Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/10/2026Filing deadline
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/10/2025
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/10/2024
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Notification of a person with significant control statement
Cessation of Debra Anne Ovenden as a person with significant control on 2026-04-21
Confirmation statement made on 2026-02-24 with no updates
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-10-31
What Pre-Score will tell you

The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/10/2026Filing deadline
Confirms the registry record is up to date
10/03/2027Filing deadline
The latest figures OVENDEN PLANT HIRE LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
2023: £7.28M
Total Assets
2023: £21.51M
Cash in Bank
2023: £910.75K
Total Liabilities
2023: £5.20M
Employees
2023: 36
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 rose. Total assets moved furthest, up 4.79% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for OVENDEN PLANT HIRE LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through OVENDEN PLANT HIRE LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2024.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39 | +3 |
| 2023 | 36 | 0 |
| 2022 | 36 | +3 |
| 2021 | 33 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 33 in 2021 to 39 in 2024. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 01/11/2010–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 01/11/2010–Present | 7 | |
| Director | 01/11/2010–Present | 5 | |
| Secretary | 01/04/1993–05/05/2026 | 1 | |
| Director | 01/11/2010–Present | 15 |
Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–19/02/2025 | 12 | |
| 05/04/2016–Present | 12 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 12 | |
| 19/02/2025–Present | 1 |
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
Notification of a person with significant control statement
Cessation of Debra Anne Ovenden as a person with significant control on 2026-04-21
Confirmation statement made on 2026-02-24 with no updates
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement made on 2025-02-24 with updates
Cessation of Adrian Gerald Ovenden as a person with significant control on 2025-02-19
Notification of Debra Anne Ovenden as a person with significant control on 2025-02-19
Director's details changed for Mr Simon Christopher Ovenden on 2025-01-23
Confirmation statement made on 2025-01-10 with no updates
Director's details changed for Mr Tristan James Ovenden on 2024-03-22
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-10-31
Satisfaction of charge 5 in full
Showing 12 of 21 filings
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
OVENDEN PLANT HIRE LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Wilcox Close Aylesham Industrial Estate, Aylesham, Canterbury, Kent CT3 3EP. Companies House classifies its business as Other specialised construction activities n.e.c. motorcycles. It has been on the register for 52 years 4 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £8.02M and 39 employees.
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records OVENDEN PLANT HIRE LIMITED under one registered business activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c. motorcycles (43.99/9 - SIC 2007).
OVENDEN PLANT HIRE LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 07/05/1974.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £8.02M, total assets of £22.54M, cash in bank of £1.40M and total liabilities of £5.21M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 30/04/2026: Notification of a person with significant control statement, 5 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/10/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 10/03/2027.
Companies House lists 5 officers (4 currently in post) and 4 people with significant control (3 current).