MR. PLANT HIRE LIMITED
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Cash
£1.7m
+35.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.2m
-3% vs 2024
Employees
64
-3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£149k
-84.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,717,042 | £10,168,595 | £9,750,784 | -4.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,130,580 | £926,366 | £438,739 | -52.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,160,331 | £977,395 | £148,583 | -84.8% | |
| Net profit | £882,488 | £697,988 | £48,841 | -93% | |
| Cash | £1,129,350 | £1,241,858 | £1,679,053 | +35.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,106,818 | £9,601,597 | £9,436,073 | -1.7% | |
| Net assets | £8,009,129 | £8,457,117 | £8,205,958 | -3% | |
| Equity | £8,009,129 | £8,457,117 | £8,205,958 | -3% | |
| Average employees | 67 | 66 | 64 | -3% | |
| Wages | £2,725,288 | £2,737,299 | £2,686,258 | -1.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £172,286 | £143,792 | £98,833 | -31.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £1,321 | £7,671 | £5,200 | -32.2% | |
| Highest paid director | £170,965 | £143,792 | £98,833 | -31.3% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.6% | 9.1% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | 9.1% | 6.9% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.4% | 9.6% | 4.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 25.3% | 11.9% | 13.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.61x | 2.75x | 2.74x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MR. PLANT HIRE LIMITED 2022-11-25 → present
- MR. PLANT HIRE PLC 1982-03-16 → 2022-11-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the Mr. Plant Hire Limited business undertook a restructuring exercise. The exceptional costs amounted to £313,382 and largely relate to the costs incurred in the closure of a depot.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHAW, Siobhan | Secretary | 2016-04-29 | — | — |
| MAHON, Ciaran | Director | 2014-12-15 | Mar 1967 | Irish |
| O'FLAHERTY, Stephen | Director | 2014-12-15 | Oct 1961 | Irish |
| PITT, Gavin John | Director | 2020-08-18 | Mar 1968 | English |
| YOUNG, Timothy | Director | 2025-04-14 | Dec 1970 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAWRENCE, Martin | Secretary | — | 2014-12-15 |
| MAHON, Ciaran | Secretary | 2014-12-15 | 2016-04-29 |
| BURTON, Michael John | Director | 2004-02-15 | 2014-12-15 |
| COTTER, Dermott Joseph | Director | 2002-07-24 | 2014-12-15 |
| CRAWFORD, Antony James | Director | 2012-12-12 | 2014-12-15 |
| ELSDON, David John | Director | — | 2018-12-21 |
| KING, Steven | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2024-11-29 |
| LAWRENCE, Martin | Director | — | 2021-12-31 |
| O'DOWD, Thomas | Director | 2014-12-15 | 2016-04-29 |
| O'HIGGINS, David | Director | 2014-12-15 | 2018-08-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aer Rents Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-28 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2022-11-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-11-25 CERT10 Certificate re registration public limited company to private
- 2022-11-25 RR02 Reregistration public to private company
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-28 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2022-11-28 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2022-11-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-25 | CERT10 | change-of-name | Certificate re registration public limited company to private | |
| 2022-11-25 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2022-11-25 | RR02 | change-of-name | Reregistration public to private company | |
| 2022-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.