PORTAKABIN LIMITED
Company number 00685303 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Portakabin is the UK's category-defining modular buildings business, protected by genericized brand equity, a capital-intensive hire fleet generating recurring revenue, and the patient ownership of the Shepherd Group family structure. Its primary growth vector is the policy-driven shift toward offsite construction — converting public estate crises (RAAC, NHS backlog, school places) and sustainability procurement into permanent-building and hire demand. The strategic imperative is to manage the mix shift toward higher-value permanent structures with disciplined project risk control while defending hire margins through service and carbon differentiation rather than price.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1961-03-03
- Registered office
- Yorkon House New Lane, Huntington, York, England, YO32 9PT
- Postcode
- YO32 9PT
- Capital
- 50,000,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 0 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
- 2025-11-23
- Next due by
- 2026-12-07
Nature of business (SIC)
- 32990 Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified
- 77390 Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods not elsewhere classified
Officers 5 current · 32 resigned
Group structure 10 subsidiaries
Controlled by PORTAKABIN HOLDCO LIMITED — since 2024-05-23
Controlled by SHEPHERD INDUSTRIES LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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PATON PLANT LIMITED Dissolved
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PORTAKABIN HIRE LIMITED Dissolved
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YORKON LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 59
£3,029,515,619 total awarded value where published.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-12-31) — 7 years on the registry.
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z593053X (Tier 3), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
11.5%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- portakabin.co.uk
- Phone
- 008-4609-8807, 01642633197, 0333 305 8975
Portakabin UK can deliver everything from quality modular buildings to award-winning permanent structures tailored to any purpose.
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| HUNTINGTON HOUSE, JOCKEY LANE HUNTINGTON, YORK, NORTH YORKSHIRE, YO32 9XW | 2017-01-27 |
| FULFORD MOOR HOUSE, FULFORD ROAD, YORK, NORTH YORKSHIRE YO10 4EY | 2003-07-10 |
| BLUE BRIDGE LANE, YORK, YO1 4AS | 1995-12-13 |
Among its peers
2nd oldest
of 150 similar companies in YO, trading since 1961
Property in England & Wales 38 titles
- Freehold
- 17
- Leasehold
- 21
- Most recent registration
- 2024-03-06
- Price paid, where recorded
- £1,490,739
- Where
- York (4), Hertfordshire (3), City Of Peterborough (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MM194250 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2024-03-06 | — |
| NYK184139 | York | Freehold | 2024-02-02 | — |
| NYK265787 | York | Freehold | 2024-02-02 | — |
| CE256606 | Stockton-On-Tees | Leasehold | 2023-04-21 | — |
| ON358320 | Oxfordshire | Leasehold | 2020-07-20 | — |
| SYK682620 | South Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2020-06-12 | — |
| MM140429 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2020-03-26 | — |
| NN371167 | West Northamptonshire | Leasehold | 2019-11-22 | — |
| YY112788 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2018-11-29 | — |
| CU311339 | Cumberland | Leasehold | 2018-10-23 | — |
| CYM746012 | Flintshire | Leasehold | 2018-07-05 | — |
| SF637532 | Stoke-On-Trent | Leasehold | 2018-06-25 | — |
| HD568988 | Hertfordshire | Leasehold | 2017-11-16 | — |
| NK471842 | Norfolk | Leasehold | 2017-08-29 | — |
| MAN297552 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2017-08-16 | — |
| TT67789 | Kent | Leasehold | 2017-07-17 | — |
| NK468289 | Norfolk | Leasehold | 2017-05-02 | — |
| CB420047 | City Of Peterborough | Leasehold | 2017-01-16 | — |
| LT486860 | Leicestershire | Leasehold | 2016-12-20 | — |
| NYK439529 | York | Freehold | 2016-12-12 | £1,490,739 |
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