Fiveways Municipal Vehicle Hire Limited
Registered name: FIVEWAYS MUNICIPAL VEHICLE HIRE LIMITED
Part of Fiveways Group Holdings Ltd groupFiveways Municipal Vehicle Hire Limited made £12.9m revenue and £2.6m profit in the year to 28 Feb 2026. read from filing text
Fiveways Municipal Vehicle Hire Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £12.9m in the year to 28 Feb 2026, with £2.6m profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods” and is based in Old Harlow; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Old Harlow, East of England
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 ultimate parent company is Fiveways Holdings Limited, a company registered in England.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 | 28 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £11m | £11.7m | £11.2m | £12.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £5.7m | £6.4m | £5.6m | £6.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £5.3m | £5.4m | £5.7m | £6.6m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.5m | £2.5m | £3m | £4m |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.5m | £3.5m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £2.6m |
| Staff costs | — | £1.7m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 0 | 26 | 28 | 30 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | 15.1% | 12.7% | 15.1% | 20.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 48.1% | 45.7% | 50.5% | 50.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £450k | £401k | £431k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £57.2k | £60.4k | £87.8k |
| Cash conversion | — | −217.4% | −263.4% | −198.2% | −229.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲6.3% | ▼4.1% | ▲15% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼10.4% | ▲13.8% | ▲55.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼100% | — | ▲7.7% | ▲7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £3.3m | £5.5m | £5.7m | £8.9m |
| Net assets | £8.5m | £9.7m | £11.2m | £12.6m | £14.5m |
| Fixed assets | £7.7m | £12.5m | £15.5m | £17.6m | £14.2m |
| Current assets | £6.2m | £7.4m | £8.2m | £9.1m | £11.4m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £2.5m | £2.1m | £2.7m | £2m |
| Deferred income | — | £26.9k | £68.9k | £90.7k | £71.2k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£5.4m | −£6.6m | −£5.9m | −£9.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £431k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £87.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −229.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 110.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £14.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲55%
- Now £8.9m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- ▼22%
- Now £71.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼19%
- Now £14.2m
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
- Fiveways Group Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Fiveways Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Fiveways Municipal Vehicle Hire Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2026 (profit £2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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