FRONTIER VEHICLE LEASING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC207928 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-08
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 19.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£420.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £420,035

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£420k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£572k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£114k£229k£343k£458k£572kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£420.0k£355.7k
Current assets£572.4k£460.3k
Net assets£420.0k£355.7k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-03-27
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  3. 2024-11-14
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  4. 2024-09-26
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  5. 2023-09-15
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  6. 2022-09-29
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  7. 2021-09-24
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  8. 2021-02-09
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2021-02-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  10. 2020-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-17
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  12. 2018-09-26
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  13. 2017-08-14
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  14. 2016-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-08-04
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  16. 2015-09-22
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  17. 2015-06-01
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  18. 2007-02-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  19. 2000-06-08
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    Company incorporated
    As FRONTIER VEHICLE LEASING LIMITED
  20. 2000-06-08
    ➕
    HAZLETT, Diane appointed
    secretary
  21. 2000-06-08
    ➕
    HAZLETT, Diane appointed
    director
  22. 2000-06-08
    ➕
    HAZLETT, John Joachim appointed
    director
  23. 2000-06-08
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2000-06-08
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    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Joachim Hazlett
Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control30/05/2017

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
Incorporated2000-06-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77110 — Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

Millworks, 28 Field Road
Clarkston
Glasgow
G76 8SE
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-13
Last: 2025-05-30

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

HAZLETT, Diane→
secretary · appointed 2000-06-08
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Active
HAZLETT, Diane→
director · ~55y · appointed 2000-06-08
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Active
HAZLETT, John Joachim→
director · ~56y · appointed 2000-06-08
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-06-08 · resigned 2000-06-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property01/02/200709/02/2021

Recent filings (59 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-03