Pps Equipment Holdings Limited
Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities · Uttoxeter
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 2012Private Limited Company
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Group accounts
Net assets
−£5,666,780
Cash
£75,107
Turnover
£15,121,467
Profit / loss
−£1,802,416
Current assets
£4,093,444
Creditors < 1 year
£6,806,496
Equity
−£5,666,780
Average employees
79
Balance-sheet trend
GBP · consolidatedFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
Some figures were read by AI from scanned accounts, so small errors are possible. View the filed accounts
| Reported figures | 2025-12-3112 months · Group · AI-read | 2024-12-31Group · AI-read |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net assets | −£5,666,780 | −£3,615,264 |
| Equity | −£5,666,780 | −£3,615,264 |
| Share capital | £1,043 | £1,043 |
| Retained earnings | −£5,826,891 | −£4,092,525 |
| Assets | ||
| Fixed assets | £7,581,946 | £8,172,516 |
| Intangible assets | £10,968 | £103,153 |
| Property, plant & equipment | £7,570,978 | £8,069,363 |
| Current assets | £4,093,444 | £4,244,534 |
| Cash at bank | £75,107 | £280,337 |
| Debtors | £2,832,044 | £2,906,311 |
| Stock | £1,186,293 | £1,057,886 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Creditors within one year | £6,806,496 | £5,661,832 |
| Creditors after one year | £10,535,674 | £10,370,482 |
| Capital commitments | £69,800 | £31,234 |
| Net current assets | −£2,713,052 | −£1,417,298 |
| Assets less current liabilities | £4,868,894 | £6,755,218 |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Turnover | £15,121,467 | £15,068,681 |
| Cost of sales | £9,550,422 | £9,027,270 |
| Gross profit | £5,571,045 | £6,041,411 |
| Administrative expenses | £6,174,897 | £5,825,719 |
| Other operating income | £54,600 | £54,303 |
| Operating profit | −£549,252 | £269,995 |
| Interest payable | £1,253,164 | £1,070,831 |
| Profit before tax | −£1,802,416 | −£800,836 |
| Profit / loss | −£1,802,416 | −£800,836 |
| Operating costs | ||
| Depreciation | £963,163 | £992,367 |
| Amortisation | £92,185 | £156,233 |
| Operating lease charges | £681,169 | £681,169 |
| Audit fees | £45,415 | £42,000 |
| People & pay | ||
| Average employees | 79 | 93 |
| Staff costs | £3,636,563 | £3,865,979 |
| Wages & salaries | £3,207,243 | £3,338,899 |
| Social security costs | £354,098 | £327,567 |
| Directors' remuneration | £382,000 | £396,608 |
| Highest paid director | £150,870 | £149,424 |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- What it does
- rental and management of returnable transit equipment · sale of industrial containers (AI keywords)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited · senior statutory auditor Guy Hodgkinson BA ACA
- Audit opinion
- Clean (unmodified)
- Ultimate parent
- HB RTS
- Ultimate controlling party
- D M Peggie
- Accounts
- Full accounts · FRS 102
- Approved
- 2026-08-21, signed by J E Tutt
Subsidiaries (2)
- Alison Handling Services Limited · 100% · Units 8-13, Marchington Industrial Estate, Stubby Lane, Marchington, Uttoxeter, ST14 8LP
- PPS Midlands Limited · 100% · CBC House, 24 Canning Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8EG
Turnover by segment (4)
- Rental and management of returnable transit equipment: 9,437,201 (2025-12-31)
- Rental and management of returnable transit equipment: 9,454,536 (2024-12-31)
- Sale of industrial containers: 5,684,266 (2025-12-31)
- Sale of industrial containers: 5,614,145 (2024-12-31)
Related parties (5)
- one of the directors · director · loan received on 1 July 2019 · £100,000
- one of the directors · director · loan received on 5 April 2023; interest stopped on 5 April 2023 · £42,500
- one of the directors · director · loan received in the prior year, currently accrues interest at 10% per annum · £20,000
- directors · directors · total balance due on loans at year end · £150,155 (2024: £202,772)
- Business Growth Fund (BGF) · fees paid during the year · £66,054 (2024: £72,880)
Borrowings (3)
- Bank loans · from Shawbrook Bank · £735,000 (due after one year) · Amounts falling due within one year: £1,054,375; amounts falling due 1–2 years: £735,000
- Other loans · from Directors · £9,272,923 · 10% per annum on a £20,000 director loan; older loans' terms as described in related party note · Amounts falling due 1–2 years
- Finance leases and hire purchase contracts · £718,711 minimum lease payments · 4% to 17%; fixed at the contract date · 3 to 5 years; fixed repayment basis · secured on Fixed charges on the assets concerned
Share classes (6)
- 60,461 Ordinary of £0.01
- 26,225 A Ordinary of £0.01
- 4,885 B1 Ordinary of £0.01
- 5,500 B2 Ordinary of £0.01
- 2,141 C Ordinary of £0.01
- 5,115 T Ordinary of £0.01
Principal risks (6)
- availability of labour
- global energy prices
- consumer cost-of-living pressures
- liquidity risk
- credit risk
- cash flow risk
Events after the year end (1)
- On 9 February 2026, the Company was acquired by HB RTS, a private equity backed Dutch company specialising in circular and reusable logistics solutions. On acquisition, all existing debt within the Company was fully repaid. This transaction occurred after the reporting date and has not been reflected in the figures in these financial statements.
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
2 outstanding chargesFixed · created 2026-07-29
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OutstandingFloating · created 2026-07-29
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OutstandingShow 6 satisfied / released
All Assets · created 2025-06-13 · satisfied 2026-07-16
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2022-06-07 · satisfied 2026-07-16
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2020-02-14 · satisfied 2026-07-16
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SatisfiedFixed · created 2020-02-14 · satisfied 2026-07-16
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SatisfiedFixed · created 2019-04-25 · satisfied 2020-02-18
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SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2012-01-30 · satisfied 2020-02-17
All monies
Satisfied