PHOENIX PLANT HIRE UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05551585 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-01

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.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Sept 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30
Average employees	100

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

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1 signal 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-05-21
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2025-05-22
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2024-05-23
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2023-03-23
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2022-06-07
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2021-05-18
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2020-06-25
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2019-06-19
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2018-05-16
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accounts · AA
2017-09-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-06-09
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accounts · AA
2016-06-29
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accounts · AA
2015-09-17
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annual-return · AR01
2015-04-28
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accounts · AA
2014-09-09
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2013-07-03
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PEART, Robert Michael appointed
director
2007-01-31
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PEART, Robert appointed
secretary
2007-01-31
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INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2005-10-27
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O'DONOVAN, Sean Roderick resigned
secretary
2005-10-27
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INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2005-09-05
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IMC COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2005-09-05
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PROFORM DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director
2005-09-01
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Company incorporated
As PHOENIX PLANT HIRE UK LIMITED
2005-09-01
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NADEN PEART, Joanne appointed
director
2005-09-01
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O'DONOVAN, Sean Roderick appointed
secretary
2005-09-01
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IMC COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2005-09-01
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PROFORM DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Robert Michael Peart Individual · British · DOB 09/1952 · age 74	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Joanne Naden Peart Individual · British · DOB 04/1969 · age 57	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2005-09-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC77320 — Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment

Registered office

Unit18 Island Carr Industrial Estate

Brigg

South Humberside

DN20 8PD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-15

Last: 2025-09-01

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

PEART, Robert→

secretary · appointed 2007-01-31

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Active

NADEN PEART, Joanne→

director · ~57y · appointed 2005-09-01

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Active

PEART, Robert Michael→

director · ~74y · appointed 2013-07-03

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Active

O'DONOVAN, Sean Roderick→

secretary · appointed 2005-09-01 · resigned 2005-10-27

Resigned

IMC COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-09-01 · resigned 2005-09-05

Resigned

INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-10-27 · resigned 2007-01-31

Resigned

PROFORM DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2005-09-01 · resigned 2005-09-05

Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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accounts · AA01

2026-05-21

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-01