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Company No. 00869017 · Incorporated 14 Jan 1966

Claude Fenton (Plant Hire) Limited

Registered name: CLAUDE FENTON (PLANT HIRE) LIMITED

Part of Claude Fenton (Holdings) Limited group

Claude Fenton (Plant Hire) Limited made £5.9m revenue and £555k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.

Claude Fenton (Plant Hire) Limited’s revenue fell 16% to £5.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £555k profit and 31 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection F · ConstructionSIC 43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Reading, South East
Age
60 yrs · since 1966
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: “Claude Fenton (Holdings) Limited”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2025

Key figures

Boring industry
Revenue
£5.9m
Growth ▼15.8%
Profit
£555k
Growth ▼27.7%
Profit margin
9.5%
Gross 30.2%
Employees
31
Change ▼3.1%
Profit / employee
£17.9k
Revenue/employee £189k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Sep 202230 Sep 202330 Sep 202430 Sep 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£6.9m£6.9m£7m£5.9m
Cost of sales£4.7m£4.5m£4.6m£4.1m
Gross profit£2.2m£2.4m£2.3m£1.8m
Operating profit£1.1m£1.2m£981k£462k
Profit before tax£1m£1.2m£975k£451k
Profit after tax£807k£905k£768k£555k
Profit (best available)£807k£905k£768k£555k
Employees (average)34323231
Ratios
Profit margin11.7%13.1%11%9.5%
Gross margin31.7%34.5%33.7%30.2%
Revenue per employee£203k£217k£217k£189k
Profit per employee£23.7k£28.3k£24k£17.9k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲0.4%▲0.4%▼15.8%
Profit growth—▲12.1%▼15.2%▼27.7%
Headcount growth—▼5.9%0%▼3.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.2m£2.6m£2.5m£2.1m
Net assets£4.7m£5.2m£5.5m£5.6m
Fixed assets£4.4m£4.8m£4.5m£4.3m
Current assets£3.9m£4.3m£4.4m£4m
Debtors£1.7m£1.6m£1.5m£1.2m
Deferred income£196k£200k£172k£18.5k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data May 2024FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
9.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
30.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£189k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£17.9k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
73.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
19.9%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 £5.6m
Cash at bank
▼18%
Now £2.1m
Headcount
▼3%
Now 31
Deferred income
▼89%
Now £18.5k
Fixed assets
▼6%
Now £4.3m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Claude Fenton (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Claude Fenton (Plant Hire) Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (14)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

Same industry, similar size

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £555k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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