KWICK CAR HIRE LTD
Company number SC511422 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Kwick Car Hire Ltd is a family-controlled, micro-cap car rental operator in Edinburgh experiencing a notable but potentially fragile financial improvement in FY2025, with net assets tripling to £26,226 largely driven by an £18,000 inter-company loan rather than operational performance. The business faces strategic inflection: its aging fleet requires imminent capital reinvestment, while its balance sheet leverage and related-party concentration create vulnerability. The path forward requires disciplined fleet renewal, digital channel investment, and clarification of the Milton Hire Ltd relationship to convert recent balance sheet growth into sustainable competitive positioning.
Shareholders' funds
£26,226
Balance sheet as at 2025-07-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2015-07-23
- Employees
- 0 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 270/9 Leith Walk, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH6 5EL
- Postcode
- EH6 5EL
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-07-31
- Next due by
- 2027-04-30
- Financial year end
- 31 July
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-12
- Next due by
- 2027-08-26
Nature of business (SIC)
- 77110 Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles
Officers 2 current · 9 resigned
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 76 LEITH WALK, EDINBURGH, EH6 5HB, SCOTLAND | 2021-02-16 |
| 85 MILTON ROAD WEST, EDINBURGH, EH15 1QZ, SCOTLAND | 2018-11-08 |
| 76 LEITH WALK, EDINBURGH, EH6 5HB, SCOTLAND | 2018-11-07 |
| 27 PEACOCKTAIL CLOSE, EDINBURGH, EH15 3QT, SCOTLAND | 2018-06-27 |
| 100 NEWHAVEN ROAD, EDINBURGH, EH6 4BS, SCOTLAND | 2017-12-19 |
| 336 LEATH WALK, EDINBURGH, EDINBURGH, EH6 5BR, SCOTLAND | 2016-03-21 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 79 similar companies in EH
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2015.
No.16 of the largest renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles companies in Edinburgh →
Competitors Edinburgh
This company ranks 16 among renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles in Edinburgh.
The class of 2015
25%
of the 564 companies in this sector incorporated in 2015 are still active today; 64% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.