AINSCOUGH CRANE HIRE LTD
Company number 03245223 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Ainscough Crane Hire Ltd presents a complex risk profile characterized by a dominant market position overshadowed by the typical financial engineering risks associated with private equity ownership. While operationally robust and fully compliant with filing requirements, the company's control by a "Bidco" vehicle necessitates urgent investigation into its leverage and debt-servicing capabilities. Without access to the detailed financial statements, the true solvency and liquidity risks remain obscured but potentially significant.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1996-09-03
- Registered office
- Bradley Hall, Bradley Lane Standish, Wigan, Lancashire, WN6 0XQ
- Postcode
- WN6 0XQ
- Capital
- 1,154,114 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 7 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-26
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-09-01
- Next due by
- 2027-09-15
Nature of business (SIC)
- 43999 Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 7 current · 37 resigned
Group structure 6 subsidiaries
Controlled by ACCORD BIDCO LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 2
£3,003,656 total awarded value where published.
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Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-09-26) — 3 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5528433 (Tier 3), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
17.8%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- ainscough.co.uk
Hire cranes with Ainscough Crane Hire, the largest crane hire company in the UK. 30 locations, one national network.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| AINSCOUGH GROUP (HOLDINGS) LTD. | 2002-05-31 |
| AINSCOUGH CRANE HIRE HOLDINGS LIMITED | 1998-07-28 |
| CAPITALSHAPE LIMITED | 1996-12-17 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 12 YORK PLACE, LEEDS, LS1 2DS | 1996-12-11 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 186 similar companies in WN, trading since 1996
The class of 1996
42%
of the 320 companies in this sector incorporated in 1996 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 28 titles
- Leasehold
- 28
- Most recent registration
- 2025-04-22
- Where
- Greater Manchester (4), Warwickshire (3), Stockton-On-Tees (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WK544824 | Warwickshire | Leasehold | 2025-04-22 | — |
| AGL628329 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2024-08-13 | — |
| HP887827 | Southampton | Leasehold | 2024-07-16 | — |
| BL167375 | City Of Bristol | Leasehold | 2024-07-08 | — |
| CE259223 | Stockton-On-Tees | Leasehold | 2024-01-26 | — |
| CB478204 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2023-04-06 | — |
| AA54238 | Essex | Leasehold | 2023-02-23 | — |
| MAN416057 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2023-02-08 | — |
| MAN416061 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2023-02-08 | — |
| MAN416063 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2023-02-08 | — |
| YY166604 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2022-04-12 | — |
| SYK696249 | South Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2022-01-07 | — |
| WK522454 | Warwickshire | Leasehold | 2021-11-04 | — |
| TT96041 | Kent | Leasehold | 2019-04-18 | — |
| LAN219100 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2019-04-04 | — |
| MAN303679 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2017-11-17 | — |
| LAN111100 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2010-11-30 | — |
| LAN95985 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2009-11-25 | — |
| CE196544 | Stockton-On-Tees | Leasehold | 2007-08-31 | — |
| WYK856199 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2007-07-30 | — |
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