ROBERT PURVIS PLANT HIRE LIMITED
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Cash
£1.2m
+222.7% vs 2025
Net assets
£12m
+0.2% vs 2025
Employees
168
+2.4% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£794k
+95.7% vs 2025
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
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,814,295 | £21,875,956 | £24,711,363 | +13% | |
| Operating profit | £1,170,621 | £710,753 | £1,024,552 | +44.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,130,741 | £405,523 | £793,697 | +95.7% | |
| Net profit | £860,241 | £329,891 | £417,170 | +26.5% | |
| Cash | £1,843,472 | £363,165 | £1,171,818 | +222.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,668,771 | £14,461,424 | £14,919,416 | +3.2% | |
| Net assets | £12,022,092 | £11,914,483 | £11,934,153 | +0.2% | |
| Equity | £12,022,092 | £11,914,483 | £11,934,153 | +0.2% | |
| Average employees | 181 | 164 | 168 | +2.4% | |
| Wages | £6,776,679 | £6,709,157 | £7,105,602 | +5.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £285,013 | £206,200 | £210,768 | +2.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £20,323 | £32,500 | £32,500 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | £113,991 | £113,991 | £79,451 | -30.3% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.1% | 3.2% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 1.5% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.0% | 4.9% | 6.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.6% | 49.3% | 52.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.62x | 0.54x | 0.63x | |
| Interest cover | 2.80x | 2.06x | 4.30x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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
- ROBERT PURVIS PLANT HIRE LIMITED · parent
- Cartmore Transport Limited 100%
- Eagle Recycling (UK) Limited 100%
- A M Howie Limited 100%
- Recycle Fife Limited 100%
- Langside Quarry Limited 100%
- Cavelstone Aggregates Limited 100%
- Purvis Storage and Distribution Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In the current year, the parent company acquired the entire shareholding in Purvis Storage and Distribution Ltd for a consideration of £1,400,000.”
- “During the year ended 31 March 2025 a tragic fatal accident occurred resulting in the sad death of an employee of the group. The circumstances surrounding the accident have been investigated by the Health & Safety Executive and it has been intimated that this may result in a penalty...”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PURVIS, Craig Robert | Secretary | 2003-04-25 | — | Scottish |
| GARMORY, Robert Milligan | Director | 2013-04-01 | Mar 1954 | British |
| HEPBURN, Janice June | Director | 2007-09-01 | Jun 1957 | British |
| PURVIS, Craig Robert | Director | 2000-01-10 | Aug 1969 | Scottish |
| PURVIS, Lynn Margaret | Director | 2007-04-06 | Sep 1970 | Scottish |
| PURVIS, Robert | Director | — | Jul 1948 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PURVIS, Isobel Forsyth | Secretary | — | 2003-04-25 |
| PURVIS, Isobel Forsyth | Director | — | 2003-04-25 |
| SMITH, Derek Malcolm | Director | 2000-01-10 | 2019-08-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Purvis Discretionary Trust | Legal person | Shares 75–100% (as trust) | 2026-04-01 | Active |
| Mr Robert Purvis | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-05-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-08-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-05-22 | PSC03 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-05-13 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-22 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-08-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.