READY RENT A CAR (GRIMSBY) LIMITED
Company number 02177268 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Ready Rent a Car (Grimsby) Limited has established itself as a substantial regional player in the UK car rental sector, with consistent revenue growth from £7M to £9.4M over four years demonstrating strong local market positioning. However, the declining net asset position, rising leverage, and persistently thin cash reserves suggest the business is operating with limited financial headroom despite its impressive asset base. The family-owned structure provides long-term stability but also concentrates governance risk, and the coming EV transition will test the company's ability to fund fleet renewal against better-capitalised national competitors.
Shareholders' funds
£13,058,175
Balance sheet as at 2025-02-28
What it does
The principal activity of the company is the rental of vehicles to businesses and private individuals
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1987-10-13
- Employees
- 46 (2025 accounts · was 53 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 17-19 Abbey Road, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN32 0ES
- Postcode
- DN32 0ES
- Capital
- 1,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 7 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-02-28
- Next due by
- 2026-11-30
- Financial year end
- 28 February
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-15
- Next due by
- 2027-01-29
Nature of business (SIC)
- 77110 Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles
Officers 5 current
Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| GOSTART LIMITED | 1987-11-24 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 2 BACHES STREET, LONDON, N1 6UB | 1987-11-16 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 25 similar companies in DN
2nd largest employer among its local peers (46 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1987.
No.1 of the largest renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles companies in Doncaster →
Competitors Doncaster
This company ranks 1 among renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles in Doncaster.
The class of 1987
51%
of the 20,106 companies incorporated in 1987 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 11 titles
- Freehold
- 10
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2023-12-14
- Price paid, where recorded
- £465,000
- Where
- North East Lincolnshire (4), North Lincolnshire (4), South Yorkshire (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYK714264 | South Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2023-12-14 | — |
| HS226542 | North East Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2014-06-13 | £465,000 |
| HS264401 | North East Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2014-05-13 | — |
| LL40569 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2013-08-02 | — |
| HS98690 | North East Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2012-01-27 | — |
| HS156599 | City Of Kingston Upon Hull | Freehold | 2011-08-23 | — |
| HS53692 | North East Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2009-03-16 | — |
| HS202790 | North Lincolnshire | Freehold | 1997-02-24 | — |
| HS217967 | North Lincolnshire | Freehold | 1997-02-24 | — |
| HS84052 | North Lincolnshire | Freehold | 1997-02-24 | — |
| HS86219 | North Lincolnshire | Freehold | 1997-02-24 | — |
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