Sunbelt Rentals: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Sunbelt Rentals Limited's person with significant control on the Companies House register is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.. It holds 75% or more of the company. In the year to April 2025 Sunbelt Rentals Limited reported turnover of £680m.
- Registered name
- SUNBELT RENTALS LIMITED
- Company number
- 00444569
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 1 November 1947
- Registered office area
- East-Central London
- Industry code on the register
- 77320: Rental and leasing activities
- Accounts
- Single company accounts, this company only
- Accounts type
- Full accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to April 2025, filed 23 January 2026
What does Sunbelt Rentals do?
Sunbelt Rentals hires out equipment to construction, industrial, events and public sector customers across the UK, from access platforms and plant to power, heating, lighting and site welfare units. It earns money from rental fees, plus delivery, servicing and specialist support around the kit it hires out. The UK business used to trade as A-Plant and is part of Ashtead Group, which also runs Sunbelt Rentals in North America.
In brief: equipment hire · construction and industrial customers · specialist rental services · part of Ashtead Group
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 24 September 2026. Official website: sunbeltrentals.co.uk.
Who owns Sunbelt Rentals?
The Companies House register records Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. as the person with significant control of Sunbelt Rentals Limited, company number 00444569. Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. is itself company number 10072303. It holds 75% or more of the shares or voting rights. The control was notified on 10 March 2026.
That places Sunbelt Rentals Limited inside a larger group. The accounts on this page are the company's own, not the wider group's.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Sunbelt Rentals?
The Companies House register lists 3 current officers for Sunbelt Rentals Limited.
All 3 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Philip John Parker | 26 February 2016 |
| Brendan Christopher Horgan | 1 May 2019 |
| Philip Geoffrey Hardy | 5 June 2023 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Sunbelt Rentals file?
Sunbelt Rentals Limited reported turnover of £680m in the year to April 2025. That was down 1.7% on £692m the year before.
It reported 4,332 employees. The year before it reported 4,318.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £14m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £19m the year before.
Staff costs came to £200m. That is an average of £46,000 a head. It ended the year with £3m at the bank and net assets of £210m.
| Measure | Apr 2025 | Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £680m | £692m |
| Pre-tax profit | £14m (filed) | £19m (filed) |
| Employees | 4,332 | 4,318 |
| Staff costs | £200m | £194m |
| Average staff cost per head | £46,000 | £45,000 |
| Bank and cash | £3m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £210m | £200m |
| Interest paid | £27m |
Read the accounts to April 2025 on Companies House, where every set of accounts the company has filed can be downloaded as a PDF.
Are there any charges against Sunbelt Rentals?
Sunbelt Rentals Limited has registered 18 charges at Companies House, of which 5 are still outstanding. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
All 5 outstanding charges
| Charge holder | Created |
|---|---|
| Bank of America, N.A. | 9 July 2013 |
| Bank of America, N.A. | 15 September 2006 |
| Cayzer Limited | 25 May 1984 |
| Bridge Water Bros Holdings Limited | 22 May 1984 |
| Barclays Bank LTD | 4 February 1980 |
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
Sunbelt Rentals files as Sunbelt Rentals Limited, whose person with significant control is Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc., with turnover of £680m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Sunbelt Rentals
What does Sunbelt Rentals do?
Sunbelt Rentals hires out equipment to construction, industrial, events and public sector customers across the UK, from access platforms and plant to power, heating, lighting and site welfare units. It earns money from rental fees, plus delivery, servicing and specialist support around the kit it hires out. The UK business used to trade as A-Plant and is part of Ashtead Group, which also runs Sunbelt Rentals in North America.
Who owns Sunbelt Rentals?
The Companies House register records Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc. as the person with significant control of Sunbelt Rentals Limited. It holds 75% or more of the shares or voting rights.
How much does Sunbelt Rentals make?
Sunbelt Rentals Limited reported turnover of £680m in the year to April 2025. It filed a pre-tax profit of £14m.
How many people work at Sunbelt Rentals?
Sunbelt Rentals Limited reported 4,332 employees in the year to April 2025.
Who runs Sunbelt Rentals?
The Companies House register lists 3 current officers for Sunbelt Rentals Limited. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Sunbelt Rentals Limited's filings at Companies House, company number 00444569, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are single company accounts: they cover this company alone, not any wider group.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Sunbelt Rentals: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 28 September 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/sunbelt-rentals/. Figures from Companies House filings for SUNBELT RENTALS LIMITED (00444569).
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