727 TOOLHIRE LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
10309409 · ltd · incorporated 2016-08-03
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 5.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipment
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.4y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
35 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
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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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £188.9k |
| Current assets | — | £126.8k |
| Cash | — | £3.5k |
| Debtors | — | £114.4k |
| Net assets | — | £47.2k |
| Average employees | 5 | — |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
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
- 2025-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-14➕JOHNSON, Richard Calvin appointeddirector
- 2024-05-08➖JOHNSON, Richard Calvin resigneddirector
- 2024-05-08📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-02-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-06-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-06-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-12-01➕JOHNSON, Samuel Alexander appointeddirector
- 2021-11-25📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-11-22➖ELLAM, Ricky John resigneddirector
- 2021-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-02📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2020-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-12-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Metalmin & Co UK Limited (In Liquidation)
- 2019-05-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-24➖CALZADO, Susana resigneddirector
- 2017-10-24➕JOHNSON, Richard Calvin appointeddirector
- 2016-08-03🏢Company incorporatedAs 727 TOOLHIRE LTD
- 2016-08-03➕CALZADO, Susana appointeddirector
- 2016-08-03➕ELLAM, Ricky John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
81/100
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 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
16/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — JOHNSON, Samuel Alexander (same surname) appointed 2021-12-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Richard Calvin Johnson Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 24/10/2017 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Ricky John Ellamceased 22/11/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Ms Susana Calzadoceased 24/10/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| 123 FS LIMITED→ 10672557 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-08-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77310 — Renting and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipment
Registered office
10-12 Mulberry Green
Harlow
CM17 0ET
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-16
Last: 2025-08-02
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
JOHNSON, Richard Calvin→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2025-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JOHNSON, Samuel Alexander→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2021-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CALZADO, Susana→
Resigneddirector · ~51y · appointed 2016-08-03 · resigned 2017-10-24
ELLAM, Ricky John→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2016-08-03 · resigned 2021-11-22
JOHNSON, Richard Calvin→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2017-10-24 · resigned 2024-05-08
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Metalmin & Co UK (In Liquidation) Metalmin & Co UK Limited (In Liquidation) | A registered charge | — | 09/12/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (35 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-03