Plantforce Rentals Ltd
Registered name: PLANTFORCE RENTALS LTD
Plantforce Rentals Ltd made £56.8m revenue and a £1.5m loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Plantforce Rentals Ltd’s revenue fell 2% to £56.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £1.5m and 201 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment” and is based in Weston Super Mare; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Weston Super Mare, South West
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.5m | £42.9m | £57.8m | £56.8m |
| Cost of sales | £32.6m | £34m | £42.4m | £43.8m |
| Gross profit | £9.9m | £8.8m | £15.3m | £13m |
| Operating profit | £3.8m | £2.1m | £7.7m | £3.8m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | −£1.8m | £2.4m | −£1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | −£1.8m | £2.4m | −£1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | −£1.8m | £2.4m | −£1.5m |
| Staff costs | £10.2m | £9.7m | £10.7m | £12.1m |
| Employees (average) | 187 | 177 | 183 | 201 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.9% | −4.2% | 4.2% | −2.6% |
| Gross margin | 23.3% | 20.6% | 26.6% | 22.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £227k | £242k | £316k | £282k |
| Profit per employee | £8.8k | −£10.1k | £13.3k | −£7.4k |
| Cash conversion | 336.6% | 699.6% | 268.4% | 479.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.8% | ▲34.8% | ▼1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼208.2% | — | ▼161.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.3% | ▲3.4% | ▲9.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £275k | £1.9m | £346k | £259k |
| Net assets | £6.1m | £4.3m | £6.8m | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £73.8m | £74.3m | £78.4m | £81.4m |
| Current assets | £12m | £13.1m | £16.6m | £13.4m |
| Debtors | £9.3m | £8.7m | £12.6m | £8.7m |
| Deferred income | £356k | £567k | £768k | £991k |
| Cash from operations | £12.6m | £14.9m | £20.7m | £18.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £282k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 479.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 143.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.4%
- 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
- ▼37%
- Now £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼25%
- Now £259k
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 201
- Deferred income
- ▲29%
- Now £991k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £81.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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