B & T PLANT HIRE LIMITED
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Cash
£6m
-46.2% vs 2025
Net assets
£40m
+5.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
29
+3.6% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£3.2m
-12.5% lowest 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 | £24,254,675 | £25,624,740 | £20,659,721 | -19.4% | |
| Operating profit | £4,213,707 | £3,734,700 | £3,101,922 | -16.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,011,722 | £3,658,570 | £3,199,471 | -12.5% | |
| Net profit | £1,585,565 | £2,616,358 | £2,070,464 | -20.9% | |
| Cash | £5,595,517 | £11,242,898 | £6,044,643 | -46.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £39,282,660 | £41,415,407 | £43,441,169 | +4.9% | |
| Net assets | £35,680,309 | £38,296,667 | £40,367,131 | +5.4% | |
| Equity | £35,680,309 | £38,296,667 | £40,367,131 | +5.4% | |
| Average employees | 34 | 28 | 29 | +3.6% | |
| Wages | £1,845,621 | £1,727,651 | £1,759,596 | +1.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £209,300 | £209,300 | £209,300 | 0% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £9,998 | £9,998 | £9,998 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | £209,300 | £209,300 | £209,300 | 0% |
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 | 17.4% | 14.6% | 15.0% | |
| Net margin | 6.5% | 10.2% | 10.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.7% | 9.0% | 7.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 25.5% | 29.7% | 12.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.02x | 1.34x | 3.60x | |
| Interest cover | 20.86x | 49.06x | — |
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
- B & T PLANT HIRE LIMITED 1993-09-07 → present
- O'HALLORAN & O'BRIEN PLANT HIRE LIMITED 1992-01-08 → 1993-09-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are confident that the company can continue to trade successfully and continue to provide an excellent and reliable service to our customers for the foreseeable future because we have a satisfactory order book from well-established customers and we have a £40 million balance sheet with strong liquidity and consistent profits. Thus we continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There were no events since the year end which materially affected the company.”
- “No capital commitments either authorised or contracted for at the balance sheet date (2025: £Nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'BRIEN SMITH, Louise Patricia | Secretary | 2020-01-01 | — | British |
| O'BRIEN, Thomas Jason | Director | 2003-11-18 | Jul 1976 | British |
| O'BRIEN, Thomas Francis, Mr. | Director | 1992-01-08 | Apr 1947 | Irish |
| O'BRIEN SMITH, Louise Patricia | Director | 2024-10-01 | Nov 1979 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONWAY, Robert | Nominee Secretary | 1992-01-03 | 1992-01-08 |
| HOLLAND, Stephen Derek Anthony | Secretary | 2015-07-14 | 2017-09-01 |
| MCCARTHY, Denis Francis | Secretary | 2000-06-21 | 2015-07-14 |
| O'BRIEN, Thomas Francis | Secretary | 1992-01-08 | 1996-09-01 |
| O'MEADHRA, Cian Riobard | Secretary | 1996-09-01 | 2000-03-15 |
| SOUTHEY, Colin David | Secretary | 2017-09-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| COWAN, Graham Michael | Nominee Director | 1992-01-03 | 1992-01-08 |
| HITCHCOCK, James | Director | 2021-02-12 | 2024-12-31 |
| HOLLAND, Stephen Derek Anthony, Mr. | Director | 2015-07-14 | 2017-09-01 |
| O'HALLORAN, John William | Director | 1992-01-08 | 2003-01-01 |
| SOUTHEY, Colin David | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2019-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohob Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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.