AK VEHICLE RENTAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC124978 · ltd · incorporated 1990-05-14
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 34.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£2.93M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of trucks and other heavy vehicles
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 34.0y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 34.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
97 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,932,421
Cash YoY
-14%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£265k
↓ 14% YoY
Net Worth
£2.9m
↑ 1.5% YoY
Current Assets
£1.7m
↓ 8.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£586k£1.2m£1.8m£2.3m£2.9mAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-302024-08-30
Total assets£3.75M£3.50M
Current assets£1.72M£1.88M
Cash£264.8k£306.2k
Debtors£1.30M£1.40M
Net assets£2.93M£2.89M

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

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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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-04-15
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2024-04-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-10-06
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  11. 2021-10-05
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  12. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-05-10
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2020-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2008-06-11
    ➕
    KYLE, Matthew appointed
    director
  19. 1992-04-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  20. 1990-05-14
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    Company incorporated
    As AK VEHICLE RENTAL LIMITED
  21. 1990-05-14
    ➕
    KYLE, Lorna appointed
    secretary
  22. 1990-05-14
    ➕
    KYLE, Andrew Reid appointed
    director
  23. 1990-05-14
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1990-05-14
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1990-05-14
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1990-05-14
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 36 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 36 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Reid Kyle
Individual · British · DOB 06/1949 · age 77
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% 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
Incorporated1990-05-14
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77120 — Renting and leasing of trucks and other heavy vehicles

Registered office

19 Underwood Road
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA3 1TH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-30
Last made up to: 2025-08-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-13
Last: 2025-04-29

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

KYLE, Lorna→
secretary · appointed 1990-05-14
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Active
KYLE, Andrew Reid→
director · ~77y · appointed 1990-05-14
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Active
KYLE, Matthew→
director · ~46y · appointed 2008-06-11
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Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1990-05-14 · resigned 1990-05-14
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1990-05-14 · resigned 1990-05-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Floating charge1 property06/04/1992—
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Recent filings (97 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-15
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-04-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-10
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-10-06
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-10-05