BLACKWOOD PLANT HIRE LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-07 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£489K
-3.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
+33.6% vs 2024
Employees
134
+8.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
+21.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,223,651 | £22,942,448 | |
| Operating profit | £2,336,145 | £2,936,907 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,240,461 | £1,511,175 | |
| Net profit | £942,580 | £1,105,309 | |
| Cash | £504,261 | £488,576 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,429,696 | £21,862,492 | |
| Net assets | £2,908,137 | £3,885,546 | |
| Equity | £2,908,137 | £3,885,546 | |
| Average employees | 123 | 134 | |
| Wages | £4,855,964 | £5,666,025 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.8% | 12.8% | |
| Net margin | 5.2% | 4.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.4% | 13.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 89.0% | 89.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.44x | 0.40x | |
| Interest cover | 2.10x | 2.06x |
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
- Gilmour Hamilton
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have produced forecast that have been extended out 12 months from the signing date of these financial statements. These forecasts show that, on the assumption that trading continues near expected levels, the company will have sufficient resources to continue to operate as a going concern. Accordingly, the accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the company opened new depots in Nairn and Inverurie and made significant additions to its plant hire fleet to service the needs of the new (northern) customer base. The directors are pleased with the initial performance of the new depots and expect increased turnover and profitability to flow from them in future years.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKWOOD, Thomas John | Director | 2003-03-24 | Mar 1969 | British |
| MCCORMACK, Stephen Paul | Director | 2017-04-28 | Dec 1982 | British |
| WILSON, Allan | Director | 2017-04-28 | Apr 1966 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKWOOD, Joan | Secretary | 2003-03-24 | 2017-04-28 |
| OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-03-24 | 2003-03-24 |
| JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-03-24 | 2003-03-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwood Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-04-28 | Active |
| Mr Thomas John Blackwood | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-04-28 |
| Mrs Joan Blackwood | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-04-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 88 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-31 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-03-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-03-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-03-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-11-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+25.9%
£18,223,651 £22,942,448
-
Cash
-3.1%
£504,261 £488,576
-
Net assets
+33.6%
£2,908,137 £3,885,546
-
Employees
+8.9%
123 134
-
Operating profit
+25.7%
£2,336,145 £2,936,907
-
Profit before tax
+21.8%
£1,240,461 £1,511,175
-
Wages
+16.7%
£4,855,964 £5,666,025
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