Marsh Plant Hire Limited
Registered name: MARSH PLANT HIRE LIMITED
Part of Marsh Plant Holdings Limited groupMarsh Plant Hire Limited made £8m revenue and £112k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Marsh Plant Hire Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £112k profit and 74 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment” and is based in Havant; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Havant, South East
- Age
- 61 yrs · since 1965
- 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. From the filing: “The ultimate parent undertaking of this company is Marsh Plant Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.8m | £7.9m | £8.3m | £8m |
| Cost of sales | £5m | £5.5m | £5.4m | £5.5m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £2.4m | £2.9m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.7k | £563k | £960k | £721k |
| Profit before tax | −£132k | £253k | £525k | £162k |
| Profit after tax | −£420k | £210k | £391k | £112k |
| Profit (best available) | −£420k | £210k | £391k | £112k |
| Staff costs | £3.1m | £3.5m | £3.7m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 70 | 74 | 73 | 74 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −6.2% | 2.7% | 4.7% | 1.4% |
| Gross margin | 26.1% | 30.6% | 34.8% | 30.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £96.8k | £107k | £114k | £108k |
| Profit per employee | −£6k | £2.8k | £5.4k | £1.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▲5.2% | ▼3.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲86% | ▼71.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.7% | ▼1.4% | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £502k | £267k | £590k | £4.8k |
| Net assets | £4.3m | £4.5m | £4.9m | £5m |
| Fixed assets | £12.4m | £14m | £18.4m | £18.4m |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.1m |
| Debtors | £928k | £1.4m | £1m | £887k |
| Deferred income | £36.9k | £61k | £82.4k | £64.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £108k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 230.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.1%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼99%
- Now £4.8k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 74
- Deferred income
- ▼21%
- Now £64.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £18.4m
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
- Marsh Plant Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Marsh Plant Hire Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Marsh Plant & Machinery Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Marsh Plant 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £112k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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