LONDON HIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED
📈Growthactive
08398077 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-11
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 11.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£18.02M
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
—
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49319
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 11.4y
95/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £283,697
Strong revenue growth
Turnover up 16% YoY
Turnover YoY
+16%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18.02M | £15.53M |
| Gross profit | £2.93M | £1.98M |
| Operating profit | £339.8k | £54.4k |
| Profit before tax | £283.7k | £53.8k |
| Average employees | 55000 | 55300 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2025-02-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2025-02-25📄change-corporate-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH02
- 2024-05-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-02-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2022-05-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-03-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-21📄change-corporate-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH02
- 2018-05-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-02-23➕BARBROOK, Matthew James appointeddirector
- 2016-02-15🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2015-01-26➕FARR, Nigel Colin appointeddirector
- 2015-01-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2013-02-11🏢Company incorporatedAs LONDON HIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED
- 2013-02-11➕DONALD, Neil Alexander appointeddirector
- 2013-02-11➕LONDON HIRE LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
70/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
63/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
London Hire Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
London Hire Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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LONDON HIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 08398077
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
London Hire Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Neil Alexander Donaldceased 31/03/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-02-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49319 — SIC 49319
Registered office
185 Manor Road
Erith
DA8 2AD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-25
Last: 2026-02-11
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
BARBROOK, Matthew James→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2018-02-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DONALD, Neil Alexander→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2013-02-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FARR, Nigel Colin→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2015-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LONDON HIRE LIMITED→
Activecorporate-director · appointed 2013-02-11
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 15/02/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 19/01/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (44 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-02-25
change-corporate-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH02
2025-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-05-04
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-04-25