Bennie Equipment Limited
Registered name: BENNIE EQUIPMENT LIMITED
Part of Bennie Holdings Limited groupBennie Equipment Limited made £9.5m revenue and a £334k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Bennie Equipment Limited’s revenue grew 23% to £9.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £334k and 39 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods” and is based in Kettering; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kettering, East Midlands
- Age
- 58 yrs · since 1967
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £7.2m | £7.8m | £9.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | −£5.7m | −£6.6m | −£7.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £1.5m | £1.2m | £1.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £333k | £304k | £283k |
| Profit before tax | — | £212k | £83.6k | −£44k |
| Profit after tax | — | £127k | £25.7k | −£334k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £127k | £25.7k | −£334k |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 27 | 25 | 39 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 1.8% | 0.3% | −3.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 20.3% | 15.6% | 18.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £265k | £311k | £245k |
| Profit per employee | — | £4.7k | £1k | −£8.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲8.5% | ▲22.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼79.8% | ▼1399% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8% | ▼7.4% | ▲56% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £152k | — | — | — |
| Net assets | £4.6m | £4.7m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £3.2m | £2.9m | — | — |
| Current assets | £5.4m | £7m | — | — |
| Debtors | £548k | £721k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £245k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£8.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲56%
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bennie Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Bennie Group Limited75–100%
- Bennie Equipment Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (6)
- 4K Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bel Eft Bidco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Len Griffiths (Forklift Services) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- MKFL Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Radnes Services LimitedRev. — · Profit £189k
- South West Forklifts LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (9)
- Boughton Loam LimitedRev. £10.4m · Profit £182k
- Barton Construction (Kettering) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Barton Contracting LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bennie Haulage LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Boughton Loam & Turf Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ken Hall LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Midland Forklifts LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Peter Bennie LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Turf Management Systems LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£334k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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