4. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-28
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  6. 2024-06-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  7. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-07-11
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    WYLIE, Robert Isaac resigned
    director
  11. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-07-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-05-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-07-03
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-06-03
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    gazette · DISS40
  19. 2016-06-07
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    CACKETT, Barry John appointed
    director
  20. 2016-03-07
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    Company incorporated
    As NORTHBURN OILS LTD
  21. 2016-03-07
    ➕
    MACLEOD, Scott William appointed
    director
  22. 2016-03-07
    ➕
    MACLEOD, William Galloway appointed
    director
  23. 2016-03-07
    ➕
    WYLIE, Robert Isaac appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.

🏛️
Northburn Oils Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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Jarron Developmemts Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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NORTHBURN OILS LTD
This company · 10047032

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Northburn Oils Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/06/2024
Jarron Developmemts Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-03-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38220 — SIC 38220

Registered office

Scarisbrick Hall Southport Road
Scarisbrick
Ormskirk
L40 9RQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-21
Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CACKETT, Barry John→
director · ~57y · appointed 2016-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACLEOD, Scott William→
director · ~48y · appointed 2016-03-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACLEOD, William Galloway→
director · ~76y · appointed 2016-03-07 · resigned 2025-07-08
Resigned
WYLIE, Robert Isaac→
director · ~70y · appointed 2016-03-07 · resigned 2022-07-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-06-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-26