Standard Plant Hire Limited
Registered name: STANDARD PLANT HIRE LIMITED
Standard Plant Hire Limited made £3.7m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Standard Plant Hire Limited reported £3.7m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 34 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment” and is based in Caterham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Caterham, London
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £2m | £2.6m | £3.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £2m | £2.6m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 31 | 32 | 34 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £77.7k | £63.2k | £80.8k | £109k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▲0.9% | ▲31.8% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲24% | ▲3.2% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.6m | £4.2m | £2.7m | £3.8m |
| Net assets | £9.8m | £11.6m | £13.7m | £17.4m |
| Fixed assets | £11.8m | £12.7m | £17.1m | £20.9m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £5.9m | £7.7m | £9.7m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.6m | £2.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £109k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now £17.4m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £3.8m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £20.9m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £3.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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