Specialist Plant Associates Limited
Registered name: SPECIALIST PLANT ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Part of Joseph Gallagher Group Limited groupSpecialist Plant Associates Limited made £6.1m revenue and £561k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Specialist Plant Associates Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £6.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £561k profit. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Orsett; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Orsett, London
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- 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 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.8m | £6.1m |
| Cost of sales | −£3.8m | −£4m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £811k | £811k |
| Profit before tax | £780k | £758k |
| Profit after tax | £578k | £561k |
| Profit (best available) | £578k | £561k |
| Employees (average) | — | — |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 10% | 9.2% |
| Gross margin | 34.9% | 34.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Joseph Gallagher Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Joseph Gallagher Limited75–100%
- Specialist Plant Associates Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Johnston Trenchless Solutions LtdFigures not disclosed
- N.R.C. Plant 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 £561k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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