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Company No. 01056494 · Incorporated 1 Jun 1972

Coppard Plant Hire Limited

Registered name: COPPARD PLANT HIRE LIMITED

Coppard Plant Hire Limited made £25.3m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text

Coppard Plant Hire Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £25.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.4m profit and 114 employees. The company is classified under “site preparation” and is based in East Sussex; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full profit & loss filedSection F · ConstructionSIC 43120Site preparationSIC 43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
East Sussex, South East
Age
54 yrs · since 1972
Type
Private Limited Company
Latest accounts · year to 30 Jun 2025

Key figures

Independent
Revenue
£25.3m
Growth ▲4%
Profit
£1.4m
Growth ▼2.4%
Profit margin
5.4%
Gross 21.2%
Employees
114
Change ▲0.9%
Profit / employee
£11.9k
Revenue/employee £222k
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 Jun 202230 Jun 202330 Jun 202430 Jun 2025
DisclosureProfit & lossread from filing textProfit & lossread from filing textProfit & lossread from filing textProfit & lossread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£23.1m£27.9m£24.3m£25.3m
Cost of sales£16.8m£21.7m£19.2m£20m
Gross profit£6.3m£6.2m£5.1m£5.4m
Operating profit£3.7m£2.6m£1.6m£1.9m
Profit before tax£3.7m£2.5m£1.5m£2.1m
Profit after tax£2.8m£2.2m£1.4m£1.4m
Profit (best available)£2.8m£2.2m£1.4m£1.4m
Employees (average)92111113114
Ratios
Profit margin12.1%7.8%5.7%5.4%
Gross margin27.1%22.4%21.1%21.2%
Revenue per employee£251k£251k£215k£222k
Profit per employee£30.3k£19.6k£12.3k£11.9k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲20.9%▼12.8%▲4%
Profit growth—▼21.7%▼36.2%▼2.4%
Headcount growth—▲20.6%▲1.8%▲0.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.2m£3.5m£5.1m£4.8m
Net assets£24.1m£25.6m£27.2m£28.3m
Fixed assets£23.8m£22.6m£21.7m£21.3m
Current assets£7.3m£9.5m£9.9m£11.4m
Debtors£2.7m£3.1m£2.9m£2.7m
Deferred income£53.2k£114k£119k£131k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
5.4%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
21.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£222k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£11.9k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
84.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.5%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
10.7%
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
▲4%
Now £28.3m
Cash at bank
▼6%
Now £4.8m
Headcount
▲1%
Now 114
Deferred income
▲10%
Now £131k
Fixed assets
▼1%
Now £21.3m

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

Subsidiaries (2)

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

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026