Murco Petroleum Limited
ActiveLiveMurco Petroleum Limited is an active private limited company incorporated on 13 Dec 1960 (65 years ago), with its registered office in London. The company operates in Manufacturing.
The score, the reasons behind it, and what to do next.
A live business, still light on evidence
A registered office is on file; phone and web are checked on Pro.
Companies House · ONS · Nomis · General opportunity model · 100% of the model measurable
Financials
No machine-readable accounts to parse yet. New companies often haven’t filed, and some file PDF-only or dormant accounts.
A long-standing manufacturing business in London, in a market growing 1.8% a year and growing faster here than nationally. Every signal in the model was measurable for this company.
CompetitionRead this one the other way round: a high number means a crowded market, where differentiation matters more than timing.
Answers: Is this a live, reachable business in a market worth being in?
A balanced read. Pick the lens that matches what you sell and every number on this page re-weights.
Accounts are next due 30 Sept 2027; the last set was made up to 31 Dec 2025.
What this means for you: Filings are up to date, which makes this an easier first conversation.
What we checked · General opportunity weighting
Rows marked Not checked are excluded from the score rather than assumed — the missing weight shows up as lower confidence, not as a worse company.
Commonly offered to a company like this
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Answers: is this market big, growing and survivable — and is the region ahead or behind?
Sector size & momentum
This sector is growing faster in London than nationally — a regional tailwind worth tracking.
Companies House · every incorporation with a SIC code in this sector (259 codes) · a company listing codes in more than one group can be counted twice (~2%)
How long companies last here
Of every 100 companies started in this sector, roughly 42 are still trading five years later. This company is past that point.
The market around it
Where the sector is heading
- 1London is a very high-density market for manufacturing, with about 47,610 companies in the same industry.
- 2Formation is running ahead of the national average here (+2.4% vs +1.8%), pointing to a regional tailwind.
- 3Around 2,535 new companies registered in this industry locally over the last year.
- 4Sector survival sits at 42% over five years — the benchmark for businesses in this classification.
Answers: how crowded is this market, and where does this company sit against its peers?
Score distribution
A quick score from register status and company age only, because that is all the peer list carries. To compare like with like, this company is placed on the same quick score (100) — not the full 63/100 at the top of the page. Treat it as a position, not a ranking.
Peer companies
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dcoute & Investments LTD 11739501 · SIC 09100 | 24 Dec 2018 | London | Active | 99 |
| Quattro Energy Limited 13346150 · SIC 09100 | 20 Apr 2021 | London | Active | 86 |
| Zero Petroleum Limited 11911847 · SIC 19201 | 28 Mar 2019 | London | Active | 97 |
| Eastham Refinery Limited 02205902 · SIC 19201 | 16 Dec 1987 | London | Active | 100 |
| Shell U.K. Limited 00140141 · SIC 06100 | 30 Apr 1915 | London | Active | 100 |
| Poat Limited 00609762 · SIC 19201 | 15 Aug 1958 | London | Active | 100 |
| Phillips 66 Limited 00529086 · SIC 19201 | 10 Feb 1954 | London | Active | 100 |
| MCC Petroli Limited 16656378 · SIC 06100 | 18 Aug 2025 | London | Active | 62 |
| Mobay Chester Holding Company Limited 17075597 · SIC 06100 | 06 Mar 2026 | London | Active | 59 |
| Pilgrim Exploration Limited 10281158 · SIC 19201 | 15 Jul 2016 | London | Active | 100 |
| Nes Energy LTD 12161404 · SIC 09100 | 19 Aug 2019 | London | Active | 96 |
| Niger Delta Energy (UK) LTD 16426715 · SIC 19201 | 02 May 2025 | London | Active | 63 |
| Valero Energy LTD 08566216 · SIC 19201 | 12 Jun 2013 | London | Active | 100 |
| Dzheyms Rafa LTD 14321954 · SIC 19201 | 29 Aug 2022 | London | Active | 78 |
| Holt Lloyd International Limited 01235124 · SIC 19201 | 25 Nov 1975 | London | Active | 100 |
| Dunamis Capital Solutions LTD 16079136 · SIC 06100 | 14 Nov 2024 | London | Active | 66 |
| Norpipe Terminal Holdco Limited 11436690 · SIC 19201 | 27 Jun 2018 | London | Active | 100 |
| Petro-Lube (UK) Limited 01875025 · SIC 19201 | 02 Jan 1985 | London | Active | 100 |
| Olive Branch Partnership LTD 07100380 · SIC 19201 | 10 Dec 2009 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Turntech LTD 13731085 · SIC 19201 | 09 Nov 2021 | North East | Active | 83 |
| J.S.Oil Company Limited 00553896 · SIC 19201 | 27 Aug 1955 | North West | Active | 100 |
| BP Oil UK Limited 00446915 · SIC 19201 | 20 Dec 1947 | South East | Active | 100 |
| Veedol UK Limited 03564422 · SIC 19201 | 14 May 1998 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| Oswald Mechanical Maintenance Services LTD SC733451 · SIC 19201 | 24 May 2022 | Scotland | Active | 80 |
Answers: what is formally on the public register — and what has not been filed yet?
Timeline
In plain English: Received a strike-off notice without being dissolved.
- Director appointedAppoint person director company with name date28 Sept 2026
- Accounts filedSmall company accounts07 Sept 2026
- Officer resignedTermination director company with name termination date05 Aug 2026
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with updates24 Oct 2025
- Change person director company with change date22 Oct 2025
- Accounts filedSmall company accounts17 Sept 2025
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with updates30 Oct 2024
- Ownership (PSC) changeChange to a person with significant control30 Oct 2024
- Change person director company with change date30 Oct 2024
- Accounts filedFull accounts24 Aug 2024
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Company details
- Company
- Murco Petroleum Limited
- Number
- 00677691
- Registered office
- Suite 1, 7th Floor 50 Broadway, London, SW1H 0BL
- Incorporated
- 13 Dec 1960
- Type
- Private limited company
- Nature of business
- 19201 — SIC division 19; 46719 — Wholesale trade; 47300 — Retail trade
- Status
- Active
- Region
- London · England
- Accounts
- Next due 30 Sept 2027
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 02 Nov 2026
Connected companies
Other companies run by the same directors are checked on paid plans — each appointment is a separate register lookup.
Who runs and owns it
- Created
- 28 Dec 1978
- Registered
- 12 Jan 1979
- Persons entitled
- Albion Leasing Company (See Doc M64)
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