Prohire Limited
Registered name: PROHIRE LIMITED
Part of Northedge Capital LLP groupProhire Limited made £52.9m revenue and a £132k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2024.
Prohire Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £52.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with a loss of £132k and 73 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Leeds; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Leeds
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £37.7m | £44.4m | £52.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£31.3m | −£36.9m | −£45m |
| Gross profit | £6.4m | £7.5m | £7.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £3.3m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.6m | £414k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.2m | −£132k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.2m | −£132k |
| Employees (average) | 65 | 67 | 73 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 2.7% | −0.3% |
| Gross margin | 16.9% | 16.9% | 14.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £580k | £662k | £724k |
| Profit per employee | £19.3k | £17.8k | −£1.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.7% | ▲19.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼4.9% | ▼111.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.1% | ▲9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £724k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.8k
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now 73
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Northedge Capital LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Northedge Capital Nominee Limited25–50%
- Project Georgia Topco Limited75–100%
- Project Georgia Bidco Limited75–100%
- PGCH Limited75–100%
- PG Consolidated Limited75–100%
- Prohire Group Limited75–100%
- Prohire Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Midland Vehicle Contracts LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit −£132k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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