CHC PLANT HIRE LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC494909 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-13
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 3.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 3.9y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~3.9 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-01📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-04-01🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-01📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-01-31📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-01➖TURNER, John Alexander resigneddirector
- 2023-09-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-09-01➕TURNER, John Alexander appointeddirector
- 2023-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-16📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-06-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Eastern Credit Limited
- 2022-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-01-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-01-31📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2015-01-13🏢Company incorporatedAs CHC PLANT HIRE LTD
- 2015-01-13➕SWAN, Iain John appointeddirector
- 2015-01-13➕WEIR, John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
41/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Iain John Swan Individual · British · DOB 01/1989 · age 37 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mr John Weir Individual · British · DOB 11/1982 · age 44 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-01-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC77320 — Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Registered office
59 West Benhar Road
Harthill
Shotts
ML7 5PG
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-27
Last: 2026-01-13
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
SWAN, Iain John→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2015-01-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TURNER, John Alexander→
Resigneddirector · ~45y · appointed 2023-09-01 · resigned 2024-01-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Eastern Credit Eastern Credit Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/06/2022 | 01/04/2025 |
Recent filings (33 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-02-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-11
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-27