How much does Portable Offices (Hire) Limited make?

Portable Offices (Hire) Limited reported revenue of £19.6m and £3.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025, according to its accounts filed at Companies House.

How many employees does Portable Offices (Hire) Limited have?

Portable Offices (Hire) Limited reported an average of 79 employees in the year to 31 Mar 2025.

Is Portable Offices (Hire) Limited profitable?

Yes — Portable Offices (Hire) Limited reported a profit of £3.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025.

Company No. 04201828 · Incorporated 19 Apr 2001

Portable Offices (Hire) Limited

Registered name: PORTABLE OFFICES (HIRE) LIMITED

Part of Harnage Group Ltd group

Portable Offices (Hire) Limited made £19.6m revenue and £3.6m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text

Portable Offices (Hire) Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £19.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £3.6m profit and 79 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection N · Administrative and support servicesSIC 77390Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Status: Active
Location: Liverpool, North West
Age: 25 yrs · since 2001
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 is a wholly owed subsidiary of Harnage Group L”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2025

Key figures

Boring industry

Revenue

£19.6m

Growth ▼6%

Profit

£3.6m

Growth ▲3.2%

Profit margin

18.5%

Gross 53.2%

Employees

Change ▲1.3%

Profit / employee

£46k

Revenue/employee £249k

Profitable streak

4yrs

Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to	31 Mar 2022	31 Mar 2023	31 Mar 2024	31 Mar 2025
Disclosure	Full P&Lread from filing text	Full P&Lread from filing text	Full P&Lread from filing text	Full P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)	£18.9m	£20m	£20.9m	£19.6m
Cost of sales	£9.1m	£10.2m	£11.4m	£9.2m
Gross profit	£9.8m	£9.8m	£9.5m	£10.4m
Operating profit	£5.5m	£5.2m	£4.7m	£4.8m
Profit before tax	£5.4m	£5.1m	£4.7m	£4.9m
Profit after tax	£4.1m	£4.1m	£3.5m	£3.6m
Profit (best available)	£4.1m	£4.1m	£3.5m	£3.6m
Staff costs	£3.5m	£3.8m	£4m	£4.4m
Employees (average)	75	77	78	79
Ratios
Profit margin	21.5%	20.3%	16.8%	18.5%
Gross margin	51.9%	48.8%	45.3%	53.2%
Revenue per employee	£252k	£260k	£268k	£249k
Profit per employee	£54.1k	£52.9k	£45.1k	£46k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth	—	▲5.9%	▲4.4%	▼6%
Profit growth	—	▲0.4%	▼13.6%	▲3.2%
Headcount growth	—	▲2.7%	▲1.3%	▲1.3%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank	£4.4m	£3.3m	£4.9m	£4.3m
Net assets	£11m	£13.8m	£16.1m	£18.3m
Fixed assets	£13m	£15.4m	£16.3m	£16.9m
Current assets	£8.6m	£8m	£11m	£10.1m
Debtors	£2.6m	£3.1m	£4.1m	£2.2m
Deferred income	£2.6m	£2.3m	£3.5m	£2.9m
Source	FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023	FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023	FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024	FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025

Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin: 18.5%; Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin: 53.2%; Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee: £249k; Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee: £46k; Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion: —; Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue: 86.2%; Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue: 14.8%; Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue: 11.3%; Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.

Indirect — not revenue

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: ▲14%; Now £18.3m
Cash at bank: ▼12%; Now £4.3m
Headcount: ▲1%; Now 79
Deferred income: ▼18%; Now £2.9m
Fixed assets: ▲4%; Now £16.9m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

Harnage Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
Portable Offices (Hire) Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (3)

Daniels Silverman LimitedFigures not disclosed
Equine Ventures LtdFigures not disclosed
Harnage Estates LimitedFigures not disclosed

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £3.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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