HEWITSON PLANT HIRE LIMITED
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Cash
£436k
-54.1% vs 2025
Net assets
£4.5m
+20.3% vs 2025
Employees
41
+24.2% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£1.3m
+70.1% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £10,794,950 | £15,450,052 | £12,194,841 | £16,627,350 | £20,312,932 | +22.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,235,093 | £1,503,522 | £1,386,380 | £1,700,871 | £2,373,857 | +39.6% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,025,049 | £902,543 | £444,643 | £742,694 | £1,263,461 | +70.1% | |
| Net profit | — | £571,844 | £809,779 | -£1,825,587 | -£105,466 | £583,373 | +653.1% | |
| Cash | £447,216 | £899,705 | £560,797 | £298,978 | £949,885 | £436,292 | -54.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,165,209 | £12,519,013 | £17,256,613 | £17,214,009 | £25,015,764 | £32,262,118 | +29% | |
| Net assets | £3,436,199 | £4,030,498 | £4,910,364 | £3,184,229 | £3,729,594 | £4,486,717 | +20.3% | |
| Equity | £3,436,199 | £4,030,498 | £4,910,364 | £3,184,229 | £3,729,594 | £4,486,717 | +20.3% | |
| Average employees | 23 | 26 | 37 | 44 | 33 | 41 | +24.2% | |
| Wages | — | £1,257,127 | £2,010,135 | £1,481,477 | £1,617,717 | £2,006,734 | +24% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £17,900 | £21,000 | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 11.4% | 9.7% | 11.4% | 10.2% | 11.7% | |
| Net margin | — | 5.3% | 5.2% | -15.0% | -0.6% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 9.9% | 8.7% | 8.1% | 6.8% | 7.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.5% | 77.9% | 80.1% | 87.9% | 88.9% | 89.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.56x | 0.56x | |
| Interest cover | — | 5.88x | 2.50x | 1.47x | 1.76x | 2.12x |
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
- HEWITSON PLANT HIRE LIMITED 2011-09-12 → present
- WYCLIFFE CONSTRUCTION LTD 2010-01-26 → 2011-09-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Waltons Business Advisers Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources and support from the parent company, Hewitson Group Limited, to continue in operational existence for a least the next twelve months.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEWITSON, Michael Edward | Director | 2010-01-26 | Nov 1960 | British |
| HEWITSON, Owen Scott | Director | 2015-01-08 | Nov 1990 | British |
| JONES, David Glynn | Director | 2015-01-08 | Oct 1969 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hewitson Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 67 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.