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MERCHANT RENTALS LIMITED
Cash
£403K
+18.2% vs 2022
Net assets
£6M
+82.5% vs 2022
Employees
33
+3.1% vs 2022
Profit before tax
£3M
-11.7% vs 2022
Profile
- Company number
- 04443310
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2002-05-21
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 64910
- Hubs
- UK Fintech
Net assets
3-year trend · vs UK Fintech median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest 2023-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-04-01 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £6,529,000 | £8,067,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £3,982,000 | £3,422,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £3,682,000 | £3,253,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £3,224,000 | £2,765,000 | |
| Cash | — | £341,000 | £403,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £4,458,000 | £6,364,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £3,352,000 | £6,117,000 | |
| Equity | £128,000 | £3,352,000 | £6,117,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 32 | 33 | |
| Wages | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- 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.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
5 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDIGO CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-01-22 | — | — |
| HARDING, David Robert | Director | 2023-08-14 | Aug 1974 | British |
| HENSHAW, David | Director | 2023-09-18 | Oct 1973 | British |
| LATHAM, Mark David | Director | 2021-02-03 | Sep 1979 | British |
| PAUL, Christopher Richard Thomas | Director | 2021-02-03 | Jan 1980 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARNE, Sarah | Secretary | 2021-02-03 | 2022-01-28 |
| MCLELLAND, Brian | Secretary | 2022-01-28 | 2023-12-29 |
| PRENDERGAST, Alison Jean | Secretary | 2002-05-21 | 2009-02-09 |
| PRENDERGAST, Michael Christopher | Secretary | 2009-02-09 | 2019-04-30 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-05-21 | 2002-05-21 |
| ADLAM, Kevin Leslie | Director | 2006-03-29 | 2019-07-31 |
| CRABTREE, Graham | Director | 2002-07-31 | 2020-06-22 |
| CRABTREE, Mariel Lesley | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2020-06-22 |
| DALE, Alan Christopher | Director | 2021-02-03 | 2023-12-06 |
| FORD, Benjamin | Director | 2022-10-18 | 2022-10-18 |
| GASKELL, Robert Paul | Director | 2021-02-03 | 2021-05-19 |
| GASKELL, Robert Paul | Director | 2019-07-17 | 2021-02-03 |
| KEMP, Alexander James | Director | 2021-02-03 | 2023-09-15 |
| MACAULEY, Simon | Director | 2002-07-31 | 2021-02-03 |
| PEAKE, Andrew John | Director | 2002-05-21 | 2021-02-03 |
| PRENDERGAST, Michael Christopher | Director | 2002-05-21 | 2018-08-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paypoint Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-02-03 | Active |
| Mr Paulus Reginaldus Van Vliet | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2019-06-27 | Ceased 2021-02-03 |
| Mr Andrew John Peake | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2017-05-21 | Ceased 2021-02-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-10-21 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-09-04 | CH04 | officers | change corporate secretary company with change date |
| 2025-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-03-07 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-09-24 | RP04AP01 | officers | second filing of director appointment with name |
| 2024-09-19 | RP04AP01 | officers | second filing of director appointment with name |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-02-02 | AP04 | officers | appoint corporate secretary company with name date |
| 2024-01-03 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2023-12-06 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-11-08 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-09-19 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-09-18 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-08-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-03-14 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-11-30 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-10-21 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2022-10-20 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2023-03-31
4.94
SAFE
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets 0.185 × 6.56 = +1.21
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets 0.330 × 6.72 = +2.22
- Book equity / Total liabilities 1.439 × 1.05 = +1.51
Bands: > 2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · < 1.1 distress. Z″ is a public-formula baseline, not a substitute for adverse-data signals (CCJs, charges, gazette notices) — those land in a later pass.
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory