EMERSON CRANE HIRE LIMITED
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Cash
£140K
-69% vs 2024
Net assets
£7.2M
+6.5% vs 2024
Employees
84
-2.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£676K
+82.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,697,749 | £15,358,345 | +4.5% | |
| Operating profit | £1,017,459 | £1,340,264 | +31.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £370,955 | £676,309 | +82.3% | |
| Net profit | £255,530 | £484,502 | +89.6% | |
| Cash | £452,582 | £140,179 | -69% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,791,586 | £16,047,593 | -9.8% | |
| Net assets | £6,716,366 | £7,155,617 | +6.5% | |
| Equity | £6,716,366 | £7,155,617 | +6.5% | |
| Average employees | 86 | 84 | -2.3% | |
| Wages | £5,372,826 | £5,386,925 | +0.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £306,274 | £267,984 | -12.5% |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.9% | 8.7% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.7% | 8.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.21x | 1.18x | |
| Interest cover | 1.53x | 1.94x |
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
- EMERSON CRANE HIRE LIMITED 1992-01-14 → present
- POWERMOSS TRADING LIMITED 1991-04-18 → 1992-01-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Affinia (Chelmsford)
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABEL, Gavin Ellis George | Director | 2022-05-09 | Sep 1969 | British |
| CARR, Wayne | Director | 2022-05-09 | Oct 1976 | British |
| CLANCY, Liam Gerrard | Director | 2005-11-12 | May 1981 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLANCY, Pamela Maureen | Secretary | 1997-01-31 | 2000-03-01 |
| ELLIOTT, Barbara Anne | Secretary | 1996-02-20 | 1997-01-31 |
| ELLIOTT, Julie Lyn | Secretary | 2002-08-07 | 2011-11-18 |
| HUNSWICK, Fiona Jane | Secretary | 1991-08-08 | 1996-02-20 |
| SANDS, Elio William | Secretary | 1991-07-19 | 1991-08-08 |
| SMITH, Nadine Elayna | Secretary | 2000-03-01 | 2002-08-07 |
| WRIGHT, Caron Jenny | Secretary | 2011-11-18 | 2016-11-28 |
| SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-04-18 | 1991-07-19 |
| CALLOW, Jonathan | Director | 2017-01-02 | 2017-12-29 |
| CARRAGHER, Mark Anthony | Director | 1994-05-03 | 1995-06-15 |
| CLANCY, Edward | Director | 1995-03-01 | 2006-03-31 |
| CLANCY, Paul | Director | 2013-03-14 | 2024-12-20 |
| CLANCY, Paul | Director | 2000-03-01 | 2010-05-03 |
| CLANCY, Paul | Director | 1991-08-12 | 1992-01-02 |
| DESPY, Martin Clifford | Director | 2001-10-23 | 2013-12-03 |
| DOBSON, John | Director | 1991-07-19 | 1992-07-08 |
| ELLIOTT, Julie Lyn | Director | 2011-11-18 | 2016-11-15 |
| JACKSON, Robert Thomas | Director | 1995-04-10 | 2020-03-24 |
| JACKSON, Robert Thomas | Director | 1992-01-02 | 1994-10-01 |
| KIRBY, Steve | Director | 2006-04-18 | 2011-08-19 |
| SEMERIA, Valentino | Director | 2013-10-29 | 2017-08-31 |
| WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-04-18 | 1991-07-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Liam Gerrard Clancy | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-09-17 | Active |
| Mr Edward Clancy | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-08-01 | Ceased 2019-07-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 162 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.