CHRYSTAL PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED

📈Growthactive
SC058359 · ltd · incorporated 1975-08-06
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 47.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46711
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Conservative operator with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 47.4y

95/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 47.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £1,228,540

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Profit before tax£1.23M£989.4k
Average employees262600

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 capital
  • • 1 resolution
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-26
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  3. 2026-02-26
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2025-11-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-11-25
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2025-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2025-01-13
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  8. 2025-01-10
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  9. 2025-01-10
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2024-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-11-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2020-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-11-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2019-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-02-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2015-05-27
    ➕
    CHRYSTAL, Wendy appointed
    director
  20. 2010-11-20
    ➖
    CHRYSTAL, John Thomson resigned
    director
  21. 2007-12-16
    ➖
    CHRYSTAL, Christabel Eckford resigned
    director
  22. 2003-08-14
    ➕
    THOMSON, Scott appointed
    secretary
  23. 2003-08-14
    ➖
    CHRYSTAL, Andrew John resigned
    secretary
  24. 1995-09-08
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    Charge satisfied #2
  25. 1995-09-08
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    Charge satisfied #1
  26. 1979-03-05
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 1978-12-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  28. 1975-08-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As CHRYSTAL PETROLEUM COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

89/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CHRYSTAL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 51 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew John Chrystal
Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Wendy Chrystalceased 08/01/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1975-08-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46711 — SIC 46711

Registered office

Cluny
,
By Kirkcaldy
Fife
KY2 6QX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

THOMSON, Scott→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHRYSTAL, Andrew John→
director · ~60y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHRYSTAL, Wendy→
director · ~62y · appointed 2015-05-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHRYSTAL, Andrew John→
secretary · resigned 2003-08-14
Resigned
CHRYSTAL, Christabel Eckford→
director · ~96y · resigned 2007-12-16
Resigned
CHRYSTAL, John Thomson→
director · ~95y · resigned 2010-11-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property05/03/197908/09/1995
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property11/12/197808/09/1995

Recent filings (110 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-02-26
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-01-13
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-01-10
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15