Ward Woolston Plant Hire Limited
Registered name: WARD WOOLSTON PLANT HIRE LIMITED
Ward Woolston Plant Hire Limited made £1m revenue and £701k profit in the year to 29 May 2025.
Ward Woolston Plant Hire Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £1m in the year to 29 May 2025, with £701k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in Middlesbrough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Middlesbrough, North East
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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 | 29 May 2022 | 29 May 2023 | 29 May 2024 | 29 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £1.1m | £1m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £511k | £426k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £623k | £590k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £164k | £714k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £96k | £701k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £96k | £701k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £96k | £701k |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 8.5% | 69% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 54.9% | 58.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £378k | £339k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £32k | £234k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼10.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲630.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £47.9k | £68.3k | £90.7k | £67.2k |
| Net assets | −£1.7m | −£1.6m | −£1.5m | −£755k |
| Fixed assets | £20.8k | £6.9k | £0 | — |
| Current assets | £241k | £328k | £360k | £280k |
| Debtors | £192k | £258k | £265k | £209k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 69%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 58.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £339k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £234k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 20.5%
- 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
- —
- Now −£755k
- Cash at bank
- ▼26%
- Now £67.2k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 29 May 2025 (profit £701k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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