ADS EQUIPMENT HIRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10073381 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-21
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 5.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
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 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 5.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 5.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
28 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees600

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-25
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  3. 2025-02-17
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  4. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-02-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-10
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2020-07-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  13. 2019-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-06-28
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2018-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-09-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-09-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2016-03-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ADS EQUIPMENT HIRE LIMITED
  19. 2016-03-21
    ➕
    SANSOM, Gary appointed
    director
  20. 2016-03-21
    ➕
    SANSOM, Harriet Jean Mary appointed
    director
  21. 2016-03-21
    ➕
    SANSOM, Luke John appointed
    director
  22. 2016-03-21
    ➕
    WHITE, Felicity Joy appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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 age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple 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.
  • 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Felicity Joy White
Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016
Mr Gary Sansom
Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016
Miss Harriet Jean Mary Sansom
Individual · British · DOB 06/1994 · age 32
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016
Mr Luke John Sansom
Individual · British · DOB 06/1991 · age 35
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/05/2016

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
Incorporated2016-03-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77320 — Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment

Registered office

The Mill
Kingsteignton Road
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ12 2QA
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

SANSOM, Gary→
director · ~62y · appointed 2016-03-21
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Active
SANSOM, Harriet Jean Mary→
director · ~32y · appointed 2016-03-21
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Active
SANSOM, Luke John→
director · ~35y · appointed 2016-03-21
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Active
WHITE, Felicity Joy→
director · ~66y · appointed 2016-03-21
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—30/07/2020—
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Recent filings (28 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-02-25
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-29