Davies Crane Hire Limited
Registered name: DAVIES CRANE HIRE LIMITED
Part of Davies Crane Hire Holdings Limited groupDavies Crane Hire Limited made £14.6m revenue and £549k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Davies Crane Hire Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £14.6m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £549k profit and 101 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment” and is based in Carmarthen; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Carmarthen, Wales
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.5m | £10.3m | £13.5m | £14.6m |
| Cost of sales | £6.3m | £7.2m | £9.8m | £11.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £3.1m | £3.7m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £2.2m | £1.8m | £549k |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £2m | £1.8m | £549k |
| Profit after tax | £578k | £3.2m | £2.1m | £549k |
| Profit (best available) | £578k | £3.2m | £2.1m | £549k |
| Staff costs | £3.7m | £3.8m | £5.1m | £6.8m |
| Employees (average) | — | 74 | 85 | 101 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.8% | 31.6% | 15.3% | 3.8% |
| Gross margin | 25.8% | 29.8% | 27.5% | 19.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £139k | £159k | £144k |
| Profit per employee | — | £43.9k | £24.3k | £5.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.1% | ▲31.6% | ▲7.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲461.3% | ▼36.3% | ▼73.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲14.9% | ▲18.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £2.4m | £492k | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £1.5m | £3.2m | £3m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £11.1m | £2.6m | £80.1k | £78.3k |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £4.6m | £3.7m | £3.7m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.9m | £3.1m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £44.2k | £65.5k | £25.6k | £57.7k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £144k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.1%
- 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 £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲121%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▲19%
- Now 101
- Deferred income
- ▲125%
- Now £57.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £78.3k
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
- Davies Crane Hire Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Davies Crane Hire Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Davies Crane Hire Plant LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Davies Crane Hire Property LtdFigures 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 Mar 2025 (profit £549k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026