FARNBOROUGH TOOL HIRE LIMITED
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Cash
£1.3M
+13.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£26M
+27.1% vs 2024
Employees
262
+35.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£9.3M
+35.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £36,084,319 | £43,991,183 | +21.9% | |
| Operating profit | £8,092,155 | £8,844,375 | +9.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,876,923 | £9,316,146 | +35.5% | |
| Net profit | £4,392,740 | £6,473,116 | +47.4% | |
| Cash | £1,123,931 | £1,276,115 | +13.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £55,655,892 | £57,699,362 | +3.7% | |
| Net assets | £20,636,803 | £26,234,919 | +27.1% | |
| Equity | £20,636,803 | £26,234,919 | +27.1% | |
| Average employees | 194 | 262 | +35.1% | |
| Wages | £6,862,016 | £9,649,882 | +40.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £36,495 | £37,545 | +2.9% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.4% | 20.1% | |
| Net margin | 12.2% | 14.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.5% | 15.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.6% | 62.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.19x | 0.88x | |
| Interest cover | 3.31x | 3.22x |
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
- FARNBOROUGH TOOL HIRE LIMITED 2024-08-28 → present
- FARNBOROUGH TOOL HIRE 2005-09-26 → 2024-08-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- WP Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, The directors have an expectation that despite the company's net current liabilities as at 31 December 2025 of Pound1.4m (which they consider to be mainly as a result of it including an element of the future hire fleet asset funding liabilities but no corresponding inclusion of any hire fleet asset values), having reviewed the company's cash position, forecasts and projections, the company has more than sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors have therefore concluded that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- FARNBOROUGH TOOL HIRE LIMITED · parent
- Arvill Limited 100%
- Phoenix Hire and Sales Limited 100%
- Survey Safety and Training Ltd 100%
- Rabbit and Dowling Plant Hire Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “During the period under review, the directors are pleased to report an increase in revenue of 22% over the previous year from £36.1m to £44.0m, primarily reflecting the full year benefit of acquisitions made during 2024, along with organic growth in a number of other depots.”
- “The Phoenix Hire & Sales and Safety Survey & Training businesses, acquired in September 2024, were fully integrated into FTII from June 2025. Accordingly, revenue from these operations has been recognised in these results from June 2025 onwards. Rabbit & Dowling Plant Hire, acquired in November 2024, has also been successfully integrated, with results included for the full period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARSH, Peter | Secretary | 2005-09-26 | — | British |
| MARSH, Gerald | Director | 2016-04-05 | Oct 1985 | British |
| MARSH, Paul Richard | Director | 2005-09-26 | Apr 1983 | British |
| MARSH, Peter | Director | 2005-09-26 | Jan 1979 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coxbridge Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-11-17 | Active |
| Mr Peter Marsh | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-11-17 |
| Mr Paul Richard Marsh | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-11-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 51 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-08-28 CERT1 Certificate re registration unlimited to limited
- 2024-08-28 RR06 Reregistration private unlimited to private limited company
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-28 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-28 | CERT1 | change-of-name | Certificate re registration unlimited to limited | |
| 2024-08-28 | RR06 | change-of-name | Reregistration private unlimited to private limited company | |
| 2023-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-03-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2018-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-09-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.