LONDON HIRE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-29 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£200K
-78.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+17.4% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
626
+1.3% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
+57.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- LONDON HIRE LIMITED 1988-03-30 → present
- ST JAMES SERVICE STATION LIMITED 1983-11-25 → 1988-03-30
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-07-31 | 2019-08-01 | 2020-07-31 | 2020-08-01 | 2021-08-31 | 2021-09-01 | 2022-08-31 | 2022-09-01 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £28,859,875 | £34,841,653 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £1,407,783 | £2,264,401 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £1,376,429 | £2,172,033 | |
| Net profit | £535,108 | — | £239,186 | — | £833,281 | — | £824,568 | — | £1,051,104 | £1,608,585 | |
| Cash | £100,250 | — | £409,936 | — | £469,041 | — | £355,052 | — | £937,729 | £199,692 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,200,276 | — | £23,808,232 | — | £29,612,757 | — | £36,457,538 | — | £38,691,228 | £46,043,659 | |
| Net assets | £5,976,136 | — | £6,095,322 | — | £6,808,603 | — | £7,573,173 | — | £8,229,152 | £9,657,737 | |
| Equity | £5,976,136 | £5,976,136 | £6,095,322 | £6,095,322 | £6,808,603 | £6,808,603 | £7,573,173 | £7,573,173 | £8,221,044 | £9,596,370 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 51 | — | 60 | — | 61 | — | 618 | 626 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £12,008,155 | £13,502,853 |
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 | 2019-07-31 | 2019-08-01 | 2020-07-31 | 2020-08-01 | 2021-08-31 | 2021-09-01 | 2022-08-31 | 2022-09-01 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.9% | 6.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.6% | 4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.6% | 4.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.61x | 0.61x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44.90x | 24.51x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- LONDON HIRE LIMITED · parent
- London Hire Community Services Limited 75%
- Transpiration Limited 100%
- R J Motors Limited 100%
- Heart Community Services CIC 73%
- London Hire Services Limited 75%
- Carts & Carriages Limited 75%
- A & G Minibuses Limited 75%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Evita Maria Monique | Secretary | — | — | Dutch |
| BARBROOK, Matthew James | Director | 2018-02-01 | Aug 1968 | British |
| EVANS, Evita Maria Monique | Director | — | Nov 1952 | Dutch |
| EVANS, Robert David | Director | — | May 1954 | British |
| FARR, Nigel Colin | Director | 2013-11-04 | Dec 1960 | British |
| MOXOM, Peter | Director | 2021-09-10 | Mar 1966 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKERS, Richard Roy | Director | 1999-04-28 | 2012-04-06 |
| EVANS, Elizabeth | Director | — | 2000-05-31 |
| PERKS, James Frank | Director | — | 2000-02-04 |
| ROWE, Eion Artan Alexander | Director | 1995-09-07 | 2011-11-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Evita Maria Monique Evans | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Robert David Evans | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 182 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-01-11 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-01-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2022-04-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-03-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-01-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-01-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-01-10 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-12-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+20.7%
£28,859,875 £34,841,653
-
Cash
-78.7%
£937,729 £199,692
-
Net assets
+17.4%
£8,229,152 £9,657,737
highest in 6 filed years
-
Employees
+1.3%
618 626
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
+60.8%
£1,407,783 £2,264,401
-
Profit before tax
+57.8%
£1,376,429 £2,172,033
-
Wages
+12.4%
£12,008,155 £13,502,853
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers