A3 PETRO LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14485873 · ltd · incorporated 2022-11-15
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£-15.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 09100
Sector: Mining & quarrying
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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 (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
6 filings
60
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
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £15,554

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£16k
↓ 5.3% YoY
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
-£16k-£15k-£15k-£15k-£15k-£15kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£-15.1k£-14.3k
Net assets£-15.6k£-14.8k

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
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2022-11-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A3 PETRO LIMITED
  4. 2022-11-15
    COWIE, Laurence George appointed
    director
  5. 2022-11-15
    LAU, Laurence, Dr appointed
    director
  6. 2022-11-15
    SYMINGTON, Angela Margaret appointed
    director
  7. 2022-11-15
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

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.

🏛️
Infrastructure Analytics Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
majority
🏛️
Lau's International Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
A3 PETRO LIMITED
This company · 14485873

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

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Infrastructure Analytics Limited
Corporate entity
5075%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting15/11/2022
Lau's International Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/11/2022

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
Incorporated2022-11-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC09100 — SIC 09100

Registered office

The Bridge Workspace
7b Parkshot
Richmond
TW9 2RD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

COWIE, Laurence George
director · ~68y · appointed 2022-11-15
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Active
LAU, Laurence, Dr
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-11-15
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Active
SYMINGTON, Angela Margaret
director · ~45y · appointed 2022-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (6 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-11-15