Ruttle Plant Hire Limited
Registered name: RUTTLE PLANT HIRE LIMITED
Part of Ruttle Group Limited groupRuttle Plant Hire Limited made £17.5m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Ruttle Plant Hire Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £17.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £2m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “buying and selling of own real estate” and is based in Chorley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chorley, North West
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.5m | £15.9m | £16.8m | £17.5m |
| Cost of sales | £17.6m | £15m | £15.2m | £15.8m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £986k | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Operating profit | — | £307k | £917k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £307k | £915k | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £307k | £940k | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £307k | £940k | £2m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.8% | 1.9% | 5.6% | 11.2% |
| Gross margin | 9.5% | 6.2% | 9.7% | 9.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼18.1% | ▲5.5% | ▲3.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼72.7% | ▲206.3% | ▲108.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £146k | £99.6k | £391k | £53.3k |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £2.6m | £3.6m | £5.5m |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £7.7m | £10.7m | £6.8m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £2m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | £5k | £5k | £5k | £5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.4%
- 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
- ▲55%
- Now £5.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼86%
- Now £53.3k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £5k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Ruttle Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ruttle Plant Holdings Limited75–100%
- Ruttle Plant Hire Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Oldham Broadway Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ruttle Contracting LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ruttle Heavy Haulage LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ruttle Plant (Midlands) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ruttle Sales LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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