ELRING KLINGER (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED
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Cash
£240k
+45.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£11m
-15.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
149
-9.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.3m
+573.1% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,946,000 | £19,235,000 | £19,832,000 | +3.1% | |
| Operating profit | £760,000 | £141,000 | £1,234,000 | +775.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £779,000 | £193,000 | £1,299,000 | +573.1% | |
| Net profit | £532,000 | £100,000 | £942,000 | +842% | |
| Cash | £247,000 | £165,000 | £240,000 | +45.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,841,000 | £13,766,000 | £11,824,000 | -14.1% | |
| Net assets | £14,189,000 | £13,289,000 | £11,231,000 | -15.5% | |
| Equity | £13,689,000 | £12,789,000 | £11,231,000 | -12.2% | |
| Average employees | 195 | 165 | 149 | -9.7% | |
| Wages | £6,689,000 | £5,598,000 | £5,658,000 | +1.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £53,000 | £90,000 | £99,263 | +10.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £107,000 | £76,000 | £76,619 | +0.8% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 0.7% | 6.2% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 0.5% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.1% | 1.0% | 10.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.0% | 27.7% | 27.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.42x | 2.51x | 2.45x | |
| Interest cover | 84.44x | 15.67x | 51.42x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- ELRING KLINGER (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED 1995-02-03 → present
- KLINGER AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED 1987-12-02 → 1995-02-03
- RAPID 4124 LIMITED 1987-10-19 → 1987-12-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Baines Jewitt Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that there is no material uncertainty in relation to going concern and the company has adequate financial resources as well as long-term contracts with customers and suppliers across different geographical areas to enable the Company to continue in operational existence”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOWLDS, Daniel | Director | 2026-04-01 | Feb 1991 | British |
| JESSULAT, Thomas | Director | 2005-11-01 | Jun 1969 | German |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEXANDER, Paul James | Secretary | 2016-05-09 | 2026-05-13 |
| COULTHARD, Jacqueline | Secretary | 2002-01-01 | 2002-11-22 |
| JARVIS, David Frederick | Secretary | 2005-01-04 | 2007-02-01 |
| MALCOLM, Ian | Secretary | 1997-01-21 | 2001-12-31 |
| MUKHERJEE, Dwarika Nath | Secretary | — | 1997-01-21 |
| PRESTON, Andrea | Secretary | 2002-11-22 | 2004-12-31 |
| SHURMER, William Edward | Secretary | 2007-02-01 | 2016-05-09 |
| ADKINS, Ernest | Director | — | 1995-01-03 |
| ALBERTINI, Peter Sinclair | Director | — | 2002-09-30 |
| BECKER, Theo Ernst | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2019-04-10 |
| BRAITHWAITE, Stephen | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2025-05-30 |
| CHAMBERS, Michael Geoffrey | Director | 1991-04-05 | 2001-12-31 |
| DREWS, Reiner Hartmut | Director | 2019-04-10 | 2026-03-31 |
| DURR, Hartmut | Director | 1996-03-01 | 1997-05-13 |
| FLETCHER, Kevin John | Director | 2002-09-30 | 2019-09-25 |
| KLUSMAN, Horst | Director | 1995-01-03 | 2005-12-31 |
| LERCHNER, Helmut, Doctor | Director | 1995-01-03 | 2004-10-25 |
| MALCOLM, Ian | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2018-04-30 |
| MERE, Sebastian | Director | 2004-10-26 | 2005-01-28 |
| MERZ, Robert Michael Sebastian | Director | 2004-10-25 | 2005-01-28 |
| PEARSON, Glen | Director | 2025-05-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| PEARSON, Glen | Director | 2018-05-01 | 2022-06-01 |
| PFLOGER, Thomas Ulrich | Director | 1997-05-13 | 2005-07-30 |
| VON BANDEMER, Bernhard | Director | 1995-01-03 | 1996-02-29 |
| WILLERS, Dirk Oltmann | Director | 2023-11-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| WOLF, Stefan, Dr | Director | 2005-01-28 | 2023-06-30 |
| WOLTER, Bernd Richard | Director | — | 1995-01-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elring Klinger Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-05-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.