CARRYLIFT MATERIALS HANDLING LIMITED
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Cash
£2.8m
+570.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£19m
+16.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
146
-5.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.4m
+15.4% highest 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 Consumer Discretionary 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 | £25,746,423 | £26,157,513 | £26,114,597 | -0.2% | |
| Operating profit | £3,280,656 | £3,398,023 | £3,668,030 | +7.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,938,703 | £2,976,768 | £3,434,149 | +15.4% | |
| Net profit | £2,101,752 | £2,255,787 | £2,691,238 | +19.3% | |
| Cash | £955,364 | £415,879 | £2,787,218 | +570.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,900,028 | £18,863,459 | £20,585,275 | +9.1% | |
| Net assets | £14,044,503 | £16,300,290 | £18,991,528 | +16.5% | |
| Equity | £14,044,503 | £16,300,290 | £18,991,528 | +16.5% | |
| Average employees | 156 | 154 | 146 | -5.2% | |
| Wages | £6,279,923 | £6,079,348 | £6,321,763 | +4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £143,214 | £202,588 | £211,009 | +4.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £10,716 | £17,431 | £20,027 | +14.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £143,214 | £202,588 | £211,009 | +4.2% |
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 | 12.7% | 13.0% | 14.0% | |
| Net margin | 8.2% | 8.6% | 10.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.3% | 18.0% | 17.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 69.0% | 62.9% | 57.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.76x | 0.80x | 0.92x | |
| Interest cover | 9.16x | 7.86x | 14.42x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- CARRYLIFT MATERIALS HANDLING LIMITED 1988-03-29 → present
- RAPID 5259 LIMITED 1988-02-16 → 1988-03-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The cash position and headroom available to the business are healthy. The order book for the future is healthy, with a broad spectrum of customers – this will ensure profit and cash flows well into the future. The Directors have a good expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these accounts. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “A new larger freehold property was purchased in the Stoke area to further solidify our position in that area of the country. An older vacant property in Bellshill Glasgow was disposed of in the year.”
- “At 31 December 2025, the Company was party to an asset finance agreement whereby upon request of the lender, the Company would repurchase specified fork lift trucks at the end of, or upon termination of, the lease between the lender, the Company and specified third parties, at a specified price. The total contingent liability is estimated by management to be £2,006,150 (2024 - £2,803,460).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATTELL, Nicholas James | Director | 2015-06-16 | Nov 1974 | British |
| SCOTT, Stephen James | Director | 2016-10-28 | Feb 1978 | British |
| SMYTH, Eamonn Paul | Director | 2010-03-17 | Jun 1966 | United Kingdom |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACK, Gary | Secretary | 2010-02-19 | 2012-06-18 |
| ROUTLEDGE, Caroline Jean | Secretary | — | 2010-02-19 |
| GRAHAM, David Barry | Director | — | 1997-03-13 |
| HALL, Raymond Herbert | Director | — | 2010-02-19 |
| ROBINSON, Geoffrey | Director | 2010-02-19 | 2015-11-04 |
| ROUTLEDGE, Caroline Jean | Director | — | 2015-05-19 |
| ROUTLEDGE, John Joseph | Director | — | 2015-05-19 |
| ROUTLEDGE, Phillip Stephen | Director | — | 2015-05-19 |
| ROUTLEDGE, Steven John | Director | 2010-03-17 | 2017-05-31 |
| SURRIDGE, Philip Duncan | Director | — | 1997-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Simon Sebastian Orange | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-02-24 |
| Carrylift Group (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 225 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.