SPRING RENTAL LIMITED

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04512065 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 22.0y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (1 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
87 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £2

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£286
Net Worth
£2
Current Assets
£286
Current Liabilities
—
£0£57£114£172£229£286Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£2—
Current assets£286—
Cash£286—
Net assets£2—
Average employees—100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-03-25
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  3. 2024-03-27
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  4. 2023-03-30
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  5. 2022-02-28
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  6. 2021-04-01
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  7. 2020-03-17
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  8. 2019-03-15
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  9. 2018-03-12
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  10. 2017-11-14
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    accounts · AA01
  11. 2016-12-22
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  12. 2016-08-04
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    address · AD01
  13. 2016-05-20
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    mortgage · MR04
  14. 2016-05-20
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    Charge satisfied #2
  15. 2016-05-11
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    GILMOUR, James resigned
    secretary
  16. 2016-05-11
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    officers · TM02
  17. 2016-03-07
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    officers · TM01
  18. 2015-11-24
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    CARPENTER, Mark Gwilym resigned
    director
  19. 2015-09-23
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    CHAMBERS, Paul Carl resigned
    secretary
  20. 2015-09-23
    ➕
    GILMOUR, James appointed
    secretary
  21. 2015-01-16
    ➕
    CHAMBERS, Paul Carl appointed
    secretary
  22. 2015-01-16
    ➖
    LATHAM, Paula resigned
    secretary
  23. 2012-08-10
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    CARPENTER, Mark Gwilym appointed
    director
  24. 2012-03-05
    ➖
    WARREN, Gary resigned
    director
  25. 2006-12-04
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  26. 2004-06-15
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  27. 2004-06-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  28. 2004-04-16
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    SHELTON, David Edward appointed
    director
  29. 2004-04-16
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    HOOD, Jonathan David resigned
    director
  30. 2004-04-16
    ➕
    WARREN, Gary appointed
    director
  31. 2002-09-06
    ➕
    LATHAM, Paula appointed
    secretary
  32. 2002-09-06
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2002-09-06
    ➕
    HOOD, Jonathan David appointed
    director
  34. 2002-09-06
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 2002-08-15
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    Company incorporated
    As SPRING RENTAL LIMITED
  36. 2002-08-15
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 2002-08-15
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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.)

Group structure

Shoby Investments Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Shoby Investments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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SPRING RENTAL LIMITED
This company · 04512065

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
Shoby Investments Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016

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

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8 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
Incorporated2002-08-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Northgate House North Gate
New Basford
Nottingham
NG7 7BQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last: 2025-08-15

Officers (1 active · 8 resigned)

SHELTON, David Edward→
director · ~73y · appointed 2004-04-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHAMBERS, Paul Carl→
secretary · appointed 2015-01-16 · resigned 2015-09-23
Resigned
GILMOUR, James→
secretary · appointed 2015-09-23 · resigned 2016-05-11
Resigned
LATHAM, Paula→
secretary · appointed 2002-09-06 · resigned 2015-01-16
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-15 · resigned 2002-09-06
Resigned
CARPENTER, Mark Gwilym→
director · ~54y · appointed 2012-08-10 · resigned 2015-11-24
Resigned
HOOD, Jonathan David→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-09-06 · resigned 2004-04-16
Resigned
WARREN, Gary→
director · ~65y · appointed 2004-04-16 · resigned 2012-03-05
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-08-15 · resigned 2002-09-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property04/12/2006—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee & debenture1 property15/06/200420/05/2016
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property03/06/2004—
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Recent filings (87 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
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accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-21
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accounts · AA
2023-03-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-18
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accounts · AA
2022-02-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-19
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accounts · AA
2021-04-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-15