ELRING KLINGER (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-07
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£165K
-33.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
-6.3% vs 2023
Employees
165
-15.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£193K
-75.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-07.
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £22,946,000 | £19,235,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £760,000 | £141,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £779,000 | £193,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £532,000 | £100,000 | |
| Cash | — | £247,000 | £165,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £14,841,000 | £13,766,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £14,189,000 | £13,289,000 | |
| Equity | £14,407,000 | £14,189,000 | £13,289,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 195 | 165 | |
| Wages | — | £6,689,000 | £5,598,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.3% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | — | 2.3% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 5.1% | 1.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 26.0% | 27.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.42x | 2.51x | |
| Interest cover | — | 84.44x | 15.67x |
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.
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 for at least twelve months from the date of the signing of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The organisation went through a significant restructure at the start of 2024, driven primarily by a large drop in sales.”
- “One key factor in the overall performance of the business was an asset impairment of circa £900k against equipment in the profit centre for shielding products.”
- “Since the year end, a dividend of £6 per share, totalling £3,000,000 has been declared and paid in respect of the year ended 31 December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALEXANDER, Paul James | Secretary | 2016-05-09 | — | — |
| FOWLDS, Daniel | Director | 2026-04-01 | Feb 1991 | British |
| JESSULAT, Thomas | Director | 2005-11-01 | Jun 1969 | German |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 190 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2022-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-16.2%
£22,946,000 £19,235,000
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Cash
-33.2%
£247,000 £165,000
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Net assets
-6.3%
£14,189,000 £13,289,000
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Employees
-15.4%
195 165
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Operating profit
-81.4%
£760,000 £141,000
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Profit before tax
-75.2%
£779,000 £193,000
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Wages
-16.3%
£6,689,000 £5,598,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers