ACTION PLANT HIRE LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11177828 · ltd · incorporated 2018-01-30
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 3.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£491.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 3.5y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~3.5 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £491,754
Cash YoY
+93%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£66k
↑ 93% YoY
Net Worth
£492k
↑ 38% YoY
Current Assets
£753k
↑ 5.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £701.1k | £519.8k |
| Current assets | £752.5k | £714.3k |
| Cash | £66.2k | £34.3k |
| Debtors | £674.4k | £664.2k |
| Net assets | £491.8k | £357.3k |
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 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-09-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-09-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-09-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-09-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-07-01➕LAWLER, Timothy Dennis appointeddirector
- 2023-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-29📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-11-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD
- 2022-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-30📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-10-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-10-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-10-26📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-10-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-10-01➕COMER, Christopher James appointeddirector
- 2021-10-01➖HARRIS, Lissa resigneddirector
- 2021-05-19📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-18📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2018-01-30🏢Company incorporatedAs ACTION PLANT HIRE LTD
- 2018-01-30➕HARRIS, Lissa appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Timothy Dennis Lawler Individual · British · DOB 01/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/07/2023 |
Mr Christopher James Comer Individual · British · DOB 08/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/10/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Lissa Chris Harrisceased 01/10/2021· 75-100% shares
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
Incorporated2018-01-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77320 — Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Registered office
C/O NIGEL B BUTLER LTD
Basepoint Business Centre Rivermead Drive Westlea
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN5 7EX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-13
Last: 2025-06-29
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
COMER, Christopher James→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2021-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LAWLER, Timothy Dennis→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2023-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HARRIS, Lissa→
Resigneddirector · ~48y · appointed 2018-01-30 · resigned 2021-10-01
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 | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD | A registered charge | — | 25/11/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (33 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-09-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-20
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-09-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29