Hireforce Ltd
Registered name: HIREFORCE LTD
Part of Valebrook Investments Limited groupHireforce Ltd made £9m revenue and £768k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Hireforce Ltd’s revenue grew 11% to £9m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £768k profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment” and is based in Market Harborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Market Harborough, East Midlands
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £8.1m | £9m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £3.3m | £3.9m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £4.8m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.1m | £1m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £827k | £768k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £827k | £768k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.3m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 47 | 54 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 10.2% | 8.5% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 59.2% | 56.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £151k | £164k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £15.3k | £14k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −130.2% | −214.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲10.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼7.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.3% | ▲14.9% | ▲1.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £799k | £1m | £520k | £891k |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.9m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2.3m | £2.8m | £3.9m | £4.3m |
| Current assets | £2.4m | £2.8m | £2.5m | £2.9m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | — | — | £349k | £478k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1.6m | −£2.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 56.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £164k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −214.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 47.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.5%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲71%
- Now £891k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- ▲37%
- Now £478k
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £4.3m
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
- Valebrook Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hireforce Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £768k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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