SHIRE LEASING PLC
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Cash
£6.7m
+45.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£27m
+5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
207
-5% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£4.9m
+56.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £31,522,000 | £39,826,000 | £42,833,000 | +7.6% | |
| Operating profit | £3,307,000 | £4,096,000 | £5,824,000 | +42.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,800,000 | £3,148,000 | £4,916,000 | +56.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,957,000 | £2,422,000 | £3,463,000 | +43% | |
| Cash | £5,981,000 | £4,600,000 | £6,688,000 | +45.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £125,722,000 | £134,165,000 | £136,114,000 | +1.5% | |
| Net assets | £24,738,000 | £25,251,000 | £26,517,000 | +5% | |
| Equity | £24,738,000 | £25,251,000 | £26,517,000 | +5% | |
| Average employees | 188 | 218 | 207 | -5% | |
| Wages | £10,286,000 | £13,290,000 | £11,806,000 | -11.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,053,000 | £2,376,000 | £2,501,000 | +5.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £11,000 | £12,000 | £12,000 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | £477,549 | £476,891 | £573,320 | +20.2% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.5% | 10.3% | 13.6% | |
| Net margin | 6.2% | 6.1% | 8.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.6% | 3.1% | 4.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 87.0% | 88.1% | 88.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.88x | — | — | |
| Interest cover | 6.52x | 4.18x | 6.24x |
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
- Dains Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis and the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group and Company have the resources to continue in business for the 12 months from the reporting date.”
Group structure
- SHIRE LEASING PLC · parent
- Shire Securities Limited 100%
- Shire Professional Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “D A Fletcher - appointed 1 August 2025”
- “S Price - resigned 1 August 2025”
- “During the year, RSM UK Audit LLP resigned as auditors to the company and Dains Audit Limited were appointed to fill the resulting vacancy.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUMB, Helen | Secretary | 2014-08-22 | — | — |
| CARRUTHERS, Emma-Lucy | Director | 2024-04-24 | Sep 1977 | British |
| COE, Graham | Director | 2022-04-14 | Jan 1974 | British |
| FLETCHER, Darren Andrew | Director | 2025-08-01 | Jan 1988 | British |
| HAYES, Richard Charles | Director | 2011-01-01 | May 1970 | British |
| LUMB, Helen | Director | 2014-08-22 | Jul 1967 | British |
| MCLINTOCK, Jane Marie | Director | 2015-04-20 | Feb 1963 | British |
| PICKEN, Mark David | Director | 2013-04-08 | Dec 1956 | British |
| SMITH, Martin Edward | Director | — | Aug 1958 | British |
| WORKMAN, Malcolm James | Director | 2015-04-20 | Feb 1973 | British |
| WORTON, John | Director | — | Mar 1956 | English |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURN, Mark | Secretary | 2010-06-04 | 2014-06-10 |
| HOOPER, David Richard | Secretary | 2008-12-05 | 2010-06-04 |
| LUMB, Helen | Secretary | 2006-05-01 | 2008-12-05 |
| SMITH, Lynette | Secretary | — | 1993-03-29 |
| WORTON, Janice Mary | Secretary | 1993-03-30 | 2006-05-01 |
| FLOUNDERS, John James | Director | 2008-04-01 | 2015-05-01 |
| LUMB, Helen | Director | 2006-05-01 | 2008-12-05 |
| MACKRELL, Claire Helen | Director | 2015-04-20 | 2025-03-05 |
| PRICE, Sharon | Director | 2011-09-30 | 2025-08-01 |
| RUTHERFORD, Alan Hugh | Director | 2006-05-01 | 2016-03-04 |
| SELWOOD, Mark Richard | Director | 2006-05-01 | 2008-06-27 |
| TRUBY, Vincent James | Director | 1993-04-01 | 1996-10-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Martin Edward Smith | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr John Worton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 925 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-31 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-03-28 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-03-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.