C. P. HIRE LIMITED
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Cash
£954K
+665.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£16M
+13.9% vs 2024
Employees
139
+67.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.4M
+33.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,234,189 | £15,661,998 | +18.3% | |
| Operating profit | £2,965,405 | £3,462,629 | +16.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,831,317 | £2,447,220 | +33.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,076,636 | £2,365,319 | +119.7% | |
| Cash | £124,635 | £953,852 | +665.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,346,013 | £32,401,900 | +45% | |
| Net assets | £14,104,649 | £16,058,468 | +13.9% | |
| Equity | £14,104,649 | £16,058,468 | +13.9% | |
| Average employees | 83 | 139 | +67.5% | |
| Wages | £2,429,833 | £3,015,254 | +24.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £26,500 | £26,500 | 0% |
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 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.4% | 22.1% | |
| Net margin | 8.1% | 15.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.3% | 10.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.1% | 67.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.85x | 0.50x | |
| Interest cover | 4.29x | 3.18x |
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
- C. P. HIRE LIMITED 1998-08-25 → present
- COLERAINE PLANT HIRE LIMITED 1976-05-14 → 1998-08-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HCA Chartered Accountants Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- C. P. HIRE LIMITED · parent
- CP Hire GBNI Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUTCHINSON, Katie | Secretary | 2006-05-19 | — | Northern Irish |
| HUTCHINSON, Andrew James | Director | 1976-05-14 | Oct 1976 | British |
| HUTCHINSON, David William | Director | 2003-11-04 | Dec 1979 | British |
| HUTCHINSON, Katie | Director | 2006-05-19 | Sep 1985 | Northern Irish |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUTCHINSON, Charlotte Eleanor | Secretary | 1976-05-14 | 2006-05-19 |
| HUTCHINSON, Charlotte | Director | 1976-05-14 | 2006-05-19 |
| HUTCHINSON, Jonathan Robert | Director | 1976-05-14 | 2004-05-30 |
| HUTCHINSON, Norman | Director | 1976-05-14 | 2006-05-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Eleanor Hutchinson | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2023-12-09 | Ceased 2025-07-23 |
| Mr Andrew James Hutchinson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mrs Eleanor Hutchinson | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-05-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-05-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-23 | ANNOTATION | |||
| 2025-05-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-09 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-05-09 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-01-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-24 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-10-24 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-10-24 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.