SHIRE LEASING PLC

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

RSM UK Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis and the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group and Company have the resources to continue in business for the 12 months from the reporting date. 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.”

Group structure

1. SHIRE LEASING PLC · parent
   1. Shire Securities Limited 100% · UK · Provision of business loans to SMEs as a lender and broker
   2. Shire Professional Services Limited 100% · UK · Dormant Company

Significant events

• “Shire has consolidated the originations and trading results from its 100% owned subsidiary which it acquired on 28th March 2024 for the first time in 2025.”
• “In January 2025, Shire entered into a new £25m block discounting facility with British Business Bank Investments Ltd on a pari passu basis.”
• “During the final quarter of the financial year, Shire carried out a limited restructure, which involved consolidating a number of sales areas and assessing roles in the business which were deemed no longer required. The cost of the restructuring amounted to £0.7m.”
• “In June 2025 Shire were awarded a joint ESG award from the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) for Exemplary Commitment in B2B.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

12

last 12 months

Capital events

2

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +26.3%

  £31,522,000 → £39,826,000

• Cash

  -23.1%

  £5,981,000 → £4,600,000

• Net assets

  +2.1%

  £24,738,000 → £25,251,000

• Employees

  +16%

  188 → 218

• Operating profit

  +23.9%

  £3,307,000 → £4,096,000

• Profit before tax

  +12.4%

  £2,800,000 → £3,148,000

• Wages

  +29.2%

  £10,286,000 → £13,290,000

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