P & H Lift Trucks Limited
Registered name: P & H LIFT TRUCKS LIMITED
Part of Ladybird Group Limited groupP & H Lift Trucks Limited made £1m revenue and £215k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
P & H Lift Trucks Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £215k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies” and is based in Redditch; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Redditch, West Midlands
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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: “Ladybird Group Limited (incorporated in England and Wales) is regarded by the directors as being the company's ultimate parent company, owning 100% of the company's share capital.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £930k | £1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £360k | £397k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £570k | £612k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £230k | £259k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £225k | £255k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £169k | £215k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £169k | £215k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 18.1% | 21.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 61.3% | 60.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £155k | £168k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £28.1k | £35.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲8.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲27.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £100k | £196k | £273k | £257k |
| Net assets | £684k | £735k | £784k | £878k |
| Fixed assets | £656k | £715k | £737k | £700k |
| Current assets | £292k | £432k | £447k | £513k |
| Debtors | £175k | £210k | £161k | £148k |
| Deferred income | £22.1k | £6k | £8.8k | £8.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 60.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £168k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 69.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.7%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £878k
- Cash at bank
- ▼6%
- Now £257k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- ▼6%
- Now £8.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £700k
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
- Ladybird Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- P & H Lift Trucks Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Ladybird Cranes LimitedRev. £3.9m · Profit £505k
- Ladybird Inns LimitedRev. £765k · Profit −£431k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £215k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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