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.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- East Sussex, South East
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 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) | £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) | 92 | 111 | 113 | 114 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12.1% | 7.8% | 5.7% | 5.4% |
| Gross margin | 27.1% | 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 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Thomas Holdings (Winnersh) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Winnersh Plant Hire 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 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
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