CLAAS EASTERN LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-14 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£8M
-16.1% vs 2023
Employees
136
+0.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-278% vs 2023
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
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £98,212,000 | £83,164,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,473,000 | -£1,206,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,145,000 | -£2,038,000 | |
| Net profit | £881,000 | -£1,531,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,571,000 | £8,057,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,513,000 | £7,982,000 | |
| Equity | £9,513,000 | £7,982,000 | |
| Average employees | 135 | 136 | |
| Wages | £5,241,000 | £5,722,000 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | -1.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | -1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.4% | -15.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 73.5% | 81.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | 1.21x | |
| Interest cover | 4.49x | -1.38x |
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
- 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, being at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements, 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
- “Net sales in the year ended 30 September 2024 amounted to £83.2m (2023 - £98.2m) a decrease of 15% from the previous year. This decrease is largely due to a higher than average turnover in 2023, brought about from carried over sales orders from the 2022 financial year linked to supply chain difficulties and in general a lower market demand in FY24.”
- “The market in 2024/2025 remains a challenge, with volumes expected to be around the same level as the 2024 financial year. High interest rates, challenging market conditions and the ongoing Russia/Ukraine conflict are all significant factors, and will be continued to be monitored by the directors.”
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 164 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2022-02-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
-15.3%
£98,212,000 £83,164,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-16.1%
£9,513,000 £7,982,000
-
Employees
+0.7%
135 136
-
Operating profit
-181.9%
£1,473,000 -£1,206,000
-
Profit before tax
-278%
£1,145,000 -£2,038,000
-
Wages
+9.2%
£5,241,000 £5,722,000
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