ASHTEAD FINANCING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-23 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£10M
+31.6% vs 2024
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3M
+27.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £2,399,555 | £3,056,338 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,399,555 | £3,056,338 | |
| Net profit | £1,799,852 | £2,292,809 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,257,228 | £9,550,037 | |
| Net assets | £7,257,228 | £9,550,037 | |
| Equity | £7,257,228 | £9,550,037 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 33.1% | 32.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.0% | 13.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | 7.64x |
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
“As a result, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future and consequently, that it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ASHTEAD FINANCING LIMITED · parent
- Ashtead Financing (Ireland) Unlimited Company 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company settled its outstanding receivable due from His Majesty's Revenue & Customs ("HMRC"), resulting in the receipt of $50,142,000.”
- “On 19 September 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union followed the recommendation of the Advocate-General's opinion and annulled the European Commission decision. As a result of the Court of Justice of the European Union decision to annul the European Commission decision, HMRC issued a reversal notice in March 2025 and refunded the entire amount of $50,142,000, including interest.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PORTER, Alan Fraser | Secretary | 2024-05-13 | — | — |
| HORGAN, Brendan Christopher | Director | 2025-03-03 | Nov 1973 | American |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATKINS, Eric | Secretary | 2008-08-13 | 2024-05-13 |
| CLARK, Barbara Lesley | Director | 2024-06-25 | 2026-02-26 |
| PRATT, Michael Richard | Director | 2008-08-13 | 2025-03-03 |
| ROBSON, Stuart Ian | Director | 2008-08-13 | 2012-06-13 |
| WATKINS, Eric | Director | 2012-06-13 | 2024-06-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashtead Holdings Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 72 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-22 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-22 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-12-22 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-11 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+31.6%
£7,257,228 £9,550,037
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+27.4%
£2,399,555 £3,056,338
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Profit before tax
+27.4%
£2,399,555 £3,056,338
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