Buckhurst Plant Hire Limited
Registered name: BUCKHURST PLANT HIRE LIMITED
Part of Buckhurst Group (Holdings) Ltd groupBuckhurst Plant Hire Limited made £23.9m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Buckhurst Plant Hire Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £23.9m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.6m profit and 120 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment” and is based in Bury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bury, North West
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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's ultimate parent is Buckhurst Group (Holdings) Limited, incorporated in England and Wales. The parent company of the largest and smallest group that includes the company and for which gro”
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.2m | £22.5m | £22.3m | £23.9m |
| Cost of sales | £14m | £16.8m | £18.6m | £19.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £5.7m | £3.7m | £4.8m |
| Operating profit | £3.5m | £3.1m | £968k | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £3.2m | £3m | £847k | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | £2.4m | £594k | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | £2.4m | £594k | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £4.3m | £5.2m | £5.6m | £6m |
| Employees (average) | 97 | 113 | 120 | 120 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 9.3% | 10.6% | 2.7% | 6.7% |
| Gross margin | 27% | 25.3% | 16.8% | 20.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £198k | £199k | £186k | £199k |
| Profit per employee | £18.5k | £21.1k | £4.9k | £13.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17% | ▼0.8% | ▲7.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲33.1% | ▼75.1% | ▲169.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.5% | ▲6.2% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £239k | £1m | £322k | £116k |
| Net assets | £15.1m | £17.5m | £18.1m | £19.5m |
| Fixed assets | £33.3m | £35.3m | £35.1m | £34.9m |
| Current assets | £10.1m | £12.6m | £13.8m | £13.5m |
| Debtors | £4.6m | £4.8m | £5m | £5.1m |
| Deferred income | £559k | £375k | £669k | £1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £199k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 145.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.2%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £19.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼64%
- Now £116k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 120
- Deferred income
- ▲51%
- Now £1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £34.9m
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
- Buckhurst Group (Holdings) Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Buckhurst Group Limited75–100%
- Buckhurst Plant Hire Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Crush-Tec LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Push-Tec 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 £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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