A1 VAN HIRE LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10830778 · ltd · incorporated 2017-06-22
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-13📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-09-09📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-22🏢Company incorporatedAs A1 VAN HIRE LIMITED
- 2017-06-22➕MCAULAY, Christopher Robert appointeddirector
- 2017-06-22➕MOORE, Anthony appointeddirector
- 2017-06-22📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Christopher Robert Mcaulay Individual · British · DOB 10/1986 · age 40 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 22/06/2017 |
Mr Anthony Moore Individual · British · DOB 03/1970 · age 56 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 22/06/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-06-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77110 — Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles
Registered office
Unit 1a Townfoot Industrial Estate
Brampton
Cumbria
CA8 1SW
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-05
Last: 2025-06-21
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
MCAULAY, Christopher Robert→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2017-06-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MOORE, Anthony→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2017-06-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (19 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-11
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-26