SELECT PLANT HIRE COMPANY LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
† SELECT PLANT HIRE COMPANY LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
Ratios
2025/26Sector comparison
SIC 43999Where the company stands among the 46,861 active companies whose first SIC code is 43999 (Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.).
- LAST MILE INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED£701.2m
- PREMIER MARINAS LIMITED£393.9m
- P. FLANNERY PLANT HIRE (OVAL) LIMITED£206.4m
- PICKERINGS HIRE LIMITED£151m
- O'HALLORAN & O'BRIEN LIMITED£142.4m
- CALA HOMES COMMUNITIES (CROWTHORNE) LIMITED£127.5m
- SCH PROJECTS LIMITED£123.6m
- SELWOOD LTD£119.5m
- FERN TRADING DEVELOPMENT LIMITED£116.8m
- SELECT PLANT HIRE COMPANY LIMITED£106.5m
Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 46,861. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: SELECT PLANT HIRE COMPANY LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
SELECT PLANT HIRE COMPANY LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01973463. It was incorporated on 20 Dec 1985. Its status is active. The registered office is in Dartford (DA2). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other specialised construction activities n.e.c. (43999).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2025/26 (period ending 31 Mar 2026); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £240,553,000. Profit for the year was £12,560,000. Net assets were £106,548,000, up 13.4% on the previous year. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024/25–2025/26).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 46,861 active companies whose first SIC code is 43999: By turnover it ranks higher than 99% of the 927 that publish turnover (median £1,792,831). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £14,797). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £56,172). It is older than 97% of them (median age 7.5 years).
Does it supply the public sector?
The company is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2018. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £5.4m. 1 of the awards is shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.
What do public registers and reports show?
HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly iron and steel articles, machinery, electrical equipment. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly machinery. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 38 days to pay suppliers, and 26% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 7 years.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 12 Aug 2027.
Filed accounts2024/25–2025/26
| 2024/25 † | 2025/26 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 199,493,000 | 240,553,000 |
| Profit for the year | 8,283,000 | 12,560,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 10,000 | — |
| Total assets | 249,562,000 | 296,030,000 |
| Total liabilities | — | — |
| Net assets / total equity | 93,988,000 | 106,548,000 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Public contracts
2 contractsSELECT PLANT HIRE COMPANY LIMITED is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2018. The 1 contract awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £5.4m. 1 award is shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.
- London Legacy Development Corporation
- 1 contract · £5.4m
- Safe Regeneration Ltd
- 1 contract
- Safe Regeneration Framework acting by its agent Rise Construction Framework LtdSafe Regeneration Ltd · shared by 100 suppliers
- Stratford Waterfront Tower Cranes‡London Legacy Development Corporation · £5,425,970
From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 38 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 26%
- Standard payment terms
- 7–60 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 55%
- 31 to 60 days 31%
- After 60 days 14%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Mar 2026
- 39
- 58%
- 39%
- 30 Sep 2025
- 35
- 56%
- 28%
- 31 Mar 2025
- 33
- 65%
- 46%
- 30 Sep 2024
- 42
- 56%
- 38%
- 31 Mar 2024
- 36
- 56%
- 34%
- 30 Sep 2023
- 35
- 61%
- 25%
- 31 Mar 2023
- 35
- 65%
- 40%
- 2026
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (LAING O'ROURKE PLC.)
- 2025
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (LAING O'ROURKE PLC.)
- 2024
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (LAING O'ROURKE PLC.)
Earlier years (4)
- 2023
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (LAING O'ROURKE PLC.)
- 2022
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (LAING O'ROURKE PLC.)
- 2021
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (LAING O'ROURKE PLC.)
- 2020
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (LAING O'ROURKE CORPORATION LIMITED)
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
Registers and licences
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: iron and steel articles, machinery, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments and stone, plaster and cement articles.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery.
From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
6 events- Financial year 2025/26 endedAccounts: turnover £240.6m, net assets £106.5m
- Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £199.5m, net assets £94m
- Laing O'Rourke Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
- R O'Rourke & Son Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
- R O'Rourke & Son Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.