A1 LOO HIRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05333973 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-17
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£13.67M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
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
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 12.7y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £13,670,385

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4.5m
Net Worth
£14m
Current Assets
£8.5m
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-31
Total assets£13.73M
Current assets£8.48M
Cash£4.55M
Debtors£3.93M
Net assets£13.67M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-05
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-09-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2021-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-07-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2013-08-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  16. 2013-01-04
    ➕
    OWEN, Clive Richard appointed
    director
  17. 2006-02-28
    ➕
    PIKE, Sally Emma appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-02-28
    ➕
    PIKE, Russell James appointed
    director
  19. 2006-02-28
    ➕
    PIKE, Sally Emma appointed
    director
  20. 2006-02-28
    ➖
    WESTCO NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2006-02-28
    ➖
    WESTCO DIRECTORS LTD resigned
    corporate-director
  22. 2005-01-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A1 LOO HIRE LIMITED
  23. 2005-01-17
    ➕
    WESTCO NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2005-01-17
    ➕
    WESTCO DIRECTORS LTD appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Sally Emma Pike
Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/01/2017
Mr Russell James Pike
Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting16/01/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Clive Richard Owenceased 03/03/2021· significant influence

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-01-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Registered office

Silver Birches
Highland Avenue
Wokingham
Berkshire
RG41 4SP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-21
Last: 2026-01-07

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

PIKE, Sally Emma→
secretary · appointed 2006-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OWEN, Clive Richard→
director · ~63y · appointed 2013-01-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PIKE, Russell James→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PIKE, Sally Emma→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WESTCO NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-01-17 · resigned 2006-02-28
Resigned
WESTCO DIRECTORS LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2005-01-17 · resigned 2006-02-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property27/08/2013—
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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-02-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-03-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-08