4M PORTABLE BUILDINGS HIRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03720042 · ltd · incorporated 1999-02-25
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.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 26.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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Turnover
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.7y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
85 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
75
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 accounts
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees11001200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-06-22
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    MCGOWAN, Daniel Hugh appointed
    director
  6. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-06-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2022-02-01
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    MORRIS, David Michael resigned
    director
  10. 2022-02-01
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    MORRIS, Kevin Richard resigned
    director
  11. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-10-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2020-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-01-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2020-01-31
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    officers · TM02
  16. 2020-01-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2020-01-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2020-01-31
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    officers · AP01
  19. 2020-01-31
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  20. 2020-01-28
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    address · AD01
  21. 2020-01-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  22. 2019-12-20
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    GROCOTT, David Victor appointed
    director
  23. 2019-12-20
    ➕
    GROCOTT, Linda Mary appointed
    director
  24. 2019-12-20
    ➖
    MORRIS, Melody resigned
    secretary
  25. 2019-12-20
    ➖
    MORRIS, Melody resigned
    director
  26. 2019-12-20
    ➖
    MORRIS, Victoria Mary resigned
    director
  27. 2019-12-06
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    Charge satisfied #1
  28. 2002-12-01
    ➕
    MORRIS, Melody appointed
    director
  29. 2002-12-01
    ➕
    MORRIS, Victoria Mary appointed
    director
  30. 1999-11-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  31. 1999-03-04
    ➕
    MORRIS, Melody appointed
    secretary
  32. 1999-03-04
    ➕
    MORRIS, David Michael appointed
    director
  33. 1999-03-04
    ➕
    MORRIS, Kevin Richard appointed
    director
  34. 1999-02-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 4M PORTABLE BUILDINGS HIRE LIMITED
  35. 1999-02-25
    ➕
    JPCORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 1999-02-25
    ➖
    JPCORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 1999-02-25
    ➕
    JPCORD LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  38. 1999-02-25
    ➖
    JPCORD LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

4m Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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4m Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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4M PORTABLE BUILDINGS HIRE LIMITED
This company · 03720042

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
4m Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/12/2019
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr David Michael Morrisceased 20/12/2019· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Kevin Richard Morrisceased 20/12/2019· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Victoria Mary Morrisceased 20/12/2019· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Melody Morrisceased 20/12/2019· 25-50% shares

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

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-02-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Registered office

Brookdale Station Road
Prees
Whitchurch
SY13 2DW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-11
Last: 2026-02-25

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

GROCOTT, David Victor→
director · ~65y · appointed 2019-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GROCOTT, Linda Mary→
director · ~62y · appointed 2019-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCGOWAN, Daniel Hugh→
director · ~57y · appointed 2023-06-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRIS, Melody→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-04 · resigned 2019-12-20
Resigned
JPCORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-02-25 · resigned 1999-02-25
Resigned
MORRIS, David Michael→
director · ~79y · appointed 1999-03-04 · resigned 2022-02-01
Resigned
MORRIS, Kevin Richard→
director · ~65y · appointed 1999-03-04 · resigned 2022-02-01
Resigned
MORRIS, Melody→
director · ~64y · appointed 2002-12-01 · resigned 2019-12-20
Resigned
MORRIS, Victoria Mary→
director · ~74y · appointed 2002-12-01 · resigned 2019-12-20
Resigned
JPCORD LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-02-25 · resigned 1999-02-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property17/11/199906/12/2019

Recent filings (85 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-25