E.D.M. PLANT HIRER & CONTRACTOR LIMITED
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- 77320Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 (73/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 20.8y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £434.7k | £441.0k |
| Current assets | £251.2k | £197.6k |
| Cash | £231.8k | £170.2k |
| Debtors | £15.9k | £23.8k |
| Net assets | £388.6k | £386.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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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Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-01📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-02-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-31📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-08-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-02-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2005-10-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2005-08-19🏢Company incorporatedAs E.D.M. PLANT HIRER & CONTRACTOR LIMITED
- 2005-08-19➕MACKINNON, Rebecca Douna appointedsecretary
- 2005-08-19➕MACKINNON, Ewen Diarmid appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 21 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ewen Diarmid Mackinnon Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Rebecca Douna Mackinnon Individual · British · DOB 01/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/09/2016 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 10/10/2005 | — |