FOX BROTHERS (LEYLAND) LTD
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Shareholders' funds
£1,616
Balance sheet as at 2025-08-31
What it does
The principal activities of the company continued to be that of haulage services, plant and machinery hire, contract works and associated activities.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1984-10-05
- Employees
- 265 (2025 accounts · was 288 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 11 Neptune Court Hallam Way, Whitehills Business Park, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, FY4 5LZ
- Postcode
- FY4 5LZ
- Capital
- 10,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-08-31
- Next due by
- 2027-05-31
- Financial year end
- 31 August
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-20
- Next due by
- 2027-08-03
Nature of business (SIC)
- 8110 Quarrying of ornamental and building stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and slate
- 8120 Operation of gravel and sand pits; mining of clays and kaolin
- 43120 Site preparation
- 49410 Freight transport by road
Officers 5 current · 15 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by HURT PLANT HIRE LTD — since 2020-07-31
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2023 (period to 2022-08-31).
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gender pay gap
14%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2024/25
Contact details
- Website
- clivehurtplanthire.co.uk
- Phone
- 01618322125, 01824780439, 01772432475
Established in 1971, Clive Hurt Plant Hire Ltd. is the premier supplier of Plant Machinery throughout the North West, Greater Manchester and North Wales.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| FOX BROTHERS LEYLAND LTD | 2025-10-30 |
| HURT PLANT HIRE LTD | 2025-10-29 |
| CLIVE HURT (PLANT HIRE) LIMITED | 2022-06-10 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| SANDHAM HOUSE REDROSE DRIVE, LANCASHIRE ENTERPRISE, BUSINESS PARK LEYLAND, LANCASHIRE PR266TJ | 2009-04-27 |
| UNIT 31, TALBOT ROAD, LEYLAND, LANCASHIRE PR25 2ZF | 2004-02-25 |
| UNIT 2 TALBOT ROAD, LEYLAND, LANCASHIRE | 1987-10-24 |
Among its peers
The largest employer
of 53 similar companies in FY — measured against the wider sector, with 265 staff. 2nd oldest of its local peers.
The class of 1984
51%
of the 14,117 companies incorporated in 1984 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2023-12-08
- Where
- Lancashire (2), Merseyside (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS662616 | Merseyside | Leasehold | 2023-12-08 | — |
| LAN260175 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2022-04-13 | — |
| LAN255841 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2021-10-04 | — |
For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).
Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Dataset as at 2026-08.
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