AINSCOUGH CRANE HIRE LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-26
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-15 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
+0.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£66M
+5.1% vs 2024
Employees
811
-0.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4M
-67.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- AINSCOUGH CRANE HIRE LTD 2002-05-31 → present
- AINSCOUGH GROUP (HOLDINGS) LTD. 1998-07-28 → 2002-05-31
- AINSCOUGH CRANE HIRE HOLDINGS LIMITED 1996-12-17 → 1998-07-28
- CAPITALSHAPE LIMITED 1996-09-03 → 1996-12-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-26
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-27 | 2025-09-26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £121,899,000 | £115,520,000 | |
| Operating profit | £14,212,000 | £6,442,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,284,000 | £3,660,000 | |
| Net profit | £8,649,000 | £3,231,000 | |
| Cash | £6,685,000 | £6,693,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £106,672,000 | £115,552,000 | |
| Net assets | £62,972,000 | £66,203,000 | |
| Equity | £62,972,000 | £66,203,000 | |
| Average employees | 812 | 811 | |
| Wages | £48,871,000 | £47,516,000 |
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 | 2024-09-27 | 2025-09-26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.7% | 5.6% | |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.3% | 5.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.79x | 0.82x | |
| Interest cover | 4.85x | 2.31x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, having considered the future prospects for the Company's operations, along with the financial support that has been made available to the Company, are satisfied that the Company will have adequate financial resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they have adopted the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- AINSCOUGH CRANE HIRE LTD · parent
- Nationwide Crane Hire Limited 100%
- James Jack Lifting Services Limited 100%
- West Country Crane Hire Holdings Limited 100%
- West Country Crane Hire Limited 100%
- Douglas House Investments Limited 100%
- JFHA Limited 100%
- Ainscough Wind Energy Services Limited 100%
- Windcon Energy Services Limited 100%
- Specialist Crane Hire Limited 100%
- Marsden Crane Hire Limited 100%
- Jardine Crane Hire Limited 100%
Significant events
- “After the end of the financial period ended 25 September 2025, a dividend of £22,000,000 was declared on 1 October 2025 and paid on 6 October 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIBBS, Peter John | Director | 2019-09-13 | Aug 1962 | British |
| HAGER, Florian, Mr. | Director | 2023-09-28 | Oct 1980 | Austrian |
| LANG, Serena | Director | 2022-09-07 | Aug 1970 | British |
| O'SULLIVAN, Carl | Director | 2025-01-24 | Aug 1987 | Irish |
| SCAPENS, Ian Lloyd | Director | 2020-09-23 | May 1974 | British |
| TYLER, Andrew Oliver, Dr | Director | 2020-06-01 | Jun 1967 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIREY, John | Secretary | 2007-10-02 | 2008-12-19 |
| CHAMBERS, Chris James | Secretary | 2011-10-01 | 2016-08-28 |
| HITCHEN, Jeffrey William | Secretary | 1996-12-11 | 2007-10-02 |
| PARTRIDGE, Neil Russell | Secretary | 1996-12-02 | 1996-12-11 |
| SPEAKMAN, Gary | Secretary | 2008-12-19 | 2011-09-30 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-09-03 | 1996-12-02 |
| AINSCOUGH, Brendan | Director | 1996-12-11 | 2004-11-19 |
| AINSCOUGH, James | Director | 1996-12-11 | 2004-11-19 |
| AINSCOUGH, Martin | Director | 1996-12-02 | 2007-10-02 |
| BITHELL, Charles Peter | Director | 2017-06-23 | 2020-04-30 |
| BOGGESS, Bradley | Director | 2021-09-21 | 2023-09-28 |
| BUTEN, Marion | Director | 2021-02-16 | 2022-09-07 |
| CHAMBERS, Chris James | Director | 2011-10-01 | 2016-08-28 |
| COOKE, Stephen | Director | 2002-06-01 | 2013-09-16 |
| CRONIE, Bryan | Director | 2008-06-04 | 2009-06-30 |
| ENTWISTLE, Janet Elizabeth | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2019-03-15 |
| FAULDS, James Joseph Michael | Director | 2008-03-28 | 2011-11-27 |
| FRY, Jeremy Edward | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2020-02-13 |
| GLOVER, Jason | Director | 2019-11-06 | 2020-02-13 |
| GREENHALGH, Donald | Director | 1999-07-26 | 2007-10-02 |
| HARTIS, Keith | Director | 2002-06-01 | 2008-04-11 |
| HITCHEN, Jeffrey William | Director | 1996-12-11 | 2007-10-02 |
| HITCHEN, Stephen | Director | 2004-02-01 | 2009-05-31 |
| JONES, Gareth Mark | Director | 2012-04-10 | 2014-01-30 |
| KERNOHAN, Peter | Director | 2004-02-01 | 2013-07-10 |
| KESTERTON, George | Director | 2002-06-01 | 2012-05-31 |
| LEDGER, Raymond Henry | Director | 2001-03-19 | 2003-03-18 |
| LOWTON, John | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2014-06-13 |
| MITCHELL, Grant Roy | Director | 2002-12-06 | 2009-07-31 |
| MOSSIG, Peter | Director | 2019-09-13 | 2021-09-21 |
| MOUNT, Michael | Director | 2019-09-13 | 2021-03-30 |
| MOWAT, David James | Director | 2011-11-27 | 2012-10-25 |
| OSORIO LETELIER, Nicolas | Director | 2022-09-07 | 2024-09-30 |
| PARTRIDGE, Neil Russell | Director | 1996-12-02 | 2013-06-18 |
| RICHARDSON, Robin Michael | Director | 2013-06-18 | 2016-11-20 |
| ROLLIER, Jean Joseph Pierre Georges | Director | 2016-11-22 | 2017-06-23 |
| SPEAKMAN, Gary | Director | 2008-12-19 | 2011-09-30 |
| WHARRIE, Richard | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2005-12-31 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-09-03 | 1996-12-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accord Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 314 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-06 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2025-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-07 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2025-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-26 vs 2024-09-27
-
Turnover
-5.2%
£121,899,000 £115,520,000
-
Cash
+0.1%
£6,685,000 £6,693,000
-
Net assets
+5.1%
£62,972,000 £66,203,000
-
Employees
-0.1%
812 811
-
Operating profit
-54.7%
£14,212,000 £6,442,000
-
Profit before tax
-67.6%
£11,284,000 £3,660,000
-
Wages
-2.8%
£48,871,000 £47,516,000
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