CP Hire (GB) Ltd
Registered name: CP HIRE (GB) LTD
CP Hire (GB) Ltd made £15.8m revenue and a £587k loss in the year to 30 Nov 2024.
CP Hire (GB) Ltd’s revenue was £15.8m in the year to 30 Nov 2024, with a loss of £587k and 62 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment” and is based in Port Talbot; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Port Talbot, Wales
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.5m | £14.5m | £15.8m |
| Cost of sales | £6.4m | £6.6m | £7.1m |
| Gross profit | £8m | £7.9m | £8.7m |
| Operating profit | £3.1m | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | −£4.8m | −£587k |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | −£5.2m | −£587k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | −£5.2m | −£587k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3.2m | £3.3m |
| Employees (average) | 94 | 87 | 62 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.9% | −36.3% | −3.7% |
| Gross margin | 55.5% | 54.5% | 55% |
| Revenue per employee | £154k | £166k | £256k |
| Profit per employee | £15.2k | −£60.3k | −£9.5k |
| Cash conversion | 132% | 171.4% | 169.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.1% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼467% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.4% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | −£1.7m | −£1.4m |
| Net assets | £4.2m | −£1.1m | −£1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £33.3m | £27m | £7.6m |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £2.4m | £2.8m |
| Debtors | £2.7m | £2.3m | £2m |
| Cash from operations | £4m | £3.7m | £4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Accounts · bulk data May 2024 | Reports and Financial Statements · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £256k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 169.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 48%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.5%
- 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 −£1.7m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now −£1.4m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £7.6m
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Sources
Latest figures from Reports and Financial Statements for the year to 30 Nov 2024 (profit −£587k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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