PLASSER UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-16
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£8M
-27.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£16M
-7% vs 2024
Employees
78
-2.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£66K
-105.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-05-16.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,356,000 | £17,325,000 | |
| Operating profit | £622,000 | £229,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,216,000 | -£66,000 | |
| Net profit | £903,000 | -£234,000 | |
| Cash | £10,782,000 | £7,857,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,038,000 | £16,825,000 | |
| Net assets | £17,687,000 | £16,453,000 | |
| Equity | £17,687,000 | £16,453,000 | |
| Average employees | 80 | 78 | |
| Wages | £4,015,000 | £3,925,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £634,000 | £571,000 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
-25.8%
£23,356,000 £17,325,000
-
Cash
-27.1%
£10,782,000 £7,857,000
-
Net assets
-7%
£17,687,000 £16,453,000
-
Employees
-2.5%
80 78
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Operating profit
-63.2%
£622,000 £229,000
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Profit before tax
-105.4%
£1,216,000 -£66,000
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Wages
-2.2%
£4,015,000 £3,925,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.9% | -1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.4% | 1.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.48x | 2.95x | |
| Interest cover | 6.48x | 0.93x |
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
- PLASSER UK LIMITED 2008-01-28 → present
- PLASSER MACHINERY PARTS AND SERVICES LIMITED 1993-10-01 → 2008-01-28
- PLASSER RAILWAY MACHINERY (GREAT BRITAIN) LIMITED 1960-03-14 → 1993-10-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has prepared forecasts for the next three years which indicate that the business is profitable and will generate sufficient cash liquidity to meet its obligations as they fall due. Additionally, the company has sufficient cash reserves to protect itself from any unforeseen circumstances and see it through to CP8 when rail maintenance work is expected to return. Having carefully considered all matters, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- PLASSER UK LIMITED · parent
- Plasser Railway Machinery (Great Britain) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A contingent liability arose last year which may potential create a liability for the company. Please refer to note 23 to the accounts.”
- “Macroeconomic conditions - the company's costs remain high. Persistent high costs, which for commercial reasons cannot be fully passed on to our customers, has eroded our margins.”
- “Transfer pricing risk - a major related supplier was subject to a tax enquiry and transfer pricing was raised as an issue. A Mutual Agreement Procedure application has been submitted to HMRC, but there is a risk that a liability may materialise.”
- “Currency risk - the company makes purchases from Europe and fluctuations in the Euro exchange rate has a significant impact on costs and prices.”
- “Competition risk - our business must tender for project work and must compete on quality of work and price against our competitors.”
- “Technological risk - advance and changes in technology presents both a risk and opportunity for the company.”
- “The maximum charge that could impact the UK company from the contingent liability from transfer pricing risk is £7.7m (2024: £12.3m) before tax.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAC, Tien | Secretary | 2016-09-01 | — | — |
| MAC, Tien | Director | 2021-07-01 | Aug 1971 | British |
| SIMMONS, Mark | Director | 2016-06-01 | Jan 1977 | British |
| SMITH, Richard | Director | 2021-07-01 | Sep 1966 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREWARD, Peter John | Secretary | 1993-04-01 | 2000-09-15 |
| BROOKS, Michael John | Secretary | — | 1993-03-31 |
| YEO, Anne Lean Wah | Secretary | 2000-09-16 | 2016-09-01 |
| BODE, Thorsten | Director | 2019-05-15 | 2021-07-01 |
| EICHINGER, Kurt, Dr | Director | — | 1995-09-30 |
| JURASEK, Norbert | Director | 1995-10-01 | 2007-03-28 |
| JURASEK, Norbert Franz | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
| KUBAT-HUBMAYER, Helga Clarissa | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2019-05-15 |
| MUELLER, Hans | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
| OELLERER, Friederich | Director | — | 1999-12-21 |
| PILGERSTORFER, Herbert | Director | 1993-07-01 | 2017-09-01 |
| THEURER, Josef | Director | — | 2017-09-01 |
| YEO, Ane Lean Wah | Director | 2003-06-01 | 2017-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Victoria Max-Theurer | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Johannes Max-Theurer | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-24 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2019-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.