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Portable Offices (Hire) Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 7

  1. Carole Angela Margaret Hughes 2007-2016 Director View profile
  2. Adrian Richard Witty 2006-2026 Director View profile
  3. Roger Figg 2005-2006 Director View profile
  4. Andrew John Rattray Sayer 2005-2023 Director View profile
  5. Nigel Gregory Tranter 2002-2005 Director View profile
  6. Glynn Charles Ball 2001-2005 Director View profile
  7. David Langton Upton Scott 2001-2012 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

1 contract

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Modular Building and Modern Methods of Construction Buyer: Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    Purchase or Hire of Modular Buildings of 2D or 3D construction and related works and services.

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About

Incorporated
19/04/2001

Ownership

Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

  • Harnage Group LTD
    75-100% shares (firm), 75-100% voting (firm), appoints directors · notified 2023-03-31
  • Harnage Estates Limited ceased 2023-03-31
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06

Group

  1. Portable Offices (Hire) Limited is controlled by Harnage Group LTD
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares (firm), 75-100% voting (firm), appoints directors · notified 2023-03-31 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Harnage Group LTD is controlled by Barney Archer Scott
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2026-04-02 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Barney Archer Scott.

4 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Net assets
£18,311,817
Total assets
£20,295,122
Cash
£4,302,348
Employees
0.79
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
£3,633,011

Filed as Full accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

6 directors on the board

9.3y median 3.6y
average tenure
25.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (5)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Finance 6Transport 3Agriculture 2Business services 2Professional services 2Arts and leisure 1Construction 1Hospitality 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
04201828
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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