CLAAS WESTERN LTD
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Cash
£154k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3.7m
+56.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
84
+5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£3.5m
-163.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £57,557,000 | £40,840,000 | £47,897,000 | +17.3% | |
| Operating profit | £1,238,000 | -£654,000 | -£2,764,000 | -322.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £866,000 | -£1,345,000 | -£3,549,000 | -163.9% | |
| Net profit | £661,000 | -£1,014,000 | -£2,668,000 | -163.1% | |
| Cash | — | — | £154,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,379,000 | £2,404,000 | £3,738,000 | +55.5% | |
| Net assets | £3,364,000 | £2,350,000 | £3,682,000 | +56.7% | |
| Equity | £3,364,000 | £2,350,000 | £3,682,000 | +56.7% | |
| Average employees | 76 | 80 | 84 | +5% | |
| Wages | £3,447,000 | £3,761,000 | £3,819,000 | +1.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £153,000 | £105,000 | £102,000 | -2.9% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.2% | -1.6% | -5.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | -2.5% | -5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 36.6% | -27.2% | -73.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 84.0% | 91.9% | 78.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.17x | 1.07x | 1.26x | |
| Interest cover | 3.33x | -0.91x | -3.45x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- CLAAS WESTERN LTD 2015-10-02 → present
- WESTERN HARVESTERS LIMITED 2002-03-15 → 2015-10-02
- MILL ENGINEERS LIMITED 2000-08-29 → 2002-03-15
- MILL ENGINEERS (BIBURY) LIMITED 1955-08-27 → 2000-08-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are confident that the company has adequate reserves and resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future (at least 12 months from date of signing) and is well placed to manage its business risk successfully despite the current uncertain economic outlook. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The decrease for 2025 is linked higher financing costs, lower margins achieved and a short harvest impacting the after sales business.”
- “Due to a change in group banking arrangements, CLAAS Western Limited are no longer a part of this composite bank guarantee as at 30 September 2025.”
- “During the year 1,000 ordinary shares were issued at a premium of £4,000 per share.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MITCHAM, Nicola Jayne | Secretary | 2023-03-01 | — | — |
| MCCAHILL, Steven David | Director | 2009-10-01 | Jun 1967 | British |
| ROGALLA VON BIEBERSTEIN, Arved Christian Alexander | Director | 2025-06-01 | Mar 1976 | German |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOELSCHER, Oliver | Secretary | 2020-10-12 | 2023-03-01 |
| JONES, Phillip Harold | Secretary | 2000-03-08 | 2002-01-17 |
| LAIT, Maurice Harold | Secretary | — | 1993-03-12 |
| LARGE, Douglas John | Secretary | 1994-10-14 | 2000-03-08 |
| POOLE, John Francis | Secretary | 2002-01-17 | 2018-10-01 |
| STEVENSON, Andrew Gordon | Secretary | 2019-05-01 | 2020-10-07 |
| WITHEY, Miriam Joy | Secretary | 1993-03-12 | 1994-10-14 |
| DENNIS, Edmund Grant | Director | 2017-11-22 | 2019-05-01 |
| GREENWAY, William Paul Clark | Director | 2015-06-06 | 2022-11-15 |
| HOELSCHER, Oliver | Director | 2020-10-12 | 2025-05-31 |
| IDDESON, Robert Michael | Director | 2013-01-14 | 2016-07-15 |
| JONES, Phillip Harold | Director | 2005-04-29 | 2009-03-07 |
| LAIT, Maurice Harold | Director | — | 1993-03-12 |
| LARGE, Douglas John | Director | 1993-03-12 | 2000-03-08 |
| LAST, Clive Edward | Director | 2000-08-02 | 2015-03-16 |
| MANASSEH, Simon Anthony | Director | 2009-03-09 | 2012-06-07 |
| MCCAHILL, Steven David | Director | 1999-01-04 | 2002-04-02 |
| ORCHARD, John Richard | Director | 2000-08-02 | 2005-04-29 |
| PHILIPS, Gregory John | Director | — | 1993-03-12 |
| SPIERING, Thomas | Director | 2015-12-10 | 2017-11-22 |
| STEVENSON, Andrew Gordon | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2020-10-07 |
| TYRRELL, Arthur Trevor | Director | 2015-03-16 | 2017-11-22 |
| VAUGHAN, Richard Andrew | Director | 2002-04-02 | 2025-09-30 |
| WIGGINS, Michael Frederick | Director | — | 2001-10-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claas Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-05-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-05-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-03-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-05-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.