ROBERT PURVIS PLANT HIRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC071830 · ltd · incorporated 1980-06-12

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.

Why now

Window steady · medium confidence

Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.

· PSC count: 1 → 2

What changed my view

Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

↑PSC count: 1 → 2

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 20 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

25 live charges · 17 lenders · oldest 43.1y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 43.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 17 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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

Lenders & charges

25 charges (25/25 with lender, 25/25 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

170 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	12400	14100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 resolution

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 resolution

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (77 events)Click to expand

2026-05-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC03
2026-05-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-13
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-05-13
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capital · SH08
2025-11-10
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accounts · AA
2024-08-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-08-22
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capital · SH08
2024-08-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-06-14
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mortgage · MR04
2024-06-14
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Charge satisfied #25
2023-08-22
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accounts · AA
2023-01-21
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-01-20
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Charge registered #25
Lender: The Fife Council
2022-10-11
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accounts · AA
2022-03-25
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mortgage · MR01
2022-03-16
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Charge registered #24
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
2021-12-20
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-12-16
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Charge registered #23
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank) (Company Number SC001111)
2021-11-10
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mortgage · MR04
2021-11-10
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Charge satisfied #13
2021-09-08
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accounts · AA
2021-08-20
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mortgage · MR04
2021-08-20
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Charge satisfied #22
2021-07-09
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-05-31
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-03-24
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Charge satisfied #14
2020-11-30
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Charge satisfied #19
2020-11-16
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Charge satisfied #21
2020-11-16
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Charge satisfied #20
2020-11-16
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Charge satisfied #18
2019-11-05
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Charge registered #22
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC (Trading as Both Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank)
2019-08-09
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SMITH, Derek Malcolm resigned
director
2018-11-22
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Charge registered #21
Lender: Robert Purvis as Trustee for Robert Purvis Plant Hire LTD Retirement Benefit Scheme
2017-07-14
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Charge satisfied #17
2017-07-14
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Charge satisfied #16
2017-07-14
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Charge satisfied #15
2017-07-14
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Charge satisfied #12
2017-07-14
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Charge satisfied #11
2017-07-14
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Charge satisfied #10
2017-07-14
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Charge satisfied #9
2017-07-14
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Charge satisfied #8
2017-07-14
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Charge satisfied #7
2017-07-14
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Charge satisfied #3
2017-07-14
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Charge satisfied #1
2016-12-19
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Charge registered #20
Lender: Robert Purvis Plant Hire Limited Retirement Benefits Scheme
2015-12-22
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Charge registered #19
Lender: Robert Purvis Plant Hire LTD
2015-03-18
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Charge registered #18
Lender: Robert Purvis Plant Hire LTD Retirement Benefits Scheme
2014-01-22
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Charge registered #17
Lender: Robert Purvis Plant Hire LTD Retirement Benefits Scheme
2013-06-05
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Charge satisfied #6
2013-06-05
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Charge satisfied #5

Showing most recent 50 of 77 events

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PURVIS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Robert Purvis Discretionary Trust Individual	75–100%	—	75-100% shares · trust interest	01/04/2026

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Robert Purvisceased 31/03/2026· 75-100% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1980-06-12

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Registered office

New Thistle House

The Avenue

Lochgelly

KY5 9HG

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-05

Last: 2026-05-22