PETROCELL SS LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2027-01-31 (in 8mo)

Last filed for 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-28 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-11-14

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£10M

+488.8% highest in 9 filed years

Net assets

£15M

+14.1% highest in 5 filed years

Employees

-3% lowest in 5 filed years

Profit before tax

£3M

-2.5% vs 2024

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

Net assets

9-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

PETROCELL SS LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=10325

Accounts

9-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30

Metric	2020-05-01	2021-04-30	2021-05-01	2022-04-30	2022-05-01	2023-04-30	2023-05-01	2024-04-30	2025-04-30
Turnover	—	£22,138,637	—	£28,020,582	—	£35,016,133	—	£31,164,101	£28,763,120
Operating profit	—	£1,196,201	—	£1,909,236	—	£2,842,953	—	£2,566,379	£2,497,758
Profit before tax	—	£1,196,201	—	£1,909,236	—	£2,748,619	—	£2,593,292	£2,527,423
Net profit	—	£940,638	—	£1,528,507	—	£2,168,473	—	£1,909,212	£1,865,238
Cash	£1,875,850	£3,805,796	£3,805,796	£5,654,941	£5,654,941	£2,812,245	£2,812,245	£1,699,000	£10,004,004
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£8,065,281	—	£9,661,480	—	£11,968,797	—	£13,985,386	£15,870,333
Net assets	—	£7,611,618	—	£9,140,125	—	£11,308,598	—	£13,217,810	£15,083,048
Equity	£6,670,980	£7,611,618	£7,611,618	£9,140,125	£9,140,125	£11,308,598	£11,308,598	£13,217,810	£15,083,048
Average employees	—	67	—	70	—	77	—	66	64
Wages	—	£895,099	—	£922,766	—	£1,014,560	—	£1,074,889	£1,204,793
Directors' remuneration	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	£0	£0

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30

Turnover

-7.7%

£31,164,101 £28,763,120
Cash

+488.8%

£1,699,000 £10,004,004

highest in 9 filed years
Net assets

+14.1%

£13,217,810 £15,083,048

highest in 5 filed years
Employees

-3%

66 64

lowest in 5 filed years
Operating profit

-2.7%

£2,566,379 £2,497,758
Profit before tax

-2.5%

£2,593,292 £2,527,423
Wages

+12.1%

£1,074,889 £1,204,793

highest in 5 filed years

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2020-05-01	2021-04-30	2021-05-01	2022-04-30	2022-05-01	2023-04-30	2023-05-01	2024-04-30	2025-04-30
Operating margin	—	5.4%	—	6.8%	—	8.1%	—	8.2%	8.7%
Net margin	—	4.2%	—	5.5%	—	6.2%	—	6.1%	6.5%
Return on capital employed	—	14.8%	—	19.8%	—	23.8%	—	18.4%	15.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16.4%	16.8%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.34x	5.37x
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	—	30.14x	—	—	787.94x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

“The Government's decision to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2030, and hybrids from 2035, continues to represent a significant challenge for the fuel retailing industry. Over the coming years there will be an erosion of fuel volumes and the challenge will be to compensate for this by generating more revenue from the other profit centres viz. shops, valeting, services.”
“Subsequent to the year end, the company has declared and paid dividends totalling £3,590,000.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

6 active · 1 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
DAWSON, Elizabeth	Director	2018-07-17	Dec 1980	British
DOWLING, Jeremiah Bernard	Director	2018-07-17	Aug 1946	British
DOWLING, John Timothy	Director	2018-07-17	Oct 1975	British
DOWLING, Patrick Ronald	Director	2019-07-05	Jan 1980	British
DOWLING, Thomas Andrew	Director	2018-07-17	Jan 1984	British
READ, Elaine	Director	2019-09-17	Nov 1963	British

Show 1 resigned officer

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
DOWLING, Patrick Ronald	Director	2018-07-17	2019-07-05

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Patrick Ronald Dowling	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2025-08-01	Active
Mr John Timothy Dowling	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2025-08-01	Active
Mr Thomas Andrew Dowling	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2025-08-01	Active
Mr Jeremiah Bernard Dowling	Individual	Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors	2018-07-17	Ceased 2025-08-01

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 34 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-11-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-08-29	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2025-08-11	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control
2025-08-11	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control
2025-08-11	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control
2025-01-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-11-25	PSC04	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2024-11-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-01-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-12-05	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full
2023-12-05	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full
2023-11-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-07-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-12-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-07-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-03-25	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2022-01-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-07-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-11-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 6
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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