K.M.R. SKIP HIRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03956535 · ltd · incorporated 2000-03-27
Investment thesis
Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.
Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.
Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 21.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£2.92M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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 · oldest 21.5y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,916,417
Cash YoY
+29%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.6m
↑ 29% YoY
Net Worth
£2.9m
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£2.2m
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£583k£1.2m£1.7m£2.3m£2.9mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£3.18M£2.81M
Current assets£2.20M£1.97M
Cash£1.58M£1.23M
Debtors£607.4k£736.7k
Net assets£2.92M£2.55M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-24
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    HUMPHREY, Keith resigned
    director
  4. 2025-04-22
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  5. 2025-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-07-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-07-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-08-15
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  17. 2017-06-02
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  18. 2005-06-13
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Yorkshire Bank
  19. 2005-01-07
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Yorkshire Bank
  20. 2000-03-27
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    Company incorporated
    As K.M.R. SKIP HIRE LIMITED
  21. 2000-03-27
    ➕
    HUMPHREY, Christine appointed
    secretary
  22. 2000-03-27
    ➕
    HUMPHREY, Michael appointed
    director
  23. 2000-03-27
    ➕
    HUMPHREY, Roger appointed
    director
  24. 2000-03-27
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-03-27
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2000-03-27
    ➕
    HUMPHREY, Keith appointed
    director
  27. 2000-03-27
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2000-03-27
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

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

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-03-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

The Yard
Englands Lane
Knottingley
West Yorkshire
WF11 0JP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-18
Last: 2026-04-04

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

HUMPHREY, Christine→
secretary · appointed 2000-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUMPHREY, Michael→
director · ~66y · appointed 2000-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUMPHREY, Roger→
director · ~61y · appointed 2000-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-03-27 · resigned 2000-03-27
Resigned
HUMPHREY, Keith→
director · ~73y · appointed 2000-03-27 · resigned 2025-05-24
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-03-27 · resigned 2000-03-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Yorkshire Bank
Mortgage1 property13/06/2005—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Yorkshire Bank
Debenture1 property07/01/2005—
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Recent filings (76 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-16
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-04-22
confirmation-statement
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-05