GHAN FILLING STATION LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
NI604603 · ltd · incorporated 2010-09-29
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
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 47300Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 2.9y
0/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Newest facility, 2.9 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
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Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
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| Average employees | 4400 | 3400 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-05📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-07-31🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Henderson Wholesale Limited
- 2025-06-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-06-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2023-06-21🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Henderson Wholesale Limited
- 2023-06-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Aib Group (UK) P.L.C.
- 2022-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-10📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-07-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2010-09-29🏢Company incorporatedAs GHAN FILLING STATION LIMITED
- 2010-09-29➕TINNELLY, John Francis appointeddirector
Owner dependency
98/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr. John Tinnelly Individual · Irish · DOB 07/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-09-29
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC47110 — Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
Registered office
41 - 43 Warrenpoint Road
Rostrevor
Co. Down
BT34 3EB
Northern Ireland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-24
Last: 2026-01-10
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
TINNELLY, John Francis→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2010-09-29
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Henderson Wholesale Henderson Wholesale Limited | A registered charge | — | 31/07/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Henderson Wholesale Henderson Wholesale Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/06/2023 | — | |
| outstanding | Aib Group (UK) P.L.C. | A registered charge | — | 21/06/2023 | — |
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Recent filings (36 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-07-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-26