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1ST Choice Grab Hire Limited is an active building services business registered in Manchester. HouseJester lists its registered office, public phone, current directors, filing history and other official Companies House details.
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Source: Companies House public register. Companies House records information supplied in statutory filings and does not verify every filed fact.
Reviews
43 public reviews
Business media
Arbour Works, Arbour Ln, Liverpool L33 7XB
Officers
Statutory officers from Companies House. Personal contact details and dates of birth are not shown.
Barbara Ann Dowd
Director
Joseph Martin Dowd
Director
Mr Joseph Martin Dowd
Ownership of shares 25 to 50 percent, Voting rights 25 to 50 percent, Right to appoint and remove directors
Mrs Barbara Ann Dowd
Ownership of shares 25 to 50 percent, Voting rights 25 to 50 percent, Right to appoint and remove directors
Filings
Recent official filings and key registry events.
Confirmation statement filed
Companies House filing RP01CS01.
Accounts filed
Companies House filing AA.
Notification of a person with significant control
Companies House filing PSC01.
Notification of a person with significant control
Companies House filing PSC01.
Capital allotment shares
Companies House filing SH01.
Company incorporated
Recorded on the Companies House register.
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1ST Choice Grab Hire Limited is rated 4.2 from 43 Google reviews, level with the 4.2 review-weighted average of the 20 reviewed builders in Manchester listed on HouseJester (3,549 reviews in all).
By rating it ranks 16th of the 19 builders in Manchester with five or more reviews.
Google ratings as last collected; averages weighted by review count.
1ST Choice Grab Hire Limited has been on the register for 10 years. Only 46.5% of other specialist trades companies are still registered five years after formation, so it has outlasted most firms formed alongside it.
Across all UK companies the five-year figure is 43.6%; in Manchester it is 42.2% (1,550 trade firms measured).
Source: UK Trade Survival Index, Companies House data.
