A & B RENTALS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09264945 · ltd · incorporated 2014-10-15
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£4.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
31 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £4,846
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,525 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£5k
↓ 42% YoY
Current Assets
£1
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £6.9k | £9.4k |
| Current assets | £1 | £1 |
| Net assets | £4.8k | £8.4k |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-11-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-20➕KILSHAW, Andrew Donald appointeddirector
- 2019-11-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2018-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2014-10-15🏢Company incorporatedAs A & B RENTALS LIMITED
- 2014-10-15➕KILSHAW, Beryl Edwina appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Beryl Edwina Kilshaw Individual · British · DOB 01/1950 · age 76 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 29/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-10-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Registered office
55 Hoghton Street
Southport
Merseyside
PR9 0PG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-29
Last: 2025-10-15
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
KILSHAW, Andrew Donald→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 2019-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KILSHAW, Beryl Edwina→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2014-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (31 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-15