FINANCE4RENTALS LTD
- · Filings: 11 → 12
Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.
- ↑Filings: 11 → 12
Picture improved over the last 90 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.
- ↑Filings: 11 → 12
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Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £115.0k | £82.6k | — |
| Current assets | £135.3k | £94.6k | — |
| Cash | £134.7k | £93.2k | — |
| Debtors | £652 | £1.5k | — |
| Net assets | £115.0k | £82.6k | — |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 capital
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-05📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-02-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-14📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-08-25🏢Company incorporatedAs FINANCE4RENTALS LTD
- 2021-08-25➕SWANSTON, Colin Murray appointeddirector
- 2021-08-25📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Colin Murray Swanston Individual · British · DOB 02/1981 · age 45 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 25/08/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 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.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
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