GENNY HIRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC352183 · ltd · incorporated 2008-12-05
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 opening · medium confidence
More negotiable than before — 1 signals weakening over the last 30 days.
  • · Refinance opportunity: clean_up_first → under_pressure
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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

  • ↓Refinance opportunity: clean_up_first → under_pressure
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£1.56M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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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 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -40% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 1.0y

10/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Newest facility, 1.0 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (89/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,563,894
Net assets shrinking
Down £210,300 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 40% YoY
Cash YoY
-40%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£201k
↓ 40% YoY
Net Worth
£1.6m
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£751k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£355k£710k£1.1m£1.4m£1.8mDec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£2.21M£2.15M£1.51M
Current assets£750.7k£1.08M£885.9k
Cash£200.6k£335.0k£268.6k
Debtors£384.6k£592.5k£501.6k
Net assets£1.56M£1.77M£1.28M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-03
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    capital · SH03
  3. 2025-09-01
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2025-08-27
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  5. 2025-08-27
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  6. 2025-07-23
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  7. 2025-07-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Handelsbanken PLC
  8. 2025-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-03-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2022-03-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-01-05
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    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  16. 2021-01-05
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  17. 2020-12-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2020-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-05-28
    ➖
    EMSLIE, Peter resigned
    director
  20. 2018-07-27
    ➖
    EMSLIE, Rebecca Helen resigned
    director
  21. 2017-10-12
    ➕
    EMSLIE, Rebecca Helen appointed
    director
  22. 2010-01-26
    ➕
    DEANS, Rory Stuart appointed
    director
  23. 2008-12-05
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    Company incorporated
    As GENNY HIRE LIMITED
  24. 2008-12-05
    ➕
    CLARK, Lorna Jane appointed
    director
  25. 2008-12-05
    ➕
    EMSLIE, Peter appointed
    director

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63. 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 18 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
Ms Lorna Jane Clark
Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/12/2020
Mr Rory Stuart Deans
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-12-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 3a Craigearn Business Park
Morrison Way
Kintore
AB51 0TH
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

CLARK, Lorna Jane→
director · ~55y · appointed 2008-12-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEANS, Rory Stuart→
director · ~63y · appointed 2010-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EMSLIE, Peter→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-12-05 · resigned 2019-05-28
Resigned
EMSLIE, Rebecca Helen→
director · ~29y · appointed 2017-10-12 · resigned 2018-07-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Handelsbanken
Handelsbanken PLC
A registered charge—23/07/2025—
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Recent filings (71 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-10-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-09-01
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-08-27
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2025-08-27
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-29