2020 MARQUEE AND EVENTS ESSENTIALS HIRE LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
15100975 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-29
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£-12.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. 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 (78/100)

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
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
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £12,526
Cash YoY
+127%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↑ 127% YoY
Net Worth
-£13k
↓ 41% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↑ 127% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£13k-£10k-£7k-£4k-£735£2kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£-8.5k£-3.6k
Current assets£2.2k£975
Cash£2.2k£975
Net assets£-12.5k£-8.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 2020 MARQUEE AND EVENTS ESSENTIALS HIRE LIMITED
  4. 2023-08-29
    SUMAH, Mariam Memunatu appointed
    director
  5. 2023-08-29
    TURAY, Mohamed Lamin appointed
    director
  6. 2023-08-29
    📄
    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 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 2.7 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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 58. 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 Mohamed Lamin Turay
Individual · British,Sierra Leonean · DOB 06/1970 · age 56
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting29/08/2023
Miss Mariam Memunatu Sumah
Individual · British,Sierra Leonean · DOB 06/1968 · age 58
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting29/08/2023

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
Incorporated2023-08-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77299 — Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods

Registered office

14 Joan Gardens
Dagenham
RM8 1QX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-11
Last: 2025-08-28

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SUMAH, Mariam Memunatu
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-08-29
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Active
TURAY, Mohamed Lamin
director · ~56y · appointed 2023-08-29
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Active

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Recent filings (5 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-29