ROCK MACHINERY LIMITED

Company number SC401216 ·

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Executive summary

Rock Machinery Limited has delivered an exceptional financial performance that substantially exceeds industry norms for the UK non-store garden equipment retail sector, growing net assets from £34,784 to £2.13m over nine years while maintaining an extraordinarily liquid balance sheet with 64.8% of assets in cash. The company's specialist focus on heavy-duty machinery, e-commerce operational model, and conservative financial management position it as a sector-leading niche operator with resilience that most SME competitors cannot match. The primary considerations for future performance relate to key-person dependency, the sustainability of recent growth rates in a normalising post-pandemic market, and whether the substantial cash reserves will be deployed strategically or remain underutilised.

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Shareholders' funds

£2,134,473

Balance sheet as at 2025-05-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2011-06-08
Employees
13 (2025 accounts · was 10 in 2024)
Registered office
Stockhill Farm, Cumberhead Road Lesmahagow, Lanark, South Lanarkshire, ML11 0HN
Postcode
ML11 0HN
Capital
100 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
0 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
2026-05-21
Next due by
2027-06-04
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 47990 Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Officers 2 current · 2 resigned

Appointed 2011-11-23
MR Ian KIRBY Director
Appointed 2011-06-08

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Contact details

Website
rockmachinery.co.uk
Phone
008515209, 008547977, 008580745

Discover reliable garden machinery at Rock Machinery, including log splitters, chippers and stump grinders, with expert support and UK-wide delivery.

Among its peers

Top 5%

by shareholders' funds, of 73 similar companies in ML

3rd largest employer among its local peers (13 staff).

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2011.

No.1 of the largest other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets companies in Hamilton →

Competitors Hamilton

This company ranks 1 among other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets in Hamilton.

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The class of 2011

20%

of the 2,517 companies in this sector incorporated in 2011 are still active today; 77% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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