MARSH PLANT HIRE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-28 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£590K
+120.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+8.7% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
73
-1.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£525K
+107.5% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £6,327,447 | — | £7,907,231 | £8,315,333 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£198,475 | — | £563,352 | £960,322 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£283,544 | -£131,519 | £253,304 | £525,489 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£193,505 | -£420,137 | £210,065 | £390,723 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £898,617 | £501,693 | £267,372 | £589,516 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £11,865,838 | £11,414,534 | £12,899,166 | £15,871,399 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £4,675,953 | £4,255,816 | £4,465,881 | £4,856,604 | |
| Equity | £5,287,862 | £5,331,596 | £4,869,458 | £4,675,953 | £4,255,816 | £4,465,881 | £4,856,604 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 76 | 70 | 74 | 73 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,637,726 | £2,612,702 | £2,974,204 | £3,212,345 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £86,639 | £88,267 | £95,137 | £106,058 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+5.2%
£7,907,231 £8,315,333
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+120.5%
£267,372 £589,516
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Net assets
+8.7%
£4,465,881 £4,856,604
highest in 4 filed years
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Employees
-1.4%
74 73
-
Operating profit
+70.5%
£563,352 £960,322
highest in 3 filed years
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Profit before tax
+107.5%
£253,304 £525,489
highest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+8%
£2,974,204 £3,212,345
highest in 4 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -3.1% | — | 7.1% | 11.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -3.1% | — | 2.7% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -1.7% | — | 4.4% | 6.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 0.61x | 0.43x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -2.33x | — | 1.82x | 2.21x |
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
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “An increase in turnover of 4.33% for the year ended 31 December 2024 and, more importantly, an increase of Gross Profit of 34.77% has improved the profit before taxation.”
- “The profit before taxation was £253,304 for the year ended 31st December 2023. This has improved to £525,489 for the year ended 31 December 2024, an improvement of 51.8% helped by profits on disposals of cranes and general plant.”
- “Cash has been managed with £589,516 in credit.”
- “It was felt prudent to arrange to arrange a £500,000 overdraft, effective from 20th August 2024, to expire 24th March 2025.”
- “Although we have been training new crane operators, the net addition during the year was only one crane operator.”
- “Although interest rates continue at the highest level for many years, we made the conscious decision to invest in ten new cranes with more on order for delivery in 2025. It is worth noting that 15 Hire Purchase Agreements completed in 2024, with an expected 15 agreements to complete in 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALTERS, Caroline Louise | Secretary | 2018-05-01 | — | — |
| HONEYWELL, Andrew George | Director | 2001-09-17 | Mar 1966 | British |
| MARSH, Geoffrey Esmond | Director | — | Jul 1939 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUNT, Richard Michael Penn | Secretary | — | 2018-04-30 |
| CHAMBERS, Douglas Alexander | Director | — | 1993-02-15 |
| COWELL, David William | Director | — | 2001-03-31 |
| GODDARD, Arthur Ralph | Director | — | 1996-03-29 |
| HILLCOAT, Anthony | Director | — | 1997-06-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsh Plant Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-06-22 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2018-06-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2017-10-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2017-10-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.