CP HIRE (GB) LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-22 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-08
Watchouts
Cash
-£1M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£2M
lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
62
lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£587K
Period ending 2024-11-30
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Insolvency history on file
Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The Directors have therefore concluded that it would not be appropriate to adopt the going concern principle in preparing these financial statements, and have instead prepared the financial statements on a break-up basis. As a result, all assets are stated at recoverable value, and all liabilities are disclosed as payable within one year.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2018-05-31 | 2019-05-31 | 2020-02-29 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £12,335,212 | £10,430,687 | — | — | £14,450,604 | £15,844,666 | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,142,772 | £1,852,764 | — | — | £2,156,828 | £2,378,763 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,118,720 | £835,463 | — | — | -£4,773,766 | -£586,762 | |
| Net profit | — | £505,824 | £668,275 | — | — | -£5,242,807 | -£586,762 | |
| Cash | £1,537,234 | £1,831,925 | -£2,096,578 | £2,125,752 | £2,099,540 | £1,659,309 | -£1,445,820 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £22,430,375 | £26,986,594 | — | — | £16,974,626 | -£1,687,927 | |
| Net assets | — | £2,468,498 | £2,942,854 | — | — | -£1,101,165 | -£1,687,927 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | — | -£1,101,165 | -£1,687,927 | |
| Average employees | — | 83 | 93 | — | — | 87 | 62 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £2,730,272 | £2,912,419 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £11,300 | £9,000 | — | — | £12,000 | £9,000 |
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 2024-11-30 vs 2023-05-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2018-05-31 | 2019-05-31 | 2020-02-29 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 17.4% | 17.8% | — | — | 14.9% | 15.0% | |
| Net margin | — | 4.1% | 6.4% | — | — | -36.3% | -3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 9.6% | 6.9% | — | — | 12.7% | -140.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 103.7% | 116.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 0.19x | 0.23x | |
| Interest cover | — | 2.09x | 1.82x | — | — | 1.13x | 0.81x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- HCA Chartered Accountants Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Directors have therefore concluded that it would not be appropriate to adopt the going concern principle in preparing these financial statements, and have instead prepared the financial statements on a break-up basis. As a result, all assets are stated at recoverable value, and all liabilities are disclosed as payable within one year.”
Group structure
- CP HIRE (GB) LTD · parent
- CP Hire GB 3 Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 11 April 2024, the company made a proposal to its creditors for a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) pursuant to Part 1 of the Insolvency Act 1986. That arrangement was accepted on 30 April 2024.”
- “The company ceased trading after the reporting date, following the transfer of its trade and assets to the acquiring company. The acquiring company is CP Hire GBNI Limited, a company connected with the reporting entity.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUTCHINSON, David | Secretary | 2024-06-07 | — | — |
| HUTCHINSON, Andrew James | Director | 2012-01-06 | Oct 1976 | British |
| HUTCHINSON, David William | Director | 2012-01-06 | Dec 1979 | Northern Irish |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAWNSLEY, John | Secretary | 2012-01-06 | 2024-06-07 |
| RAWNSLEY, John Nicholas | Director | 2012-01-06 | 2024-06-07 |
| ROWSELL, Paul | Director | 2012-01-06 | 2013-06-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Nicholas Rawnsley | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-06-07 |
| Mr David William Hutchinson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Andrew Hutchinson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 81 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | CVA4 | insolvency | Liquidation voluntary arrangement completion | |
| 2026-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | CVA3 | insolvency | Liquidation cva supervisors abstract of receipts payments with brought down date | |
| 2025-01-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-01-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-10-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-03 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-09-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-06-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.