WELFARE 4 HIRE LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-04 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+104.1% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£5M
+10.6% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
33
+10% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£645K
+1.3% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £5,352,769 | £5,926,580 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £750,668 | £697,945 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £636,668 | £644,643 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £474,350 | £473,565 | |
| Cash | £399,821 | £727,905 | £514,517 | £1,050,204 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,603,692 | £3,350,154 | £6,849,454 | £6,927,968 | |
| Net assets | £1,371,614 | £1,926,079 | £4,486,763 | £4,960,328 | |
| Equity | £1,371,614 | £1,926,079 | £4,486,763 | £4,960,328 | |
| Average employees | 12 | 16 | 30 | 33 | |
| Wages | — | — | £937,231 | £1,296,641 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £114,193 | £106,760 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+10.7%
£5,352,769 £5,926,580
-
Cash
+104.1%
£514,517 £1,050,204
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+10.6%
£4,486,763 £4,960,328
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+10%
30 33
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-7%
£750,668 £697,945
-
Profit before tax
+1.3%
£636,668 £644,643
-
Wages
+38.3%
£937,231 £1,296,641
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 14.0% | 11.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 8.9% | 8.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 11.0% | 10.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.95x | 3.49x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 6.38x | 9.39x |
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
- WELFARE 4 HIRE LTD 2013-10-25 → present
- THE PLANT HIRE NETWORK LTD 2010-10-15 → 2013-10-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the financial position and performance of the Company in the year, and the impact of economic restrictions in making their assessment of the ability of the Company to pay its debts as they fall due. It is based on this review, that these financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant post balance sheet events that would require adjustment to or disclosure in the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHAW, Siobhan | Secretary | 2021-05-25 | — | — |
| MAHON, Ciaran | Director | 2021-05-25 | Mar 1967 | Irish |
| PITT, Gavin John | Director | 2021-05-25 | Mar 1968 | English |
| RICHARDS, Gareth | Director | 2025-07-24 | Nov 1976 | English |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRINCE, Marc Peter Roger | Secretary | 2010-10-15 | 2021-05-25 |
| DIMMOCK, Adam | Director | 2023-07-03 | 2025-06-16 |
| DORMER, Stephen John | Director | 2010-10-15 | 2021-05-25 |
| GOULD, Melvyn | Director | 2018-02-14 | 2023-04-03 |
| PRINCE, Marc Peter Roger | Director | 2010-10-15 | 2022-04-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aer Rents Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-05-25 | Active |
| Mr Marc Peter Roger Prince | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-05-25 |
| Mr Stephen John Dormer | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-05-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 69 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-08-13 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2021-07-19 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2021-07-19 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2021-07-19 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2021-07-19 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.