BLACKWOOD PLANT HIRE LTD
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Cash
£659k
+34.9% vs 2025
Net assets
£4.8m
+23.3% vs 2025
Employees
140
+4.5% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£1.8m
+16.2% vs 2025
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,942,448 | £31,213,715 | +36.1% | |
| Operating profit | £2,936,907 | £3,751,344 | +27.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,511,175 | £1,756,583 | +16.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,105,309 | £1,281,335 | +15.9% | |
| Cash | £488,576 | £659,241 | +34.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,862,492 | £26,445,761 | +21% | |
| Net assets | £3,885,546 | £4,791,381 | +23.3% | |
| Equity | £3,885,546 | £4,791,381 | +23.3% | |
| Average employees | 134 | 140 | +4.5% | |
| Wages | £5,666,025 | £6,227,629 | +9.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £261,422 | £36,538 | -86% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £27,642 | £55,000 | +99% | |
| Highest paid director | £170,126 | — | — |
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 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.8% | 12.0% | |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 4.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.4% | 14.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 89.9% | 88.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.40x | 0.45x | |
| Interest cover | 2.06x | 1.88x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Gilmour Hamilton LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have produced forecast that have been extended out 12 months from the signing date of these financial statements. These forecasts show that, on the assumption that trading continues near expected levels, the company will have sufficient resources to continue to operate as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCORMACK, Stephen Paul | Director | 2017-04-28 | Dec 1982 | British |
| WILSON, Allan | Director | 2017-04-28 | Apr 1966 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKWOOD, Joan | Secretary | 2003-03-24 | 2017-04-28 |
| OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-03-24 | 2003-03-24 |
| BLACKWOOD, Thomas John | Director | 2003-03-24 | 2026-06-15 |
| JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-03-24 | 2003-03-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwood Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-04-28 | Active |
| Mr Thomas John Blackwood | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-04-28 |
| Mrs Joan Blackwood | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-04-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 91 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2026-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-03-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.