NORTHGATE VEHICLE HIRE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-14 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+295.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£171M
+24.2% vs 2024
Employees
2,059
-0.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£21M
-50.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- NORTHGATE VEHICLE HIRE LIMITED 2000-12-06 → present
- NORTHGATE MOTOR HOLDINGS LIMITED 1986-09-10 → 2000-12-06
- NOBLE SELF DRIVE LIMITED 1983-08-26 → 1986-09-10
- NOBLE VAN & PLANT HIRE LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 1983-08-26
- TEESACRE INVESTMENTS LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1981-12-31
- NATBEACH LIMITED 1979-07-02 → 1979-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £551,143,000 | £507,080,000 | |
| Operating profit | £80,451,000 | £60,213,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £42,396,000 | £20,951,000 | |
| Net profit | £31,568,000 | £15,353,000 | |
| Cash | £1,062,000 | £4,200,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £779,969,000 | £811,886,000 | |
| Net assets | £137,997,000 | £171,394,000 | |
| Equity | £137,997,000 | £171,394,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,067 | 2,059 | |
| Wages | £58,999,000 | £60,438,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.6% | 11.9% | |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.3% | 7.4% | |
| Current ratio | 4.09x | 2.86x | |
| Interest cover | 2.11x | 1.53x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- NORTHGATE VEHICLE HIRE LIMITED · parent
- Northgate Vehicle Hire (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Northgate Vehicle Sales Limited 100%
- Goode Durrant Administration Limited 100%
- Charged Electric Vehicles Limited 100%
- Blakedale Ltd 100%
- Fridgexpress (UK) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year 47,000,000 Ordinary shares of £1.00 each were issued to the ultimate parent company, ZIGUP plc for total consideration of £47,000,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARTON, Matthew David | Secretary | 2024-07-16 | — | — |
| COULSON, Rachel Maria | Director | 2025-12-05 | Aug 1975 | British |
| WARD, Martin | Director | 2020-02-24 | Feb 1967 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENDERSON, David | Secretary | 1998-02-04 | 2017-01-11 |
| KERTON, James Edward Spencer | Secretary | 2022-04-04 | 2024-04-30 |
| MOORHOUSE, Philip James | Secretary | — | 1998-02-04 |
| PARR, Emma | Secretary | 2024-04-30 | 2024-07-16 |
| TASKER-WOOD, Katie Laura | Secretary | 2017-01-11 | 2020-05-31 |
| TILLEY, Nicholas Paul | Secretary | 2020-06-01 | 2022-04-04 |
| ASTON, Edward | Director | 2016-03-22 | 2017-06-06 |
| CLARKSON, Ross | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| CLAY, Richard Henry Arden | Director | 2025-03-27 | 2025-12-05 |
| COLLINS, John | Director | 1995-12-01 | 2003-01-31 |
| FELLER, James Benjamin | Director | 2018-05-14 | 2019-11-01 |
| FLEET, John Richard | Director | 1998-11-03 | 2013-03-12 |
| HART, Charles Granville | Director | — | 2004-04-30 |
| HAYES, Frank Mahon | Director | 2017-06-08 | 2020-05-01 |
| HENDERSON, David | Director | 2011-08-31 | 2017-02-21 |
| HUNT, Mark Allan | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2017-09-29 |
| JONES, Dylan Glynn | Director | 2011-10-01 | 2013-05-15 |
| JONES, Gareth Mark | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2011-12-23 |
| JOYCE, Donal | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2007-02-01 |
| LAKER, Richard Stephen | Director | 2011-05-19 | 2014-09-01 |
| MOFFAT, Ian | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2008-10-31 |
| MOORHOUSE, Philip James | Director | — | 2010-03-31 |
| MUIR, Christopher James Russell | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2011-06-23 |
| MURRAY, Gerard Thomas | Director | 2003-02-10 | 2008-01-01 |
| NOBLE, Alan Thomas | Director | — | 2010-03-31 |
| RIDLEY, Simon | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2013-01-02 |
| SKILLMAN, Nicholas Stephen | Director | 2005-05-01 | 2010-07-31 |
| SMITH, Stephen John | Director | — | 2010-03-31 |
| TASKER-WOOD, Katie Laura | Director | 2017-02-21 | 2020-05-31 |
| THOMPSON, Dudley Stuart | Director | — | 1998-02-01 |
| VINCENT, Philip James | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2025-03-27 |
| WARING, Frank Michael | Director | — | 1999-12-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zigup Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-16 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 294 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-05-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-17 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-31 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
-8%
£551,143,000 £507,080,000
-
Cash
+295.5%
£1,062,000 £4,200,000
-
Net assets
+24.2%
£137,997,000 £171,394,000
-
Employees
-0.4%
2,067 2,059
-
Operating profit
-25.2%
£80,451,000 £60,213,000
-
Profit before tax
-50.6%
£42,396,000 £20,951,000
-
Wages
+2.4%
£58,999,000 £60,438,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers