3A'S PETROLEUM LTD

🌳Matureactive

10052816 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-09

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 6.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.0y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 6.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

42 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	1500	1500

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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accounts · AA
2025-03-31
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accounts · AA
2025-02-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-28
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accounts · AA
2023-03-30
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officers · AP01
2023-03-30
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officers · AP01
2023-03-30
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officers · AP01
2023-03-17
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ASHRAF, Irfan appointed
director
2023-03-17
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KIRAN, Sara appointed
director
2023-03-17
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SAMAN, Madiha appointed
director
2022-09-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-04-13
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-07-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-09-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-07-13
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mortgage · MR01
2020-07-08
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2020-03-31
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accounts · AA
2019-03-30
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accounts · AA
2018-11-29
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AMIN, Bilal resigned
director
2018-11-29
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CHAUDHRY, Muhammad Yasir resigned
director
2017-08-21
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AMIN, Bilal appointed
director
2017-04-17
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CHAUDHRY, Javed Iqbal appointed
director
2017-04-03
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BHATTI, Asif Zubair appointed
director
2016-03-09
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Company incorporated
As 3A'S PETROLEUM LTD
2016-03-09
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CHAUDHRY, Muhammad Yasir appointed
director

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

Mega Photonic Ltd holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Mega Photonic Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares

majority

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3A'S PETROLEUM LTD

This company · 10052816

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
Mega Photonic Ltd Corporate entity	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	02/04/2021
Mr Javed Iqbal Chaudhry Individual · Pakistani · DOB 01/1946 · age 80	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	31/03/2022

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Asif Zubair Bhatticeased 02/04/2021· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest
Mr Muhammad Yasir Chaudhryceased 04/04/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · trust interest · firm interest

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

Incorporated2016-03-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47300 — Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores

Registered office

123 Whelley

Wigan

WN1 3PX

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-14

Last: 2026-03-31