AA PIKE PLANT LTD

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14431968 · ltd · incorporated 2022-10-20
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-287.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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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
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £287,190

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£77k
Net Worth
-£287k
↓ 56% YoY
Current Assets
£91k
Current Liabilities
-£287k-£211k-£136k-£60k£16k£91kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-94.2k£-4.4k
Current assets£91.3k
Cash£77.2k
Debtors£14.1k£8.0k
Net assets£-287.2k£-184.7k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-17
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-03-21
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2022-10-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AA PIKE PLANT LTD
  5. 2022-10-20
    PIKE, Antony Alan appointed
    director
  6. 2022-10-20
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

90/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PIKE" — strong identity link between founder and business.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

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

Group structure

Aa Pike Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Aa Pike Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
AA PIKE PLANT LTD
This company · 14431968

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Aa Pike Group Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/10/2022

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
Incorporated2022-10-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77320 — Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment

Registered office

22 Wessex Park Bancombe Business Park
Somerton
Somerset
TA11 6SB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-02
Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

PIKE, Antony Alan
director · ~55y · appointed 2022-10-20
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Recent filings (7 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-03-21
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-10-20