ACME PLANT HIRE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11972346 · ltd · incorporated 2019-05-01
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other construction installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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.

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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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-09-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-03-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2022-03-23
    ➕
    DAVIES, Tina appointed
    director
  9. 2022-03-23
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-02-05
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    RUSSELL, Terri resigned
    director
  12. 2021-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-08-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-07-15
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2020-07-15
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2020-07-15
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2020-07-15
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2019-05-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ACME PLANT HIRE LTD
  19. 2019-05-01
    ➕
    MANITIUS-PURNELL, Desiree appointed
    director
  20. 2019-05-01
    ➕
    MINTER, Sarah appointed
    director
  21. 2019-05-01
    ➕
    OCKENDEN, Jacqui appointed
    director
  22. 2019-05-01
    ➕
    RUSSELL, Terri appointed
    director
  23. 2019-05-01
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-05-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

Scaffold House Toddington Lane
Bn17 7pn
Wick
West Sussex
BN17 7PN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-17
Last: 2025-10-03

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

DAVIES, Tina→
director · ~53y · appointed 2022-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MANITIUS-PURNELL, Desiree→
director · ~55y · appointed 2019-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MINTER, Sarah→
director · ~49y · appointed 2019-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OCKENDEN, Jacqui→
director · ~65y · appointed 2019-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUSSELL, Terri→
director · ~52y · appointed 2019-05-01 · resigned 2022-02-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (23 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-27