ST BOSWELLS FUELS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
SC362742 · ltd · incorporated 2009-07-16
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
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 16290
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46110Agents selling agricultural raw materials, live animals, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods
  • 46900Non-specialised wholesale trade
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 capital
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-18
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  2. 2025-07-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-07-14
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  4. 2025-07-14
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2025-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-02-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-10
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-04-10
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-04-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-07-31
    MACKINNON, Iain Lachlan resigned
    director
  18. 2009-07-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ST BOSWELLS FUELS LIMITED
  19. 2009-07-16
    JACKSON, Trevor Howard appointed
    director
  20. 2009-07-16
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  21. 2009-07-16
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director
  22. 2009-07-16
    MACKINNON, Iain Lachlan appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Trevor Howard Jackson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1966 · age 60
75100%
75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-07-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC16290 — SIC 16290

Registered office

Charlesfield Farm
St. Boswells
Melrose
Roxburghshire
TD6 0HH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last: 2025-07-16

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

JACKSON, Trevor Howard
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-07-16
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Active
KAHAN, Barbara
director · ~95y · appointed 2009-07-16 · resigned 2009-07-16
Resigned
MACKINNON, Iain Lachlan
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-07-16 · resigned 2015-07-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-27
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-07-14
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-21