LAUDERDALE HIRE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC613799 · ltd · incorporated 2018-11-15
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-52.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipment
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £52,554

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£53k
Current Assets
£2k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£-52.6k
Current assets£1.7k
Net assets£-52.6k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-12-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-11-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-11-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-08-14
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-02-05
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2018-11-15
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    Company incorporated
    As LAUDERDALE HIRE LIMITED
  14. 2018-11-15
    ➕
    ROSS, Adrian Jonhathon appointed
    director
  15. 2018-11-15
    ➕
    RUNCIMAN, Douglas appointed
    director
  16. 2018-11-15
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Adrian Jonhathon Ross
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/11/2018
Mr Douglas Runciman
Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting15/11/2018

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
Incorporated2018-11-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77310 — Renting and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipment

Registered office

Huntington
Lauder
Berwickshire
TD2 6QU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ROSS, Adrian Jonhathon→
director · ~58y · appointed 2018-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUNCIMAN, Douglas→
director · ~60y · appointed 2018-11-15
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Recent filings (20 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29