WHEELER END RENTALS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06321424 · ltd · incorporated 2007-07-23
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
—
year to Jul 2024
Net worth
£-8.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
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
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
63 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £7,966

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£8k
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
-£8k-£8k-£8k-£8k-£8k-£8kJul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Total assets£-8.0k—
Net assets£-8.0k—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-29
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2025-10-14
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    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-07-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-07-29
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-10-31
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2023-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-26
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  9. 2022-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-30
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-04-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-29
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-04-29
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    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-07-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2018-07-09
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2018-07-09
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2018-06-13
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    KEEVILL, John Ernest resigned
    director
  19. 2017-05-15
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    KEEVILL, John Ernest appointed
    director
  20. 2017-05-15
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    NICOLI, Eric Luciano resigned
    director
  21. 2011-08-08
    ➖
    ROWE, Brenda Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  22. 2011-06-29
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    NICOLI, Eric Luciano appointed
    director
  23. 2011-04-28
    ➖
    ROWE, Brenda Elizabeth resigned
    director
  24. 2007-07-23
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    Company incorporated
    As WHEELER END RENTALS LIMITED
  25. 2007-07-23
    ➕
    WIGLEY, Suzanne, Ms. appointed
    director
  26. 2007-07-23
    ➕
    ROWE, Brenda Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  27. 2007-07-23
    ➕
    ROWE, Brenda Elizabeth appointed
    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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Suzanne Wigley
Individual · British · DOB 03/1947 · age 79
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Eric Luciano Nicoliceased 15/05/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence

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
Incorporated2007-07-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Registered office

59 Dean Street
London
W1D 6AN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-06
Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

WIGLEY, Suzanne, Ms.→
director · ~79y · appointed 2007-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROWE, Brenda Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-23 · resigned 2011-08-08
Resigned
KEEVILL, John Ernest→
director · ~76y · appointed 2017-05-15 · resigned 2018-06-13
Resigned
NICOLI, Eric Luciano→
director · ~76y · appointed 2011-06-29 · resigned 2017-05-15
Resigned
ROWE, Brenda Elizabeth→
director · ~76y · appointed 2007-07-23 · resigned 2011-04-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

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gazette · DISS40
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-28