AKELA PLANT HIRE LTD

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SC313584 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-18

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 steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£1.74M

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -63% 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

2 live charges · oldest 16.6y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 16.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (88/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

63 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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 £1,743,069

Cash draining

Cash down 63% YoY

Cash YoY

-63%

Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£96k

↓ 63% YoY

Net Worth

£1.7m

↑ 3.2% YoY

Current Assets

£930k

↓ 11% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Total assets	£2.39M	£2.19M	£2.47M
Current assets	£930.3k	£1.04M	£1.40M
Cash	£95.6k	£261.0k	£652.0k
Debtors	£834.7k	£782.4k	£745.2k
Net assets	£1.74M	£1.69M	£2.06M

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-05-29
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2025-05-30
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2024-10-09
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2024-09-26
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MARKEY, Mairead resigned
secretary
2024-05-28
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2023-10-16
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2023-05-31
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2022-08-30
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2021-08-31
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2020-08-26
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2019-05-23
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2018-05-29
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2017-05-31
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2016-06-06
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2016-01-18
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2013-09-10
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2011-05-06
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PEACOCK, Steven resigned
director
2009-11-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2007-01-09
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MARKEY, Mark Allan appointed
director
2007-01-09
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REID, Iain appointed
director
2007-01-09
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MARKEY, Mairead appointed
secretary
2007-01-09
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-01-09
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PEACOCK, Steven appointed
director
2007-01-09
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
corporate-director
2006-12-18
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Company incorporated
As AKELA PLANT HIRE LTD
2006-12-18
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-12-18
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
corporate-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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

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.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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.)

Group structure

Markey Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Markey Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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AKELA PLANT HIRE LTD

This company · SC313584

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Markey Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-12-18

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC77320 — Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment

Registered office

Radleigh House

1 Golf Road

Clarkston

Glasgow

G76 7HU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-13

Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

MARKEY, Mark Allan→

director · ~57y · appointed 2007-01-09

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Active

REID, Iain→

director · ~58y · appointed 2007-01-09

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Active

MARKEY, Mairead→

secretary · appointed 2007-01-09 · resigned 2024-09-26

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-12-18 · resigned 2007-01-09

Resigned

PEACOCK, Steven→

director · ~50y · appointed 2007-01-09 · resigned 2011-05-06

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-director · appointed 2006-12-18 · resigned 2007-01-09

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	10/09/2013	—
	outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	Floating charge	1 property	09/11/2009	—

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Recent filings (63 total)

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2026-05-29

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-10-30

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accounts · AA

2025-05-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-12-20

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officers · TM02

2024-10-09

accounts-with-accounts-type-small

accounts · AA

2024-05-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-12

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2023-10-16

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accounts · AA

2023-05-31

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-22

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accounts · AA

2022-08-30

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-22

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-22

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accounts · AA

2021-08-31

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-12-18