PICKERINGS EUROPE LIMITED

Active
Company number 03217853Private limited companyIncorporated 1996

Key figures

£33,093,000+6.9%
Net assets 2025
+6.9%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
010 m20 m30 m40 m20242025

† PICKERINGS EUROPE 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

Sector comparison

SIC 33190

Where the company stands among the 5,902 active companies whose first SIC code is 33190 (Repair of other equipment).

Turnover£58,691,000
Higher than 94% · median £733,063 among 101 that publish turnover
Net assets£33,093,000
Higher than 99% · median £22,025
Total assets£44,862,000
Higher than 99% · median £72,696
Cash£5,889,000
Higher than 99% · median £33,449
Company age30.4 years
Older than 93% · median 11.7 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. SAFETY-KLEEN U.K. LIMITED£115.2m
  2. PTSG ACCESS AND SAFETY LIMITED£85.9m
  3. MARKEM-IMAJE INDUSTRIES LIMITED£47.1m
  4. ROLLS-ROYCE SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED£39.5m
  5. TEAM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED£37.1m
  6. PICKERINGS EUROPE LIMITED£33.1m
  7. FURMANITE LIMITED£25.6m
  8. ATLAS CRANES UK LIMITED£24.5m
  9. JACKSON LIFT SERVICES LIMITED£19.4m
  10. HOERBIGER UK LIMITED£16.7m

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 5,902. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: PICKERINGS EUROPE LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

PICKERINGS EUROPE LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 03217853. It was incorporated on 27 Jun 1996. Its status is active. The registered office is in Stockton-on-tees (TS20). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is repair of other equipment (33190).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £58,691,000. Profit for the year was £4,980,000. Net assets were £33,093,000, up 6.9% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £5,889,000. Total assets were £44,862,000 and total liabilities £11,769,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 5,902 active companies whose first SIC code is 33190: By turnover it ranks higher than 94% of the 101 that publish turnover (median £733,063). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £22,025). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £72,696). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £33,449). It is older than 93% of them (median age 11.7 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 42 public contract award notices from 35 public sector buyers since 2016. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £6.2m. Its most frequent buyer is Leeds City Council (3 contracts). 19 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, iron and steel articles, electrical equipment. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly machinery. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 58 days to pay suppliers, and 68% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 42% lower than for men. It has a modern slavery statement on the government registry.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 1 of 4 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 9 Jul 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover53,377,00058,691,000
Profit for the year4,195,0004,980,000
Cash at bank and in hand4,636,0005,889,000
Total assets46,200,00044,862,000
Total liabilities15,240,00011,769,000
Net assets / total equity30,960,00033,093,000
Average number of employees18—

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

42 contracts

PICKERINGS EUROPE LIMITED is named as a supplier in 42 public contract award notices from 35 public sector buyers since 2016. The 21 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £6.2m. 19 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers35
Leeds City Council
3 contracts · £99k
EFFICIENCY EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED
3 contracts
Bradford Metropolitan District Council
2 contracts · £172k
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
2 contracts · £171k
NORTH EAST SURREY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY TRUST
2 contracts · £118.3k
Contracts
  1. Preventative and Reactive Lift Maintenance‡Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management · £97,810 · runs until Dec 2029
  2. Huntingdonshire District Council Lift MaintenanceHuntingdonshire District Council · £200,000 · runs until Oct 2028
  3. Lifts - Service & Maintenance 26-30Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire · £179,811 · runs until Jul 2028
  4. Stairlift Servicing and Call Outs - Leeds Building ServicesLeeds City Council · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £45,000 in total · runs until Mar 2027
  5. WHHT - Hemel Hempstead Lift Gearbox Works‡West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · £21,040 · 2 lots
Show 37 more
  1. Lift Voice AlarmsLiverpool John Moores University
  2. EEM0075 - Lift and Mobility LIft Solutions FrameworkEFFICIENCY EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED · shared by 6 suppliers · runs until Apr 2030
  3. Passenger Lifts and Mobility Lifts FrameworkTHE GUINNESS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED · shared by 15 suppliers, up to £180,000,000 in total · 2 lots · runs until Feb 2030
  4. Lift Maintenance and Repairs ServicesGreat Places Housing Group Limited · £1,078,452 · runs until Mar 2031
  5. CHIC Lifts & Mobility Aids Framework 2025-29‡Communities & Housing Investment Consortium Ltd (CHIC) · shared by 6 suppliers · runs until Dec 2029
  6. Lift Replacement - Murley MossLake District National Park Authority · £60,000
  7. Passenger Lift Servicing and Repairs - Leeds Building ServicesLeeds City Council · £99,000 · runs until Jun 2027
  8. NEPO408 Lifts, Escalators and related Equipment, Maintenance, Repairs and Refurbishment‡THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED · £2,570,000 · 2 lots
  9. Lift Upgrade - Redcar Civic Centre‡Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council · £19,830
  10. LGM38432LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT GROUP LIMITED · £189,375 · runs until Mar 2030
  11. Auto Doors and Roller Shutter Maintenance‡Nottingham University Hospital NHS Trust · £50,000 · runs until Feb 2027
  12. Facilities Management Framework - Corporate Estate‡Hull City Council · shared by 11 suppliers, up to £9,605,481 in total · runs until Sep 2028
  13. WHTHT - Lift Maintenance‡West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust · £150,000 · runs until Jan 2027
  14. Replacement Lift in the BEB1 buildingNORTH EAST SURREY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY TRUST · £67,044
  15. Lifts Installs, Refurbishment and MaintenanceEFFICIENCY EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED · shared by 9 suppliers, up to £25,000,000 in total
  16. Lifts Install, Refurbishment and Maintenance‡EFFICIENCY EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED · shared by 6 suppliers, up to £25,000,000 in total
  17. Lifts & Related Equipment, Maintenance, Repair & Refurbishment - Further Competition from NEPO 408‡Stockton Borough Council · £100,000
  18. HMCTS: Lift MaintenanceENGIE SERVICES LIMITED · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £213,924 in total
  19. Tender for: Servicing and Repair of Stair Lifts, Through Floor Lifts and Step Lifts in Domestic Properties‡Bradford Metropolitan District Council · £130,000
  20. Passenger Lift Replacement at Clifton Community HospitalNHS PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED · £62,000
  21. VAPA Lift ReplacementNORTH EAST SURREY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY TRUST · £51,286
  22. BHCC and ESCC Term, Reactive and Planned Maintenance - AWARD‡SE Shared Services · shared by 39 suppliers
  23. Provision of Estates Maintenance & Engineering Services (Hard Facilities Management) - AWARD‡NOE-CPC · shared by 61 suppliers
  24. Passenger & Mobility Lifts Framework‡South East Consortium · shared by 11 suppliers, up to £5,000,000 in total
  25. Gloucestershire County Council's Minor Framework for Projects up to £15,000‡Gloucestershire County Council · shared by 108 suppliers, up to £5,000,000 in total
  26. Framework Agreement for Stairlift to domestic and commercial properties Lot 1 Repair, maintenance and Servicing and repair and Lot 2 Supply and Installation‡Durham County Council · shared by 3 suppliers
  27. WHHT - Lift Maintenance (2019-22)Hertfordshire NHS Procurement
  28. The Supply of Overhead Tracking Hoists & The Repair, Servicing & Maintenance of Various Items of Equipment for Daily Living‡Leeds City Council · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £1,805,170 in total
  29. ECC HRA - Rennes House Lift refurbishmentExeter City Council Business Relocation · £362,601
  30. Stairlifts, Hoists & Disabled Access Equipment Service, Repair and Installation‡Efficiency East Midlands Ltd · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £836,634 in total
  31. Provision of Lift Renewal and/or Refurbishment in Cumbria‡Cumbria County Council · £152,391
  32. Tender for: Servicing and Repair of Stair Lifts, Through Floor Lifts and Step Lifts in Domestic Properties‡Bradford Metropolitan District Council · £42,000
  33. 49543 - TERM SERVICE CONTRACT FOR THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF MOBILITY EQUIPMENT‡East Riding of Yorkshire · £550,000
  34. NEPO Framework for the Provision of Lift, Escalator and Related Equipment Maintenance, Refurbishment and Repair‡Sunderland City Council · shared by 11 suppliers, up to £9,000,000 in total
  35. Servicing & Maintenance of Passenger Lifts (including framework for lift refurbishment)‡Knightstone Housing Association · shared by 5 suppliers, up to £600,000 in total
  36. Fusion21 Lifts Framework‡Fusion 21 Limited · shared by 26 suppliers, up to £20,000,000 in total
  37. Repairs and Maintenance Framework for Property‡Nottinghamshire County Council · shared by 12 suppliers, up to £5,000,000 in total

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

Payment practices1 Jul 2020 – 31 Dec 2020
Average time taken to pay invoices
58 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
68%
Standard payment terms
30–90 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 13%
  • 31 to 60 days 54%
  • After 60 days 33%
Earlier periods (4)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
30 Jun 2020
58
14%
69%
31 Dec 2019
55
27%
67%
30 Jun 2019
58
11%
74%
31 Dec 2018
54
15%
57%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 42% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 35% lower
Median bonus pay
women 39% higher
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter52% womenLower middle38% womenUpper middle7% womenUpper pay quarter9% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 50% lower
women 42% lower
2023/24
women 50% lower
women 42% lower
2022/23
women 52% lower
women 42% lower
2021/22
women 55% lower
women 47% lower
2020/21
women 53% lower
women 44% lower
2018/19
women 53% lower
women 44% lower
2017/18
women 33.9% lower
women 29% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements1
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (KIPLUN 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

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, iron and steel articles, electrical equipment, rubber and miscellaneous metal articles.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 3 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
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £58.7m, net assets £33.1m
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £53.4m, net assets £31m, 18 employees
  3. Mr John Donald Read Fothergill registered as a person with significant control
  4. Mr John Donald Read Fothergill ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Read Limited registered as a person with significant control
  6. 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.