MC Rental Limited
Registered name: MC RENTAL LIMITED
Part of MCG (Holdings) Ltd groupMC Rental Limited made £38.5m revenue and £2.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
MC Rental Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £38.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £2.5m profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of trucks and other heavy vehicles” and is based in Aylesford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aylesford, South East
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £40m | £38.5m |
| Cost of sales | £28.8m | £28.7m |
| Gross profit | £11.2m | £9.7m |
| Operating profit | £7.9m | £6.6m |
| Profit before tax | £5.3m | £3.4m |
| Profit after tax | £4.2m | £2.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.2m | £2.5m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 30 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 10.5% | 6.4% |
| Gross margin | 28% | 25.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Profit per employee | £127k | £82.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼40.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £7.2m | £8m |
| Net assets | £27.3m | £29.2m |
| Fixed assets | £85.9m | £96.4m |
| Current assets | £11.2m | £11.6m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | £3m | £3.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £82.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 250.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £29.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲11%
- Now £8m
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- ▲11%
- Now £3.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲12%
- Now £96.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- MCG (Holdings) Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- M C Group Limited75–100%
- MC Rental Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- MC Truck & Bus LimitedRev. £125m · Profit £4m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £2.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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