TRENT HIRE AND SALES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03527120 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-13
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£713.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 77320Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -69% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.4y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
105 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £713,621
Net assets shrinking
Down £14,426 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 69% YoY
Cash YoY
-69%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£12k
↓ 69% YoY
Net Worth
£714k
↓ 2.0% YoY
Current Assets
£642k
↑ 2.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£146k£291k£437k£582k£728kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£807.2k£844.9k
Current assets£641.9k£625.0k
Cash£12.3k£39.0k
Debtors£597.3k£567.8k
Net assets£713.6k£728.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2024-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-19
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2023-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-10
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2019-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-04
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2017-11-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  15. 2017-02-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2017-02-27
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2016-11-02
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    MCGOVERN, James Andrew appointed
    director
  18. 2016-11-02
    ➕
    VERNON, Tyrone Roger appointed
    director
  19. 2016-11-02
    ➖
    DIXON, Dorothy resigned
    secretary
  20. 2016-11-02
    ➖
    DIXON, Dorothy resigned
    director
  21. 2016-11-02
    ➖
    DIXON, Paul Stuart resigned
    director
  22. 2016-11-02
    ➖
    DIXON, Stuart Maurice resigned
    director
  23. 1998-03-13
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    Company incorporated
    As TRENT HIRE AND SALES LIMITED
  24. 1998-03-13
    ➕
    DIXON, Dorothy appointed
    secretary
  25. 1998-03-13
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1998-03-13
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1998-03-13
    ➕
    DIXON, Dorothy appointed
    director
  28. 1998-03-13
    ➕
    DIXON, Paul Stuart appointed
    director
  29. 1998-03-13
    ➕
    DIXON, Stuart Maurice appointed
    director
  30. 1998-03-13
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 1998-03-13
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2024-05-19: certificate-change-of-name-company

Group structure

Trent Hire And Sales Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Trent Hire And Sales Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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TRENT HIRE AND SALES LIMITED
This company · 03527120

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Trent Hire And Sales Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest02/11/2016
Mr James Andrew Mcgovern
Individual · British · DOB 12/1977 · age 49
——sig. influencesignificant influence02/11/2016
Mr Tyrone Roger Vernon
Individual · British · DOB 11/1976 · age 50
——sig. influencesignificant influence02/11/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-03-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Unit 7 London Road Business Park
Retford
Nottinghamshire
DN22 6HG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-27
Last: 2026-03-13

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

MCGOVERN, James Andrew→
director · ~49y · appointed 2016-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VERNON, Tyrone Roger→
director · ~50y · appointed 2016-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DIXON, Dorothy→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-13 · resigned 2016-11-02
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-13 · resigned 1998-03-13
Resigned
DIXON, Dorothy→
director · ~80y · appointed 1998-03-13 · resigned 2016-11-02
Resigned
DIXON, Paul Stuart→
director · ~56y · appointed 1998-03-13 · resigned 2016-11-02
Resigned
DIXON, Stuart Maurice→
director · ~80y · appointed 1998-03-13 · resigned 2016-11-02
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-03-13 · resigned 1998-03-13
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—30/11/2017—
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Recent filings (105 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-10
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-07