Ashvale Plant Hire Limited
Registered name: ASHVALE PLANT HIRE LIMITED
Part of Ashvale Civil Engineering (Holdings) Limited groupAshvale Plant Hire Limited made £3.7m revenue and £686k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Ashvale Plant Hire Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £3.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £686k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods” and is based in Westoning; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Westoning, South East
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3m | £3.4m | £3.7m |
| Cost of sales | £442k | £483k | £550k |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £2.9m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £837k | £760k | £1m |
| Profit before tax | £758k | £641k | £915k |
| Profit after tax | £584k | £481k | £686k |
| Profit (best available) | £584k | £481k | £686k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 19.2% | 14.1% | 18.4% |
| Gross margin | 85.4% | 85.8% | 85.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £506k | £567k | £623k |
| Profit per employee | £97.3k | £80.2k | £114k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.1% | ▲9.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼17.5% | ▲42.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £810k | £999k |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £4.1m | £4.8m |
| Fixed assets | £5.1m | £5.9m | £5.2m |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Debtors | £1.4k | £369k | £600 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 18.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 85.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £623k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £114k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 138.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £4.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲23%
- Now £999k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £5.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ashvale Civil Engineering (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ashvale Plant Hire Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Ashvale Civil Engineering LimitedRev. £51.1m · Profit £4m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £686k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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