FUEL PREPARATIONS (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

NI027174 · ltd · incorporated 1993-01-21

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 32.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46120

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 32.4y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 32.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 7 total, 7 with control declared

Director network

18 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

114 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	2900	2200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2025-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-03
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-19
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-18
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-09-09
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-09
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-09
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-27
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-03-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-20
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LOUGHRAN, Laura appointed
director
2024-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-03-28
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-07-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-11-25
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-26
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-10-26
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Charge satisfied #1
2021-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
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LOUGHRAN, Joseph resigned
director
2011-08-04
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Charge satisfied #2
2010-09-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Northern Bank Limited
2001-07-06
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LOUGHRAN, Joseph appointed
director
2001-02-01
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LOUGHRAN, Daniel appointed
director
2001-02-01
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LOUGHRAN, Michael Oliver appointed
director
2001-02-01
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MC ELWEE, Bernadette resigned
director
2001-02-01
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SCULLIN, Adrian resigned
director
1994-01-10
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Ulster Bank Limited
1993-01-21
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Company incorporated
As FUEL PREPARATIONS (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED
1993-01-21
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LOUGHRAN, Michael Cornelius appointed
secretary
1993-01-21
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LOUGHRAN, Michael Cornelius appointed
director
1993-01-21
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MC ELWEE, Bernadette appointed
director
1993-01-21
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SCULLIN, Adrian appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — LOUGHRAN, Laura (same surname) appointed 2025-03-20. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Michael Oliver Loughran Individual · Irish · DOB 07/1976 · age 50	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	31/03/2023
Mr Daniel Loughran Individual · Irish · DOB 10/1978 · age 48	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	31/03/2023

5 historic (ceased) PSCs

Lcc Asset Holdings Limitedceased 31/03/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
Lcc Group Holdings Ltdceased 31/03/2023· 75-100% shares
Mr Daniel Loughranceased 01/05/2019· 25-50% shares
Mr Michael Oliver Loughranceased 01/05/2019· 25-50% shares
Mr Michael Cornelius Loughranceased 01/02/2019· 75-100% shares

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1993-01-21

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC46120 — SIC 46120

Registered office

Terminal 2000

Port Road

Londonderry

Co Londonderry

BT47 1FL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-10

Last: 2026-03-27