LONDON HIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£108k
-16.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£641k
+44.3% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
588
+6.9% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£468k
+65% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-07-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £10,344,879 | £15,530,013 | £18,024,231 | £19,418,082 | +7.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£191,339 | £54,416 | £339,829 | £279,166 | -17.9% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£200,831 | £53,786 | £283,697 | £468,076 | +65% | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£173,728 | £55,863 | £215,519 | £456,706 | +111.9% | |
| Cash | £538,626 | £292,035 | £255,144 | £51,394 | £129,691 | £108,221 | -16.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £285,595 | £146,805 | £180,475 | £228,940 | £444,459 | £646,991 | +45.6% | |
| Net assets | £285,595 | £146,805 | £173,077 | £228,940 | £444,459 | £641,165 | +44.3% | |
| Equity | £285,595 | £146,805 | £173,077 | £228,940 | £444,459 | £641,165 | +44.3% | |
| Average employees | 335 | 356 | 411 | 553 | 550 | 588 | +6.9% | |
| Wages | — | — | £7,532,981 | £10,095,210 | £11,203,360 | £12,621,420 | +12.7% | |
| 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 | 2020-07-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -1.8% | 0.4% | 1.9% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -1.7% | 0.4% | 1.2% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -106.0% | 23.8% | 76.5% | 43.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 82.4% | 88.8% | 92.7% | 92.0% | 88.6% | 77.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.06x | 1.10x | 1.24x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -20.16x | 1.26x | 6.05x | 3.93x |
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
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources received through its invoice discounting facility to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors have no reason to believe that these facilities or support will be withdrawn. Accordingly they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- LONDON HIRE COMMUNITY SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Carts & Carriages Limited 100%
- London Hire Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year dividends of £260,000 (2024: £nil) were voted.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARBROOK, Matthew James | Director | 2018-02-23 | Aug 1968 | British |
| DONALD, Neil Alexander | Director | 2013-02-11 | Feb 1966 | British |
| FARR, Nigel Colin | Director | 2015-01-26 | Dec 1960 | British |
| LONDON HIRE LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2013-02-11 | — | — |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Alexander Donald | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-03-31 |
| London Hire Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 46 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-25 | CH02 | officers | Change corporate director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-04-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2022-03-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.