WALES AND BORDER COUNTIES PLANT HIRE LIMITED
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Cash
£1.7M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£931K
-93.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
41
-35.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.3M
-36% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £38,560,000 | £35,267,000 | £19,643,000 | -44.3% | |
| Operating profit | £4,794,000 | £4,254,000 | £2,497,000 | -41.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,789,000 | £3,583,000 | £2,293,000 | -36% | |
| Net profit | £4,575,000 | £3,356,000 | £1,683,000 | -49.9% | |
| Cash | — | — | £1,674,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,223,000 | £17,490,000 | £1,814,000 | -89.6% | |
| Net assets | £10,083,000 | £13,439,000 | £931,000 | -93.1% | |
| Equity | £10,083,000 | £13,439,000 | £931,000 | -93.1% | |
| Average employees | 73 | 64 | 41 | -35.9% | |
| Wages | £2,868,000 | £2,561,000 | £1,709,000 | -33.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 12.4% | 12.1% | 12.7% | |
| Net margin | 11.9% | 9.5% | 8.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 39.2% | 24.3% | 137.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 56.3% | 81.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.89x | 1.73x | 0.73x | |
| Interest cover | 60.68x | 6.26x | 12.24x |
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
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “On 8 May 2025, the issued share capital of Wales and Border Counties Plant Hire Limited was acquired by Grosmont Ventures Limited.”
- “On 6 May 2025, the Company entered into a deed of waiver with a then intermediate parent company, CRH (UK) Limited, to have cash pool loans waived of £7.0 million.”
- “On 17 December 2025, the Company entered into a deed of waiver with a fellow subsidiary undertaking, Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Limited, to waive amounts due from that company of £21.2 million.”
- “A capital contribution of £7 million has been recognised in the year in respect of a waiver, on 6 May 2025, of amounts due a then intermediate parent company, CRH (UK) Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRIFFITHS, Alun | Director | 2025-05-08 | Aug 1945 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILLMAN, Barbara | Secretary | — | 2015-08-31 |
| TARMAC SECRETARIES (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-02-22 | 2025-05-08 |
| BROWN, Wyndham | Director | — | 2012-06-15 |
| BROWNE, Bevan John | Director | 2024-10-30 | 2025-05-08 |
| DONNAN, Andrew William John | Director | 2023-09-04 | 2024-10-30 |
| EVANS, Martyn Gerald | Director | 2018-01-04 | 2022-02-23 |
| FLEETHAM, Paul | Director | 2018-07-13 | 2022-04-30 |
| FLEETHAM, Paul | Director | 2018-01-04 | 2018-03-07 |
| GRIFFITHS, Alun | Director | — | 2018-01-04 |
| GRIFFITHS, Pauline Eynon | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2018-01-04 |
| GRIFFITHS, William James Caradog | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2018-01-04 |
| MARLBOROUGH, Edla | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2018-01-04 |
| MASON, Nick | Director | 2018-01-04 | 2023-09-04 |
| MORGAN, Anthony | Director | 2018-01-04 | 2021-07-05 |
| PARR, David Alderdice | Director | 2022-11-08 | 2025-05-08 |
| THOMPSON, Shaun Michael | Director | 2018-01-04 | 2020-12-18 |
| TOMKINS, Stephen | Director | 2021-07-05 | 2022-12-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grosmont Ventures Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-05-08 | Active |
| Tarmac Trading Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-01-04 | Ceased 2025-05-08 |
| Ms Edla Marlborough | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-04 |
| Mr William James Caradog Griffiths | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 156 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-05-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name 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.