CLAAS EASTERN LTD
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Cash
£319k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4.6m
-42.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
132
-2.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£4.5m
-119.8% 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 | £98,212,000 | £83,164,000 | £69,608,000 | -16.3% | |
| Operating profit | £1,473,000 | -£1,206,000 | -£3,575,000 | -196.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,145,000 | -£2,038,000 | -£4,479,000 | -119.8% | |
| Net profit | £881,000 | -£1,531,000 | -£3,361,000 | -119.5% | |
| Cash | — | — | £319,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,571,000 | £7,982,000 | £4,621,000 | -42.1% | |
| Net assets | £9,513,000 | £7,982,000 | £4,621,000 | -42.1% | |
| Equity | £9,513,000 | £7,982,000 | £4,621,000 | -42.1% | |
| Average employees | 135 | 136 | 132 | -2.9% | |
| Wages | £5,241,000 | £5,722,000 | £5,343,000 | -6.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £400,000 | £247,000 | £148,000 | -40.1% |
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 | 1.5% | -1.5% | -5.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | -1.8% | -4.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.4% | -15.1% | -77.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 73.5% | 81.8% | 82.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | 1.21x | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | 4.49x | -1.38x | -3.49x |
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 EASTERN LTD 2016-10-11 → present
- EASTERN HARVESTERS LTD 2003-10-17 → 2016-10-11
- R. W. MARSH LIMITED 1994-04-25 → 2003-10-17
- BIDEAWHILE 183 LIMITED 1994-04-12 → 1994-04-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “During the year, inventory of £1.6m was written down (2024 - £400k written back) in the income statement.”
- “Due to a change in group banking arrangements, CLAAS Eastern Limited are no longer a part of this composite bank guarantee as at 30 September 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MITCHAM, Nicola Jayne | Secretary | 2023-03-01 | — | — |
| HANCOCK, Thomas James | Director | 2024-10-01 | Aug 1983 | British |
| ORMOND, Mark Peter | Director | 2026-02-02 | Oct 1970 | British |
| PREECE, Jeremy Brian | Director | 2015-12-10 | May 1967 | British |
| ROGALLA VON BIEBERSTEIN, Arved Christian Alexander | Director | 2025-06-01 | Mar 1976 | German |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOELSCHER, Oliver | Secretary | 2020-10-12 | 2023-03-01 |
| MILNER, Peter David | Secretary | 1994-05-17 | 1997-03-14 |
| POOLE, John Francis | Secretary | 2003-09-19 | 2018-10-01 |
| RICHMOND, Trevor Ernest | Secretary | 1997-03-17 | 2001-10-01 |
| STEVENSON, Andrew Gordon | Secretary | 2019-05-01 | 2020-10-07 |
| WEEKS, Simon | Secretary | 2001-10-01 | 2003-09-19 |
| BWL SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-04-12 | 1994-05-17 |
| BLOW, Colin William | Director | 2015-12-10 | 2024-09-30 |
| CUMMINGS, Gordon | Director | 1999-10-01 | 2012-04-13 |
| DENNIS, Edmund Grant | Director | 2018-12-05 | 2019-05-01 |
| HOELSCHER, Oliver | Director | 2020-10-12 | 2025-05-31 |
| JACKSON, Jonathan Frank | Director | 1994-05-25 | 2006-09-26 |
| LAST, Clive Edward | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2015-03-16 |
| MILNER, Peter David | Director | 1994-05-17 | 1997-03-14 |
| MOUNTAIN, Mowbray Edmund Stephens | Director | 1994-05-17 | 2006-09-26 |
| PRYCE, Mark | Director | 2015-12-10 | 2023-12-22 |
| RICHMOND, Trevor Ernest | Director | 1998-10-01 | 2002-04-05 |
| ROTHERY, Christopher Charles | Director | 1994-05-25 | 2011-09-03 |
| SIMPKIN, Denis Ronald | Director | 1994-05-17 | 1997-02-12 |
| SPIERING, Thomas | Director | 2016-01-19 | 2017-11-28 |
| STEVENSON, Andrew Gordon | Director | 2019-05-01 | 2020-10-07 |
| TUXWORTH, William James | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2023-12-22 |
| TYRRELL, Arthur Trevor | Director | 2015-03-16 | 2017-11-28 |
| VAUGHAN, Richard Andrew | Director | 2005-09-20 | 2025-09-30 |
| WEEKS, Simon | Director | 1997-02-12 | 2003-09-19 |
| BWL DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-04-12 | 1994-05-17 |
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 165 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 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 | |
| 2022-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.