Nottingham Crane Hire Limited
Registered name: NOTTINGHAM CRANE HIRE LIMITED
Part of Cema Group Ltd groupNottingham Crane Hire Limited made £7.7k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Nottingham Crane Hire Limited reported £7.7k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025, down 71% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 7 employees. The company is classified under “packaging activities” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 36 yrs · since 1990
- 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. From the filing: “The company's equity share is owned by Cema Group Limited, whose registered office is White House, Wollaton Street, Nottingham and is registered under company number 09874998 in England and Wales”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £84.5k | £22.4k | £26.9k | £7.7k |
| Profit (best available) | £84.5k | £22.4k | £26.9k | £7.7k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £12.1k | £2.8k | £3.4k | £1.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼73.5% | ▲19.8% | ▼71.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% | 0% | ▼12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £173k | £69.9k | £70.1k | £22.1k |
| Net assets | £188k | £211k | £237k | £245k |
| Fixed assets | £301k | £478k | £595k | £706k |
| Current assets | £308k | £240k | £263k | £213k |
| Debtors | £135k | £171k | £193k | £191k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.1k
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £245k
- Cash at bank
- ▼68%
- Now £22.1k
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £706k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cema Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Nottingham Crane Hire Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Cema LimitedRev. £31.9m · Profit £2m
- Lloyd Morris Electrical LimitedRev. £17.2m · Profit £1.9m
- Cema Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cema Tracking Solutions LtdFigures not disclosed
- Labtec (Services) LimitedRev. — · Profit −£45.7k
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 2025 (profit £7.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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