Fairfax Plant Hire Limited
Registered name: FAIRFAX PLANT HIRE LIMITED
Part of K and C Love Limited groupFairfax Plant Hire Limited made £30.3m revenue and £3.7m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Fairfax Plant Hire Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £30.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £3.7m profit. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment” and is based in Selby; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Selby, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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 Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of K and C Love Limited. The ultimate controlling parties of K and C Love Limited are Mr K & Mrs C Love. The smallest and largest group in which the results fo”
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 | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.2m | £22.4m | £25.6m | £30.3m |
| Cost of sales | £10.8m | £12.4m | −£14.1m | −£15.8m |
| Gross profit | £10.4m | £10m | £11.5m | £14.5m |
| Operating profit | £6.2m | £5.5m | £5.6m | £7.7m |
| Profit before tax | £5.2m | £4.2m | £3.1m | £5m |
| Profit after tax | £4.1m | £3.2m | £2.3m | £3.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.1m | £3.2m | £2.3m | £3.7m |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £4m | — | — |
| Employees (average) | 101 | 110 | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 19.2% | 14.3% | 9% | 12.2% |
| Gross margin | 49.2% | 44.7% | 45% | 47.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £210k | £203k | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £40.3k | £29k | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.5% | ▲14.3% | ▲18.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼21.6% | ▼27.9% | ▲60.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.9% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1.7m | — | — |
| Net assets | £17.5m | £20.5m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £46.4m | £58.8m | — | — |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £12.8m | — | — |
| Debtors | £4.8m | £7.1m | — | — |
| Deferred income | £59.7k | £91.5k | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 47.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Group structure
Ownership chain
- K and C Love Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Fairfax Plant Hire Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- K and C Love Asset Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £3.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026