BTW TANKER RENTAL LTD

💤Zombieactive
11088960 · ltd · incorporated 2017-11-29
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
—
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 72). 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: 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 £100
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£100
~ YoY
Net Worth
£100
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£20£40£60£80£100Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£100£100
Cash£100£100
Net assets£100£100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-01-20
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-01-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-02-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-11-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2023-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-08-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2023-08-28
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2023-08-28
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2023-08-27
    ➕
    WHELLER, Alan John appointed
    director
  13. 2023-08-27
    ➖
    WHELLER, Nicholas Alan John resigned
    director
  14. 2022-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2021-06-22
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2021-06-22
    📄
    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  18. 2021-06-11
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2020-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-03-04
    ➖
    CROOK-TAYLOR, Douglas John resigned
    director
  22. 2019-03-04
    ➕
    WHELLER, Nicholas Alan John appointed
    director
  23. 2017-11-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As BTW TANKER RENTAL LTD
  24. 2017-11-29
    ➕
    CROOK-TAYLOR, Douglas John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 Alan John Wheller
Individual · British · DOB 05/1954 · age 72
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting28/11/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Alan John Wellerceased 28/11/2025· 75-100% shares
  • Mr Nicholas Alan Whellerceased 27/08/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% 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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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
Incorporated2017-11-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

The Granary
Knole
Langport
TA10 9HY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-12
Last: 2025-11-28

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

WHELLER, Alan John→
director · ~72y · appointed 2023-08-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CROOK-TAYLOR, Douglas John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2017-11-29 · resigned 2019-03-04
Resigned
WHELLER, Nicholas Alan John→
director · ~43y · appointed 2019-03-04 · resigned 2023-08-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (31 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-02