PORTAKABIN (REFURBISHED) LIMITED
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Cash
£101
+12.2% vs 2024
Net assets
-£322
0% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£0
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
Following the decision made in July 2020 to transfer the trade and assets of the company to Portakabin Limited (the immediate parent company), the company has ceased trading and is expected to remain non-trading going forward. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | £0 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Operating profit | -£8,000 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£8,000 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Net profit | -£6,000 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Cash | £69,000 | £90 | £101 | +12.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £178 | £178 | 0% | |
| Net assets | -£322,000 | — | — | — | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 280.9% | — | — |
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
- PORTAKABIN (REFURBISHED) LIMITED 2016-12-08 → present
- FOREMANS RELOCATABLE BUILDING SYSTEMS LIMITED 1994-03-24 → 2016-12-08
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“Following the decision made in July 2020 to transfer the trade and assets of the company to Portakabin Limited (the immediate parent company), the company has ceased trading and is expected to remain non-trading going forward. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than that of a going concern.”
Group structure
- PORTAKABIN (REFURBISHED) LIMITED · parent
- Foremans Hire Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In July 2020, the ongoing trade and assets of the company were transferred to Portakabin Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMSON, Simon | Secretary | 2023-01-09 | — | — |
| COLLINS, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2013-10-01 | Jul 1971 | British |
| IBBETSON, Daniel Frederick | Director | 2021-11-29 | May 1970 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOTTOMLEY, Paula | Secretary | 1995-11-01 | 1996-10-04 |
| BROWN, Peter Colin | Secretary | 1996-10-04 | 2000-05-17 |
| BROWN, Peter Colin | Secretary | 1994-03-25 | 1995-11-01 |
| CLARKE, Philip John | Secretary | 2000-05-17 | 2016-12-31 |
| GOFORTH, Martin Ian | Secretary | 2017-01-01 | 2023-01-09 |
| SCALE LANE FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-03-24 | 1994-03-25 |
| BROWN, Colin Leslie | Director | 2008-09-06 | 2013-10-01 |
| CARTER, Derek Paul | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| FOREMAN, Andrew Patrick | Director | 1994-03-25 | 2001-05-04 |
| JOHNSON, David Keith | Director | 2002-01-03 | 2005-10-01 |
| JONES, Kevin Michael | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2011-11-01 |
| PRICE, Stephen | Director | 2000-05-17 | 2013-01-01 |
| ROBINSON, Graeme Peter | Director | 2017-11-10 | 2019-02-22 |
| SHEPHERD, Patrick Michael | Director | 2000-05-17 | 2008-02-01 |
| THOMPSON, David Ian | Director | 2000-05-17 | 2014-03-01 |
| WARD, Michael Ashley | Director | 1995-11-01 | 2007-08-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Michael Roger | Director | 2011-11-01 | 2017-10-27 |
| SCALE LANE REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-03-24 | 1994-03-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portakabin Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-01-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-01-11 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-01-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-02-09 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2022-01-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-01-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-01-11 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2022-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
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.