Wales and Border Counties Plant Hire Limited
Registered name: WALES AND BORDER COUNTIES PLANT HIRE LIMITED
Part of Grosmont Ventures Limited groupWales and Border Counties Plant Hire Limited made £19.6m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Wales and Border Counties Plant Hire Limited’s revenue fell 44% to £19.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.7m profit and 41 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment” and is based in Abergavenny; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Abergavenny
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1979
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £38.6m | £35.3m | £19.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£30.2m | −£27.5m | −£15.6m |
| Gross profit | £8.4m | £7.7m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £4.8m | £4.2m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £4.8m | £3.6m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | £4.6m | £3.3m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.6m | £3.3m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 73 | 64 | 41 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11.9% | 9.5% | 8.6% |
| Gross margin | 21.7% | 22% | 20.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £528k | £551k | £479k |
| Profit per employee | £62.7k | £52.2k | £41k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼8.5% | ▼44.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼27% | ▼49.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼12.3% | ▼35.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £479k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £41k
- 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
- ▼36%
- Now 41
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Grosmont Ventures Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Wales and Border Counties Plant Hire Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Purple Alpha LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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