T & M Plant Hire Limited
Registered name: T & M PLANT HIRE LIMITED
Part of T & M Plant Hire (Eot) Limited groupT & M Plant Hire Limited made £54.8m revenue and £5.3m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2026. read from filing text
T & M Plant Hire Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £54.8m in the year to 30 Apr 2026, with £5.3m profit and 94 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of trucks and other heavy vehicles” and is based in Partridge Green; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Partridge Green, South East
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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: “From 17 June 2025, the ultimate controlling party was T & M Plant Hire (EOT) Limited as trustee of T & M Plant Hire Employee Ownership Trust.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 | 30 Apr 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20m | £48.7m | £49.2m | £52.4m | £54.8m |
| Cost of sales | £15.4m | £38.5m | £37.6m | £39.4m | £41.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £10.1m | £11.6m | £13m | £12.9m |
| Operating profit | £2.9m | £7.6m | £7.4m | £8m | £7.3m |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £7.2m | £6.8m | £7.7m | £7.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.5m | £5.4m | £5.1m | £5.8m | £5.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.5m | £5.4m | £5.1m | £5.8m | £5.3m |
| Staff costs | £2.3m | £3m | £4.1m | £4.8m | £6.3m |
| Employees (average) | 45 | 53 | 73 | 86 | 94 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 12.3% | 11.1% | 10.4% | 11% | 9.7% |
| Gross margin | 23% | 20.8% | 23.6% | 24.8% | 23.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £445k | £918k | £675k | £609k | £583k |
| Profit per employee | £54.9k | £102k | £70.3k | £66.9k | £56.4k |
| Cash conversion | −82.1% | −50.5% | −93% | −196.6% | 164.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲142.9% | ▲1.2% | ▲6.3% | ▲4.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲118.7% | ▼5.1% | ▲12.1% | ▼7.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17.8% | ▲37.7% | ▲17.8% | ▲9.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £606k | £650k | £875k | £8.9m | £4.7m |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £11.5m | £16.5m | £21.9m | £17.1m |
| Fixed assets | £11.9m | £15m | £16.9m | £15.2m | £16.1m |
| Current assets | £6.1m | £11.6m | £14m | £17.6m | £12.7m |
| Debtors | £3.4m | £6.9m | £6.6m | £6.1m | £5.9m |
| Deferred income | £127k | £150k | £183k | £160k | £369k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.4m | −£3.8m | −£6.8m | −£15.8m | £12m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £583k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £56.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 164.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 29.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.8%
- 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
- ▼22%
- Now £17.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼47%
- Now £4.7m
- Headcount
- ▲9%
- Now 94
- Deferred income
- ▲131%
- Now £369k
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £16.1m
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
- T & M Plant Hire (Eot) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- T & M Plant Hire Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2026 (profit £5.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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