MERCHANT RENTALS LIMITED
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Cash
£773k
+61% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£4.5m
-50.1% vs 2025
Employees
29
-6.5% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£698k
-74.5% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,529,000 | £8,067,000 | £9,007,000 | £10,487,000 | £10,548,000 | +0.6% | |
| Operating profit | £3,982,000 | £3,422,000 | £1,738,000 | £2,810,000 | £985,000 | -64.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,682,000 | £3,253,000 | £1,637,000 | £2,732,000 | £698,000 | -74.5% | |
| Net profit | £3,224,000 | £2,765,000 | £1,146,000 | £1,686,000 | £515,000 | -69.5% | |
| Cash | £341,000 | £403,000 | £127,000 | £480,000 | £773,000 | +61% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,458,000 | £6,364,000 | £8,940,000 | £11,604,000 | £7,169,000 | -38.2% | |
| Net assets | £3,352,000 | £6,117,000 | £7,263,000 | £8,949,000 | £4,464,000 | -50.1% | |
| Equity | £3,352,000 | £6,117,000 | £7,263,000 | £8,949,000 | £4,464,000 | -50.1% | |
| Average employees | 32 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 29 | -6.5% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £796,000 | £781,000 | -1.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 61.0% | 42.4% | 19.3% | 26.8% | 9.3% | |
| Net margin | 49.4% | 34.3% | 12.7% | 16.1% | 4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 89.3% | 53.8% | 19.4% | 24.2% | 13.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 65.7% | 41.0% | 47.5% | 44.6% | 69.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.72x | 1.11x | 0.54x | |
| Interest cover | 13.27x | 20.25x | 12.69x | 35.13x | 3.38x |
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
- MERCHANT RENTALS LIMITED 2012-02-28 → present
- MERCHANT RENTALS PLC 2002-05-21 → 2012-02-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- other
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“PayPoint plc, the ultimate parent company, has indicated its intention to provide financial support to Merchant Rentals Limited. In addition, the Company has received confirmation from its intra group creditors including its immediate parent company, PayPoint plc, confirming that they will not seek”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDIGO CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-01-22 | — | — |
| HARDING, David Robert | Director | 2023-08-14 | Aug 1974 | British |
| HENSHAW, David | Director | 2023-09-18 | Oct 1973 | British |
| HOUGHTON, Elliot John James | Director | 2026-05-12 | Jan 1988 | British |
| LATHAM, Mark David | Director | 2021-02-03 | Sep 1979 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARNE, Sarah | Secretary | 2021-02-03 | 2022-01-28 |
| MCLELLAND, Brian | Secretary | 2022-01-28 | 2023-12-29 |
| PRENDERGAST, Alison Jean | Secretary | 2002-05-21 | 2009-02-09 |
| PRENDERGAST, Michael Christopher | Secretary | 2009-02-09 | 2019-04-30 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-05-21 | 2002-05-21 |
| ADLAM, Kevin Leslie | Director | 2006-03-29 | 2019-07-31 |
| CRABTREE, Graham | Director | 2002-07-31 | 2020-06-22 |
| CRABTREE, Mariel Lesley | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2020-06-22 |
| DALE, Alan Christopher | Director | 2021-02-03 | 2023-12-06 |
| FORD, Benjamin | Director | 2022-10-18 | 2022-10-18 |
| GASKELL, Robert Paul | Director | 2021-02-03 | 2021-05-19 |
| GASKELL, Robert Paul | Director | 2019-07-17 | 2021-02-03 |
| KEMP, Alexander James | Director | 2021-02-03 | 2023-09-15 |
| MACAULEY, Simon | Director | 2002-07-31 | 2021-02-03 |
| PAUL, Christopher Richard Thomas | Director | 2021-02-03 | 2026-05-12 |
| PEAKE, Andrew John | Director | 2002-05-21 | 2021-02-03 |
| PRENDERGAST, Michael Christopher | Director | 2002-05-21 | 2018-08-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paypoint Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-02-03 | Active |
| Mr Paulus Reginaldus Van Vliet | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust), Voting 25–50% (as trust) | 2019-06-27 | Ceased 2021-02-03 |
| Mr Andrew John Peake | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2017-05-21 | Ceased 2021-02-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 176 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-04 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-24 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-09-19 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-02 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.