MERCHANT RENTALS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-04 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-20
Watchouts
None on the register
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
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- MERCHANT RENTALS LIMITED 2012-02-28 → present
- MERCHANT RENTALS PLC 2002-05-21 → 2012-02-28
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2023-03-31
Latest accounts filed cover 2025-03-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 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 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 | 2021-04-01 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 61.0% | 42.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 49.4% | 34.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 89.3% | 53.8% | |
| Interest cover | — | 13.27x | 20.25x |
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 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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-03-31 vs 2022-03-31
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Turnover
+23.6%
£6,529,000 £8,067,000
-
Cash
+18.2%
£341,000 £403,000
-
Net assets
+82.5%
£3,352,000 £6,117,000
-
Employees
+3.1%
32 33
-
Operating profit
-14.1%
£3,982,000 £3,422,000
-
Profit before tax
-11.7%
£3,682,000 £3,253,000
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