ACTIFORM HIRE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-10 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+617.7% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£2M
+56.3% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
46
+2.2% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£1M
+202.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £467,448 | — | £24,020,566 | £44,030,855 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £111,520 | — | £535,624 | £1,369,368 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £78,302 | — | £390,183 | £1,179,131 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £78,302 | — | £338,710 | £887,775 | |
| Cash | £15,634 | £15,441 | £12,752 | — | £304,259 | £2,183,576 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £237,529 | £437,714 | £1,127,426 | — | £2,276,956 | £3,752,932 | |
| Net assets | £28,430 | £89,435 | £267,735 | — | £1,576,783 | £2,464,558 | |
| Equity | £28,430 | £89,435 | £267,735 | £1,138,073 | £1,576,783 | £2,464,558 | |
| Average employees | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 45 | 46 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £2,175,107 | £3,866,951 |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 23.9% | — | 2.2% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 16.8% | — | 1.4% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 9.9% | — | 23.5% | 36.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.80x | 0.95x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 3.36x | — | 3.50x | 6.60x |
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
- Wheawill & Sudworth Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 and 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.”
Significant events
- “The group's turnover has increased by 83.3% to £44m in 2025 from £24m in 2024. The turnover growth came from the new project from the Ministry of Defence which became operational during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRANSFIELD, Stephan Hugh | Secretary | 1999-04-29 | — | English |
| DRANSFIELD, Stephan Hugh | Director | — | May 1953 | English |
| GILLESPIE, Stephen John | Director | 1999-04-22 | Feb 1959 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRANSFIELD, Stefan | Secretary | — | 1996-10-31 |
| GILLESPIE, Stephen John | Secretary | 1996-10-31 | 1999-04-29 |
| FEENEY, Brian Patrick | Director | — | 2002-10-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephan Hugh Dransfield | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-12-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-07-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-11 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-07-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-01-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-04-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-04-13 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
+83.3%
£24,020,566 £44,030,855
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+617.7%
£304,259 £2,183,576
highest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
+56.3%
£1,576,783 £2,464,558
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
+2.2%
45 46
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
+155.7%
£535,624 £1,369,368
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+202.2%
£390,183 £1,179,131
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+77.8%
£2,175,107 £3,866,951
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