VALUEOILS.COM LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
NI072359 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-16
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£650.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.2y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 23/100 — 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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £650,379
Cash YoY
+10%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.0m
↑ 9.7% YoY
Net Worth
£650k
↑ 7.1% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £651.5k | £608.7k |
| Current assets | £1.05M | £950.4k |
| Cash | £1.03M | £936.9k |
| Debtors | £25.6k | £13.5k |
| Net assets | £650.4k | £607.3k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
9
filings
- • 4 officers
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-02-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Northern Bank Limited
- 2025-12-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-12-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-12-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-12-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-12-27📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-12-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-12-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-28➕JONES, Glyn appointeddirector
- 2025-11-28➕SIMKINS, Ian Michael appointeddirector
- 2025-11-28➖O'CONNOR, Catherine resignedsecretary
- 2025-11-28➖O'CONNOR, Donall resigneddirector
- 2025-08-14📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2025-08-14📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-13➖GLEESON, Stephen resignedsecretary
- 2025-08-13➕O'CONNOR, Catherine appointedsecretary
- 2025-02-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-27📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-04-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2009-04-23➕GLEESON, Stephen appointedsecretary
- 2009-04-23➖KANE, Dorothy May resignedsecretary
- 2009-04-23➖HARRISON, Malcolm Joseph resigneddirector
- 2009-04-23➖KANE, Dorothy May resigneddirector
- 2009-04-23➕O'CONNOR, Donall appointeddirector
- 2009-04-16🏢Company incorporatedAs VALUEOILS.COM LIMITED
- 2009-04-16➕KANE, Dorothy May appointedsecretary
- 2009-04-16➕HARRISON, Malcolm Joseph appointeddirector
- 2009-04-16➕KANE, Dorothy May appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 med ·3 director resignations in last 12 months
mediumMultiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.
Evidence: GLEESON, Stephen resigned 2025-08-13; O'CONNOR, Catherine resigned 2025-11-28; O'CONNOR, Donall resigned 2025-11-28
Group structure
Project Trostan Bidco Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Project Trostan Bidco Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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VALUEOILS.COM LIMITED
This company · NI072359
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Project Trostan Bidco Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 28/11/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Catherine O'Connorceased 28/11/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Donall O'Connorceased 28/11/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F P C RETAIL LIMITED→ NI051058 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| FD RETAILING LTD→ NI651051 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| FIRST PRESS RECORDS LIMITED→ NI703705 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| FISHAFY LTD→ NI729990 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FLORE FARIYA LTD→ NI729595 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FORKSTAB LTD→ NI738731 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FRANCIS WEST LIMITED→ NI729217 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| FRANK NEUMANN LTD→ NI701137 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| FRANK SIEBER LTD→ NI704505 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| FRANKLIN DISTRIBUTION LTD→ NI696771 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| FRANKS PETS LIMITED→ NI658383 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-04-16
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Registered office
17 Clarendon Road
Clarendon Dock
Belfast
BT1 3BG
Northern Ireland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last: 2026-04-16
Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)
Active
SIMKINS, Ian Michael→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2025-11-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GLEESON, Stephen→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2009-04-23 · resigned 2025-08-13
KANE, Dorothy May→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2009-04-16 · resigned 2009-04-23
O'CONNOR, Catherine→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2025-08-13 · resigned 2025-11-28
HARRISON, Malcolm Joseph→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2009-04-16 · resigned 2009-04-23
KANE, Dorothy May→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · appointed 2009-04-16 · resigned 2009-04-23
O'CONNOR, Donall→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2009-04-23 · resigned 2025-11-28
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Northern Bank Northern Bank Limited | A registered charge | — | 25/02/2026 | — |
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Recent filings (66 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-12
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-03-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-12-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-27
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-12-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-27
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-08-14
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16