PETROSHOPS LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC219969 · ltd · incorporated 2001-06-07
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 24.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 24.2y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
71 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 accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees18001900

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-26
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  3. 2024-01-05
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  4. 2023-07-11
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    capital · SH01
  5. 2022-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2022-03-03
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  7. 2021-02-03
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  8. 2019-12-09
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  9. 2018-12-17
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  10. 2018-10-20
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  11. 2017-11-27
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  12. 2016-11-09
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-12-29
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2015-12-29
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    capital · SH08
  16. 2015-12-23
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    JONES, Lesley Ann appointed
    director
  17. 2015-12-23
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    officers · AP01
  18. 2013-01-07
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  19. 2012-09-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  20. 2002-02-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2001-06-07
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    Company incorporated
    As PETROSHOPS LTD.
  22. 2001-06-07
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    JONES, Gillian Elizabeth Hunter appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-06-07
    ➕
    JONES, George Brian appointed
    director
  24. 2001-06-07
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-06-07
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-06-07
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2001-06-07
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 George Brian Jones
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares08/06/2016

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
Incorporated2001-06-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Units 1 & 2
15 Anderson Lane
Dundee
DD2 2RF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-21
Last: 2025-06-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JONES, Gillian Elizabeth Hunter→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, George Brian→
director · ~66y · appointed 2001-06-07
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Active
JONES, Lesley Ann→
director · ~37y · appointed 2015-12-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-06-07 · resigned 2001-06-07
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-06-07 · resigned 2001-06-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property07/01/2013—
outstanding
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
Floating charge1 property10/09/2012—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property28/02/2002—
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Recent filings (71 total)

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2025-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-08