ROBERT PURVIS PLANT HIRE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-02 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£363K
-80.3% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£12M
-0.9% vs 2024
Employees
164
-9.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£406K
-64.1% vs 2024
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2020-04-01 | 2021-03-31 | 2021-04-01 | 2022-03-31 | 2022-04-01 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £22,814,295 | £21,875,956 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £1,170,621 | £710,753 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £1,130,741 | £405,523 | |
| Net profit | £3,339,919 | — | £1,543,706 | — | £1,080,407 | — | -£292,570 | — | £860,241 | £329,891 | |
| Cash | £1,800,125 | — | £2,448,584 | — | £2,100,000 | — | £2,062,500 | — | £1,843,472 | £363,165 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,260,397 | — | £11,749,102 | — | £13,607,134 | — | £12,860,782 | — | £14,668,771 | £14,461,424 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £12,022,092 | £11,914,483 | |
| Equity | £9,328,418 | £9,328,418 | £10,461,124 | £10,461,124 | £11,352,531 | £11,352,531 | £10,742,461 | £10,742,461 | £12,022,092 | £11,914,483 | |
| Average employees | 167 | — | 165 | — | 153 | — | 148 | — | 181 | 164 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £6,776,679 | £6,697,868 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £285,013 | £206,200 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-4.1%
£22,814,295 £21,875,956
-
Cash
-80.3%
£1,843,472 £363,165
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Net assets
-0.9%
£12,022,092 £11,914,483
-
Employees
-9.4%
181 164
-
Operating profit
-39.3%
£1,170,621 £710,753
-
Profit before tax
-64.1%
£1,130,741 £405,523
-
Wages
-1.2%
£6,776,679 £6,697,868
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2020-04-01 | 2021-03-31 | 2021-04-01 | 2022-03-31 | 2022-04-01 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5.1% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.8% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.0% | 4.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.62x | 0.54x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.80x | 2.06x |
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
“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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- ROBERT PURVIS PLANT HIRE LIMITED · parent
- Cartmore Transport Limited 100%
- Eagle Recycling (UK) Limited 100%
- A M Howie Limited Limited 100%
- Recycle Fife Limited 100%
- Langside Quarry Limited 100%
- Cavelstone Aggregates Limited 100%
Significant events
- “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 being levied against the company.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert Purvis | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 165 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-07-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2021-11-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-07-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-31 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.