AM SKIP & PLANT HIRE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07586014 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-31
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "well run hard buy" recently.
- · Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
- · Hygiene score: 70 → 90
- · Opportunity score: 70 → 79
- · Bankability: 65 → 75
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
- · 3 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days
Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.
- ·Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
- ↑Opportunity score: 70 → 79
- ↑Hygiene score: 70 → 90
- ↑Bankability: 65 → 75
- ·Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 77320Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: low (54/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
42 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-14📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-05-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-04-27📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-23➕MITCHELL, Adam Brian appointeddirector
- 2023-10-23➕MITCHELL, Josephine Daisy appointeddirector
- 2022-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-11-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-11-06📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-10-11➕MITCHELL, Fiona appointeddirector
- 2021-10-11➖MITCHELL, Alan Graham resigneddirector
- 2021-08-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-06-01➖MITCHELL, Alan Graham resignedsecretary
- 2017-04-06➕MITCHELL, Fiona Jean appointedsecretary
- 2011-03-31🏢Company incorporatedAs AM SKIP & PLANT HIRE LIMITED
- 2011-03-31➕MITCHELL, Alan Graham appointedsecretary
- 2011-03-31➕MITCHELL, Alan Graham appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fiona Mitchell Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Alan Graham Mitchellceased 11/10/2021· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-03-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110
Registered office
Hazelbank
London Road
Maresfield
East Sussex
TN22 3EP
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
MITCHELL, Fiona Jean→
Activesecretary · appointed 2017-04-06
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MITCHELL, Adam Brian→
Activedirector · ~27y · appointed 2023-10-23
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MITCHELL, Fiona→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2021-10-11
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MITCHELL, Josephine Daisy→
Activedirector · ~29y · appointed 2023-10-23
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MITCHELL, Alan Graham→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2011-03-31 · resigned 2017-06-01
MITCHELL, Alan Graham→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2011-03-31 · resigned 2021-10-11
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Recent filings (42 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-05-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-05-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-09