FAIRFAX PLANT HIRE LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-06-30 (in 1mo)

Last filed for 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-06 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-09-22

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£737K

-57.3% vs 2023

Net assets

£23M

+10.2% highest in 5 filed years

Employees

114

+3.6% highest in 5 filed years

Profit before tax

£3M

-26.6% vs 2023

Net assets

8-year trend · vs Industrials median

FAIRFAX PLANT HIRE LIMITED·Industrials median · n=22756

Accounts

8-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30

Metric	2019-10-01	2020-09-30	2020-10-01	2021-09-30	2021-10-01	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30
Turnover	—	£14,701,213	—	£17,825,248	—	£21,191,880	£22,359,369	£25,568,175
Operating profit	—	£2,039,411	—	£4,649,897	—	£6,177,198	£5,456,774	£5,640,106
Profit before tax	—	£968,306	—	£3,692,075	—	£5,158,352	£4,213,337	£3,093,076
Net profit	—	£569,119	—	£2,307,522	—	£4,071,203	£3,190,612	£2,302,178
Cash	—	£408,759	—	£760,658	—	£1,136,356	£1,723,908	£736,733
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£26,962,424	—	£31,552,685	—	£39,416,577	£54,754,894	£60,659,197
Net assets	—	£11,664,153	—	£13,692,675	—	£17,519,878	£20,478,490	£22,560,668
Equity	£11,304,034	£11,664,153	£11,664,153	£13,692,675	£13,692,675	£17,519,878	£20,478,490	£22,560,668
Average employees	—	87	—	93	—	101	110	114
Wages	—	£2,451,180	—	£2,653,322	—	£2,827,217	£3,586,285	£3,942,217
Directors' remuneration	—	£120,198	—	£121,564	—	£120,111	£308,478	£205,166

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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30

Turnover

+14.4%

£22,359,369 £25,568,175

highest in 5 filed years
Cash

-57.3%

£1,723,908 £736,733
Net assets

+10.2%

£20,478,490 £22,560,668

highest in 5 filed years
Employees

+3.6%

110 114

highest in 5 filed years
Operating profit

+3.4%

£5,456,774 £5,640,106
Profit before tax

-26.6%

£4,213,337 £3,093,076
Wages

+9.9%

£3,586,285 £3,942,217

highest in 5 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	2019-10-01	2020-09-30	2020-10-01	2021-09-30	2021-10-01	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30
Operating margin	—	13.9%	—	26.1%	—	29.1%	24.4%	22.1%
Net margin	—	3.9%	—	12.9%	—	19.2%	14.3%	9.0%
Return on capital employed	—	7.6%	—	14.7%	—	15.7%	10.0%	9.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	—	—	71.4%	71.7%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.76x	0.59x
Interest cover	—	1.90x	—	4.85x	—	6.06x	4.39x	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.

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

FAIRFAX PLANT HIRE LIMITED 1991-10-14 → present
FAIRFAX SITE SERVICES LIMITED 1985-12-03 → 1991-10-14
SWIFT 770 LIMITED 1985-10-08 → 1985-12-03

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Forvis Mazars LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The directors have performed a robust forecasting exercise taking into account the probable and possible business impacts associated with the business risks. The period of assessment covers a period of at least 12 months from the date of the audit report. The Company has worked closely with the bank and other providers of finance to ensure the sufficient working capital facilities are in place over this period. As such the directors are satisfied that the Company remains a going concern and the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.”

Significant events

“The Company has increased its geographical reach with the opening of a depot in East Yorkshire, growing its market share in this area.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 4 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
LOVE, Carolyn	Secretary	2000-02-09	—	British
LOVE, Carolyn	Director	2000-02-09	Oct 1953	British
LOVE, Kenneth	Director	—	Mar 1949	British
LOVE, Mark Andrew	Director	2009-02-05	Dec 1973	British
LOVE, Matthew John	Director	2009-02-05	May 1977	British

Show 4 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BROWN, Patricia	Secretary	—	2000-02-09
BROWN, John Fairfax	Director	—	2000-02-09
BROWN, Patricia	Director	—	2000-02-09
NORRIS, Peter Anthony	Director	—	1992-11-05

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
K And C Love Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2024-03-14	Active
Carolyn Love	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2024-03-14
Kenneth Love	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2024-03-14
Mr Mark Andrew Love	Individual	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Active
Mr Matthew John Love	Individual	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 113 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-10-24	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-07-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-01-02	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2024-10-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-04-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-03-15	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2024-03-15	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2024-03-15	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2023-10-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-06-29	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-04-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-10-31	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-08-12	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2022-06-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-10-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-07-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-11-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-07-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-04-08	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2020-02-07	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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