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Company description
HIRE STATION LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 3 September 1997; registered for 29 years; registered office reported in OTLEY ROAD HARROGATE, NORTH YORKSHIRE. Its primary declared activity is 77320 · Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 3 trade marks, 11 procurement records, 1 waste registration. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- HIRE STATION LIMITED
- Company number
- 03428037
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 10 total · 3 outstanding · 7 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 March 2026Next accounts due
31 December 2027Last statement made up to
12 January 2026Next statement due
26 January 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 0.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- 6.5%
- Women receiving bonus
- 31.8%
- Men receiving bonus
- 43.4%
- Women in top quartile
- 14.9%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 14.4%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 13.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 5.7%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 4999-2.9% median hourly gap
- 500 to 999-4.9% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-3.1% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-8.1% median hourly gap
- 500 to 999-11.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-6.4% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-8.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-6.7% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 October 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Filed
- 6 May 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 7 days
- Longest standard term
- 90 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 April 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £20,576,146
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £15,694,387
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £13,823,266
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £23,974,310
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 42.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 90 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Payment terms changed
Yes. We have changed from 60 days end of month to 60 days net during the period.
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Vp plc's standard payment terms are 60 days from date of invoice and these apply to the majority of supplier accounts. However, there are a range of terms in place for different suppliers, ranging from immediate payment to 90 days month-end. Payment terms are agreed to at the start of the business relationship and are confirmed in writing once accounts have been set up.
- Dispute resolution process
Suppliers are formally advised of any invoice queries and Accounts Payable teams liaise with the supplier and the ordering point to resolve them. Records are kept of progress made or setbacks encountered. Queries are prioritised in terms of age and due date for resolution, with the aim of resolving all invoice queries within 30 days. Suppliers should contact the Accounts Payable department at the following address if they have any issues or problems with unpaid/overdue invoices: Vp plc Accounts Payable Central House Beckwith Knowle Otley Road Harrogate HG3 1UD
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 54.0 average days to pay46.0% outside terms
- 60.0 average days to pay41.0% outside terms
- 58.0 average days to pay41.0% outside terms
- 59.0 average days to pay60.0% outside terms
- 58.0 average days to pay50.0% outside terms
- 62.0 average days to pay64.0% outside terms
- 61.0 average days to pay58.0% outside terms
- 67.0 average days to pay64.0% outside terms
- 63.0 average days to pay54.0% outside terms
- 66.0 average days to pay57.0% outside terms
- 66.0 average days to pay69.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
HIRE STATION LIMITED
LEI 213800PIPVHONQVNRR34 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 3 September 1997
- Initial LEI registration
- 18 January 2024
- LEI last updated
- 12 January 2026
- Next renewal
- 18 January 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- C/O VP PLC, CENTRAL HOUSE, BECKWITH KNOWLE, OTLEY ROAD, HARROGATE, GB-NYK, HG3 1UD, GB
- Headquarters address
- C/O VP PLC, CENTRAL HOUSE, BECKWITH KNOWLE, OTLEY ROAD, HARROGATE, GB-NYK, HG3 1UD, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS DIRECTLY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 213800PIPVHONQVNRR34 to LEI 213800TBQKKQR7UXZP80
- Related legal entity
- VP PLC →
- Initial registration
- 18 January 2024
- Last updated
- 12 January 2026
- Next renewal
- 18 January 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2023-03-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2024-01-09T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03428037/filing-history/MzQwMzU4ODQzMWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 213800PIPVHONQVNRR34 to LEI 213800TBQKKQR7UXZP80
- Related legal entity
- VP PLC →
- Initial registration
- 18 January 2024
- Last updated
- 12 January 2026
- Next renewal
- 18 January 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2023-03-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2024-01-09T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03428037/filing-history/MzQwMzU4ODQzMWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- HIRE STATION LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- VP PLC
- Statement period
- 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023
- Approved
- 26 September 2023
- Sectors
- Construction, civil engineering and building products
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £100 million to £500 million
- Years producing statements
- 1 to 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 18 October 2023
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
07 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Hire Station Limited
Registration Z8735858
- Registered from
- 1 September 2004
- Current end date
- 31 August 2027
- Trading names
- Brandon Hire Station, ESS Safeforce, MEP LLA, HIRE STATION ONE CALL, HIRE STATION SAFEFORCE, HIRE STATION, HIRE STATION LIFTING POINT
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
08 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
536_25 Hire of Plant (without operator)
Espo · ocds-b5fd17-63c9c83b-5599-4c67-87cc-b5d5b88a5dcf
- Supplier named in award
- HIRE STATION LIMITED (t/a Brandon Hire Station)
- Award value
- £10,000,000
- Contract period
- 6 July 2025 – 5 July 2027
- Published
- 22 July 2025
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 16000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-63c9c83b-5599-4c67-87cc-b5d5b88a5dcf-2025-07-22T10:48:46+01:00
Framework Agreement for the Hire of Civil Engineering Plant,Vehicles and Equipment without Operator(s)
Kirklees Council · ocds-b5fd17-e3d77630-e370-467c-ab46-c749fe046be1
- Supplier named in award
- Brandon Hire Station
- Award value
- £5,300,000
- Contract period
- 1 May 2024 – 30 April 2028
- Published
- 7 May 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 42410000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e3d77630-e370-467c-ab46-c749fe046be1-2024-05-07T09:17:07+01:00
NUNCON - Vehicle & Plant Hire
Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council · ocds-b5fd17-945da3f4-ee25-4663-ae1d-a090ce006f66
- Supplier named in award
- Lot 2 - Hire Station Ltd t/a Brandon Hire Station
- Award value
- £330,000
- Contract period
- 1 December 2022 – 30 November 2024
- Published
- 3 March 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 34100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-945da3f4-ee25-4663-ae1d-a090ce006f66-2023-03-03T11:04:33Z
Grounds Maintenance, Plant and Handheld Equipment
THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-6e2a5cee-4e63-4599-a040-2d04c336f978
- Supplier named in award
- Brandon Hire Station
- Award value
- £125,000,000
- Contract period
- 2 September 2022 – 3 September 2026
- Published
- 2 August 2022
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 43325100
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-6e2a5cee-4e63-4599-a040-2d04c336f978-2022-08-02T18:22:20+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
TOMMY TOOL HIRE
Owner Hire Station Limited · classes 3,6,7,8,9,11,37
- Filed / designated
- 15 January 2015
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 January 2025
THE HIRE BRIGADE
Owner Hire Station Limited · classes 37,39,40,43
- Filed / designated
- 15 April 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 April 2021
THE LOCAL HIRE BRIGADE
Owner Hire Station Limited · classes 37,39,40,43
- Filed / designated
- 15 April 2011
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 April 2021
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
09 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
10 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
11 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Hire of plant without operator
Leicestershire County Council · updated 9 January 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 11
536_25 Hire of Plant (without operator)
ESPO · updated 22 July 2025
- Tender value
- £10,000,000
- Awards
- 20
EEM0072 Supply and Distribution of Materials Framework
EFFICIENCY EAST MIDLANDS LIMITED · updated 1 May 2025
- Tender value
- £661,000,000
- Awards
- 10
Award of WLC Purchase of Mowers for NETs
West Lothian Council · updated 25 November 2024
- Tender value
- £125,000,000
- Awards
- 133
Framework Agreement for the Hire of Civil Engineering Plant, Vehicles and Equipment without Operator(s)
Kirklees Council · updated 7 May 2024
- Tender value
- £5,300,000
- Awards
- 5
Framework Agreement for Plant and Tool Hire
PROCURE PLUS HOLDINGS LIMITED · updated 5 February 2024
- Tender value
- £2,750,000
- Awards
- 1
Provision of Plant and Vehicle Hire (Operated and Non-Operated) and Associated Services
Lancashire County Council · updated 28 September 2022
- Tender value
- £10,600,000
- Awards
- 5
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
13 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
15 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
7 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
1 exact company-number registration.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
16 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Detected change
Accounts due date: 2026-12-31 → 2027-12-31
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
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