H.E. GROUP LTD
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Shareholders' funds
£31,357,368
Balance sheet as at 2025-05-31
What it does
The principal activity of the group in year under review was the hire of plant.The group is made up of three trading companies H.E. Group Ltd, H.E. Services (Plant Hire) Ltd and Masterhitch Europe Limited. H.E. Group Ltd and H.E. Services (Plant Hire) Ltd hires plant and machinery, Masterhitch Europe Limited sells and manufactures excavator quick hitches, buckets and wearparts. The parent company has further subsidiaries, all of which are dormant.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1986-12-02
- Employees
- 193 (2025 accounts · was 236 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Whitewall Road, Strood, Rochester, Kent, ME2 4DZ
- Postcode
- ME2 4DZ
- Capital
- 400,100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-05-31
- Next due by
- 2027-02-28
- Financial year end
- 31 May
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-21
- Next due by
- 2027-03-07
Nature of business (SIC)
- 70100 Activities of head offices
- 77110 Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles
- 77320 Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Officers 4 current · 6 resigned
Group structure 10 subsidiaries
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| H.E. SERVICES (PLANT HIRE) LTD. | 1999-06-02 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| HOLBOROUGH WORKS, SNODLAND, KENT, ME6 5PH | 1994-05-03 |
| WALKING STICK FARM, SNOODLAND, KENT, ME6 5PB | 1989-03-20 |
| 84 TEMPLE CHAMBERS, TEMPLE CHAMBERS, LONDON, EC4Y 0HP | 1986-12-23 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 167 similar companies in ME
3rd largest employer among its local peers (193 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1986.
No.3 of the largest activities of head offices companies in Maidstone →
Competitors Maidstone
This company ranks 3 among activities of head offices in Maidstone.
The class of 1986
49%
of the 305 companies in this sector incorporated in 1986 are still active today; 51% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 9 titles
- Freehold
- 9
- Most recent registration
- 2017-07-06
- Where
- Medway (4), Worcestershire (2), Cambridgeshire (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT67311 | Medway | Freehold | 2017-07-06 | — |
| CB215398 | Cambridgeshire | Freehold | 2012-11-01 | — |
| TT1783 | Medway | Freehold | 2012-03-20 | — |
| DN412848 | Devon | Freehold | 2012-02-28 | — |
| HW117264 | Worcestershire | Freehold | 2008-03-28 | — |
| WR116039 | Worcestershire | Freehold | 2008-03-28 | — |
| WYK199375 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2006-11-09 | — |
| K124101 | Medway | Freehold | 1994-06-07 | — |
| K347586 | Medway | Freehold | 1994-06-07 | — |
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