Karcher Hire Limited
Registered name: KARCHER HIRE LIMITED
Part of Kärcher Beteiligungs-Gmbh groupKarcher Hire Limited made £7.6k revenue and £575 profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Karcher Hire Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £7.6k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £575 profit and 34 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods” and is based in Banbury; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Banbury, South East
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.4k | £7.6k |
| Cost of sales | £3k | £3.7k |
| Gross profit | £3.4k | £3.9k |
| Operating profit | £671 | £768 |
| Profit before tax | £671 | £768 |
| Profit after tax | £517 | £575 |
| Profit (best available) | £517 | £575 |
| Employees (average) | 33 | 34 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 8.1% | 7.5% |
| Gross margin | 53.1% | 51.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £193 | £224 |
| Profit per employee | £16 | £17 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲11.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £250 | £55 |
| Net assets | £3.3k | £3.8k |
| Fixed assets | £5.5k | £8k |
| Current assets | £2.4k | £3k |
| Debtors | £2k | £2.4k |
| Deferred income | £434 | £685 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £224
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £17
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 105%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 31.9%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £3.8k
- Cash at bank
- ▼78%
- Now £55
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- ▲58%
- Now £685
- Fixed assets
- ▲45%
- Now £8k
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
- Kärcher Beteiligungs-Gmbh (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Karcher (U.K.) Limited75–100%
- Karcher Hire Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Atlantis International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Clean Sweep Hire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Cleanpark LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £575), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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