77 RETAIL 3 LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
NI668544 · ltd · incorporated 2020-03-19
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 5.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£100.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.1y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £100,582
Cash YoY
+3%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£140k
↑ 3.3% YoY
Net Worth
£101k
↑ 94% YoY
Current Assets
£412k
↑ 8.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£82k£165k£247k£330k£412kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£212.3k£221.6k
Current assets£412.5k£379.8k
Cash£140.4k£135.9k
Debtors£165.9k£125.3k
Net assets£100.6k£51.9k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-11
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  2. 2025-09-10
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  3. 2025-09-10
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  4. 2025-09-10
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  5. 2025-08-27
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  6. 2025-08-27
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  7. 2025-08-12
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  8. 2025-08-05
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  9. 2025-08-05
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  10. 2025-08-05
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  11. 2025-08-05
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  12. 2025-07-01
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    JOHNSTON, Elaine resigned
    director
  13. 2025-07-01
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    JOHNSTON, Graham George James resigned
    director
  14. 2025-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  15. 2024-10-18
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  16. 2024-10-18
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    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  17. 2024-10-18
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    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  18. 2024-10-18
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  19. 2024-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  20. 2023-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  21. 2022-05-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  22. 2021-06-22
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    accounts · AA
  23. 2021-04-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Henderson Wholesale LTD
  24. 2020-03-19
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    Company incorporated
    As 77 RETAIL 3 LIMITED
  25. 2020-03-19
    ➕
    DAVIS, Andrew Robert appointed
    director
  26. 2020-03-19
    ➕
    DAVIS, Jennifer Glynis appointed
    director
  27. 2020-03-19
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Elaine appointed
    director
  28. 2020-03-19
    ➕
    JOHNSTON, Graham George James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: JOHNSTON, Elaine resigned 2025-07-01; JOHNSTON, Graham George James resigned 2025-07-01

Group structure

Ajd 77 Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Ajd 77 Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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77 RETAIL 3 LIMITED
This company · NI668544

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ajd 77 Ltd
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/07/2025
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Andrew Robert Davisceased 01/07/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Jennifer Glynis Davisceased 01/07/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mr Graham George James Johnstonceased 01/07/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mrs Elaine Johnstonceased 01/07/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2020-03-19
Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland
Primary SIC47300 — Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores

Registered office

17 Clarendon Road Clarendon Dock
Belfast
Co Antrim
BT1 3BG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-10
Last: 2025-08-27

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DAVIS, Andrew Robert→
director · ~39y · appointed 2020-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIS, Jennifer Glynis→
director · ~40y · appointed 2020-03-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSTON, Elaine→
director · ~49y · appointed 2020-03-19 · resigned 2025-07-01
Resigned
JOHNSTON, Graham George James→
director · ~58y · appointed 2020-03-19 · resigned 2025-07-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Henderson Wholesale
Henderson Wholesale LTD
A registered charge3 properties22/04/2021—
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Recent filings (29 total)

second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-09-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-09-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-27
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-08-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-10-18