ASSURED VEHICLE RENTAL LTD

🌳Matureactive
04900913 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-16
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£3.32M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -30% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.8y

30/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 20.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
94 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,322,869
Net assets shrinking
Down £461,328 YoY
Cash YoY
-30%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.1m
↓ 30% YoY
Net Worth
£3.3m
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£4.1m
↓ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£1.2m£2.5m£3.7m£4.9m£6.2mSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£3.32M£3.78M
Current assets£4.12M£6.17M
Cash£2.06M£2.96M
Debtors£2.06M£3.21M
Net assets£3.32M£3.78M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  3. 2024-08-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-06-22
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    RUSSELL, Lauren Kimberley appointed
    director
  9. 2022-06-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2021-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-10-22
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2020-10-02
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    WILLIAMS, Wayne resigned
    director
  13. 2020-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-07-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-07-29
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    WILLIAMS, Lorraine appointed
    director
  16. 2019-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-10-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2018-10-08
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    WILLIAMS, Dale Christopher appointed
    director
  19. 2018-10-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2018-10-05
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    WALKER, Colin resigned
    director
  21. 2018-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2016-05-05
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Colin Walker
  23. 2012-05-14
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  24. 2012-05-11
    ➖
    CONLON, Martin resigned
    secretary
  25. 2012-05-11
    ➖
    CONLON, Martin resigned
    director
  26. 2005-10-01
    ➕
    CONLON, Martin appointed
    secretary
  27. 2005-09-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  28. 2005-09-01
    ➖
    MCDERMOTT, Helen Lesley resigned
    secretary
  29. 2005-04-04
    ➕
    CONLON, Martin appointed
    director
  30. 2005-04-04
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Wayne appointed
    director
  31. 2003-11-03
    ➕
    MCDERMOTT, Helen Lesley appointed
    secretary
  32. 2003-11-03
    ➕
    WALKER, Colin appointed
    director
  33. 2003-09-18
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2003-09-18
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 2003-09-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ASSURED VEHICLE RENTAL LTD
  36. 2003-09-16
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  37. 2003-09-16
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

Assured Vehicle Rental (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Assured Vehicle Rental (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ASSURED VEHICLE RENTAL LTD
This company · 04900913

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
Assured Vehicle Rental (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting05/05/2016

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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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
Incorporated2003-09-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77110 — Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

G.06 Grosvenor House
Central Park
Telford
TF2 9TW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last: 2025-09-15

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

RUSSELL, Lauren Kimberley→
director · ~36y · appointed 2022-06-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMS, Dale Christopher→
director · ~39y · appointed 2018-10-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMS, Lorraine→
director · ~63y · appointed 2019-07-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CONLON, Martin→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-01 · resigned 2012-05-11
Resigned
MCDERMOTT, Helen Lesley→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-03 · resigned 2005-09-01
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-16 · resigned 2003-09-18
Resigned
CONLON, Martin→
director · ~80y · appointed 2005-04-04 · resigned 2012-05-11
Resigned
WALKER, Colin→
director · ~72y · appointed 2003-11-03 · resigned 2018-10-05
Resigned
WILLIAMS, Wayne→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-04-04 · resigned 2020-10-02
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-16 · resigned 2003-09-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Colin Walker
A registered charge—05/05/2016—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property14/05/2012—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property09/09/2005—
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Recent filings (94 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-08-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-23