ABBEY PLANT LTD
Company number 08376097 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Abbey Plant Ltd has established itself as a strongly-performing regional plant hire operator, delivering exceptional net asset growth from £560k to £2.65M over six years through disciplined reinvestment and active deleveraging. The company's balance sheet strength and improving gearing position it well within a sector that rewards fleet scale and financial resilience, though the significant increase in debtors and declining cash balances suggest working capital management requires attention as the business continues to scale. The company occupies a competitive niche as a credible mid-tier operator in the North East, but must address its growing provisions and debtor book to sustain its impressive growth trajectory.
Shareholders' funds
£2,626,921
Balance sheet as at 2026-01-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2013-01-25
- Employees
- 27 (2026 accounts · was 32 in 2025)
- Registered office
- Abbey Plant Ltd, Tyne Mills, Hexham, United Kingdom, NE46 1XL
- Postcode
- NE46 1XL
- Capital
- 2 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-01-31
- Next due by
- 2027-10-31
- Financial year end
- 31 January
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-22
- Next due by
- 2026-12-06
Nature of business (SIC)
- 77320 Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Officers 2 current
Group structure
Controlled by DJ & JW HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2023-01-25
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB066742 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.abbey-plant.co.uk
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 9 HEXHAM ENTERPRISE HUB, BURN LANE, HEXHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE46 3HN, ENGLAND | 2018-02-15 |
| 8 DEAN STREET, HEXHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE46 1HG | 2015-09-02 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 45 similar companies in NE
2nd largest employer among its local peers (27 staff).
Trading since 2013.
Competitors Newcastle Upon Tyne
This company ranks 2 among renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
The class of 2013
22%
of the 530,498 companies incorporated in 2013 are still active today; 75% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.