ADVANCE TOOL HIRE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01472346 · ltd · incorporated 1980-01-11
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 42.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33140
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). 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
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 42.6y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 42.6 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 (79/100)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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
113 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 400 | 400 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-12-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-20📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-01-20📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-01-20📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-01-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-12📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2017-08-25➕FLOREY, Stephen Robert appointedsecretary
- 2017-08-25➖FLOREY JNR, Martin John resignedsecretary
- 2017-08-25➖FLOREY JUNIOR, Martin resigneddirector
- 2016-11-22➕FLOREY, Stephen Robert appointeddirector
- 2013-01-01➖FLOREY, Stephen Robert resigneddirector
- 2003-12-01➕FLOREY, Stephen Robert appointeddirector
- 2003-12-01➕FLOREY JUNIOR, Martin appointeddirector
- 1997-10-17🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1997-10-15➖DARBY, Alfred Arthur Raymond resignedsecretary
- 1997-10-15➕FLOREY JNR, Martin John appointedsecretary
- 1997-10-15➖DARBY, Arthur Raymond resigneddirector
- 1997-10-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
- 1983-10-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1980-01-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ADVANCE TOOL HIRE LIMITED
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Martin John Florey Individual · British · DOB 04/1955 · age 71 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 18/12/2025 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Stephen Robert Floreyceased 18/12/2025· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1980-01-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33140 — SIC 33140
Registered office
153 The Broadway
Norton
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY8 3HY
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-06
Last: 2025-11-22
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
FLOREY, Stephen Robert→
Activesecretary · appointed 2017-08-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FLOREY, Stephen Robert→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2016-11-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DARBY, Alfred Arthur Raymond→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1997-10-15
FLOREY JNR, Martin John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1997-10-15 · resigned 2017-08-25
DARBY, Arthur Raymond→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · resigned 1997-10-15
FLOREY, Stephen Robert→
Resigneddirector · ~47y · appointed 2003-12-01 · resigned 2013-01-01
FLOREY JUNIOR, Martin→
Resigneddirector · ~51y · appointed 2003-12-01 · resigned 2017-08-25
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Virgin Money Yorkshire Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 15/10/1997 | — | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 10/10/1983 | 17/10/1997 |
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Recent filings (113 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-01-20
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-01-20
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22