SAVOCH HIRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC206655 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-27
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 25.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£118.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.8y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £118,262
Net assets shrinking
Down £17,956 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£118k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£92k
↓ 47% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£35k£69k£104k£138k£173kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£175.3k£254.4k
Current assets£91.9k£172.6k
Cash—£58.7k
Debtors£91.9k£103.9k
Net assets£118.3k£136.2k

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

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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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-26
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  5. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-13
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    BROWN & MCRAE LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  8. 2021-05-13
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    BROWN & MCRAE resigned
    corporate-secretary
  9. 2021-05-13
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  10. 2021-05-13
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-11-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-21
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    gazette · DISS40
  15. 2018-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-04-10
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  17. 2017-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-04-28
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2015-02-01
    ➕
    BREBNER, Ross Brian appointed
    director
  20. 2009-03-03
    ➖
    BREBNER, George Alexander resigned
    director
  21. 2007-12-01
    ➕
    BREBNER, Brian George appointed
    director
  22. 2006-01-12
    ➖
    BREBNER, Brian George resigned
    director
  23. 2000-07-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  24. 2000-04-27
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    Company incorporated
    As SAVOCH HIRE LIMITED
  25. 2000-04-27
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2000-04-27
    ➖
    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2000-04-27
    ➕
    BROWN & MCRAE appointed
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2000-04-27
    ➕
    BREBNER, Brian George appointed
    director
  29. 2000-04-27
    ➕
    BREBNER, George Alexander appointed
    director
  30. 2000-04-27
    ➕
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2000-04-27
    ➖
    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Brian George Brebner
Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares · firm interest06/04/2016
Mr Ross Brian Brebner
Individual · British · DOB 09/1986 · age 40
25–50%
—25-50% shares · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-04-27
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Anderson House
9-11 Frithside Street
Fraserburgh
Aberdeenshire
AB43 9AB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-11
Last: 2025-04-27

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

BROWN & MCRAE LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2021-05-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BREBNER, Brian George→
director · ~68y · appointed 2007-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BREBNER, Ross Brian→
director · ~40y · appointed 2015-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-04-27 · resigned 2000-04-27
Resigned
BROWN & MCRAE→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2000-04-27 · resigned 2021-05-13
Resigned
BREBNER, Brian George→
director · ~68y · appointed 2000-04-27 · resigned 2006-01-12
Resigned
BREBNER, George Alexander→
director · ~95y · appointed 2000-04-27 · resigned 2009-03-03
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-04-27 · resigned 2000-04-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property05/07/2000—
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Recent filings (78 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP04
2021-05-13
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-12