BROWN PLANT HIRE LIMITED
Company number SC275803 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Brown Plant Hire Limited is a well-established local plant hire operator that has demonstrated impressive long-term net asset growth over its two-decade trading history, accumulating equity from £294k to £454k between 2016-2025. However, persistent net current liabilities and the recent introduction of long-term debt (£47,990) suggest the business is navigating a capital reinvestment phase with tight working capital, while a reduction in headcount from six to five employees may indicate cost pressures or operational restructuring. The company occupies a defensible local niche in the Ayrshire construction market but faces structural limitations of scale and key-person dependency typical of micro-entity operators in this sector.
Shareholders' funds
£453,624
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2004-11-09
- Employees
- 5 (2025 accounts · was 6 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 120 Dundonald Road, Kilmarnock, Scotland, KA1 1TY
- Postcode
- KA1 1TY
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Micro
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-10-29
- Next due by
- 2026-11-12
Nature of business (SIC)
- 43999 Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 1 current · 6 resigned
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 21 GLEN FARRAR WAY, MEADOWBROOK, KILMARNOCK, AYRSHIRE, KA2 0LP | 2018-04-27 |
| 21 GLEN FARRAR WAY, MEADOWBROOK KILMARNOCK, AYRSHIRE KA2 0LP | 2004-11-18 |
| 78 MONTGOMERY STREET, EDINBURGH, LOTHIAN EH7 5JA | 2004-11-16 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 137 similar companies in KA
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (5 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2004.
Competitors Ayr
This company ranks 13 among other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified in Ayr.
The class of 2004
43%
of the 1,301 companies in this sector incorporated in 2004 are still active today; 53% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
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