BRIGGS EQUIPMENT UK LIMITED
Operating as a subsidiary of Sammons Enterprises Inc, the company is the exclusive UK distributor for Hyster and Yale forklift trucks, providing sales, hire, and maintenance services for materials handling equipment.
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Cash
£1.5m
-30.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£242m
+2% vs 2024
Employees
2,079
-4.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£9.9m
+133.2% highest 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 | £402,865,000 | £418,873,000 | £449,659,000 | +7.3% | |
| Operating profit | £24,207,000 | £29,044,000 | £26,537,000 | -8.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £7,353,000 | £4,240,000 | £9,886,000 | +133.2% | |
| Net profit | -£642,000 | -£2,180,000 | £1,646,000 | +175.5% | |
| Cash | £3,681,000 | £2,123,000 | £1,467,000 | -30.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £575,510,000 | £641,187,000 | £617,007,000 | -3.8% | |
| Net assets | £242,922,000 | £236,905,000 | £241,590,000 | +2% | |
| Equity | £242,922,000 | £236,905,000 | £241,590,000 | +2% | |
| Average employees | 2,119 | 2,179 | 2,079 | -4.6% | |
| Wages | £81,669,000 | £87,929,000 | £83,511,000 | -5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £461,000 | £483,000 | £533,000 | +10.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £44,000 | £53,000 | £57,000 | +7.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £461,000 | £483,000 | £533,000 | +10.4% |
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 | 6.0% | 6.9% | 5.9% | |
| Net margin | -0.2% | -0.5% | 0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.2% | 4.5% | 4.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 65.2% | 68.0% | 65.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.36x | 1.41x | 1.52x | |
| Interest cover | 1.25x | 1.10x | 1.10x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group meets its day to day working capital requirements through its available financing facilities. Whilst the current economic conditions continue to create general economic uncertainty, the Group is seeing increased demand for their services and products. In making its going concern assessment, the directors have prepared cash flow forecasts and projections for the foreseeable future and at least 12 months from approval of these financial statements. After reviewing the Group and Company's forecasts and projections, even allowing for the impact of severe but plausible downside scenarios, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group and Company havé adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Group and Company therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing their financial statements.”
Group structure
- BRIGGS EQUIPMENT UK LIMITED · parent
- Forkway (Hire) Limited 100%
- Nisshin Denshi Limited 100%
- Forkway Group Limited 100%
- Forkway Limited 100%
- J.B. Plant Hire Limited 100%
- J.B. Plant Hire (Dungannon) Limited 100%
- Gwynedd Forklifts Limited 100%
- GFL Holdings Limited 100%
- GFL Access Limited 100%
- Northern Forklift (Scotland) Limited 100%
- Balloo Hire Centre Limited 100%
- Hiremech Holdings Limited 100%
- Hiremech Limited 100%
- Hitec Lift Trucks Limited 100%
- BE Finance Limited 100%
- Briggs Equipment Ireland Limited 100%
- Balloo Hire Limited 100%
- Laois Hire Services Limited 100%
- Bannagroe Limited 100%
- Aerial Platforms Limited 100%
- Galway Plant and Tool Hire Limited 100%
- Blulift Limited 100%
- Neckar Investments Limited 100%
- Maxim (GB) Limited 100%
- AmeyBriggs Asset Holdings Limited 0%
- AmeyBriggs Services Holdings Limited 0%
- AmeyBriggs Fleet and Equipment Limited 0%
Significant events
- “The Group disposed of its 50% interest in its three AmeyBriggs joint venture associates as part of its strategy to simplify the Group's structure, consolidate its operations into defined market segments, ('verticals'), and enhance focus on its core activities.”
- “On 2 June 2026, Sammons Enterprises, Inc., the ultimate parent undertaking of the Company, completed the sale of the entire share capital of the Company to an indirect subsidiary of the IFM Global Value Add Infrastructure Fund SCSp.”
- “Following the completion of the transaction, the Group entered into a new external debt funding arrangement which replaced the existing asset backed lending facility.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Yolanda | Secretary | 2011-09-01 | — | — |
| WILTON, Iain Robert | Secretary | 2020-04-06 | — | — |
| JONES, Peter Brian | Director | 2016-04-04 | Jan 1969 | British |
| LISTER, James Daniel | Director | 2024-03-28 | Jul 1970 | American |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOSCH, Cheryl | Secretary | 2019-08-07 | 2020-04-06 |
| KANDOLA, Harjinder Kaur | Secretary | 2014-09-30 | 2019-07-12 |
| KREAGER, Heather Lynn | Secretary | 2006-08-10 | 2011-09-01 |
| HAMMONDS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-08-03 | 2006-09-10 |
| ASH, Darron | Director | 2015-07-30 | 2024-03-28 |
| BRATTON, David Chester | Director | 2006-08-10 | 2014-01-01 |
| CLOSE, Richard Howard | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2015-07-30 |
| HEDRICK, Thomas Francis | Director | 2006-08-10 | 2006-09-14 |
| KORBA, Robert Wayne | Director | 2006-08-10 | 2011-09-01 |
| KREAGER, Heather Lynn | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| SAMS JR, David | Director | 2006-09-13 | 2011-09-01 |
| WINEMILLER, Michael | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2015-02-09 |
| HAMMONDS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2006-08-03 | 2006-09-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Roger Lance Weston | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-12-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 178 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-08-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-05-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-05-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- 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.