WESSEX EAGLE LIMITED
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Cash
£2.2m
+19.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£43m
+5.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
281
+5.2% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.4m
-14.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £37,511,774 | £39,828,908 | £40,454,423 | +1.6% | |
| Operating profit | £5,712,617 | £5,015,844 | £4,198,632 | -16.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £4,826,699 | £3,956,864 | £3,373,473 | -14.7% | |
| Net profit | £3,664,212 | £2,972,536 | £2,498,388 | -16% | |
| Cash | £1,210,409 | £1,853,632 | £2,221,578 | +19.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £50,249,420 | £52,513,085 | £53,966,384 | +2.8% | |
| Net assets | £38,674,298 | £41,258,198 | £43,457,950 | +5.3% | |
| Equity | £38,674,298 | £41,258,198 | £43,457,950 | +5.3% | |
| Average employees | 263 | 267 | 281 | +5.2% | |
| Wages | £9,073,414 | £9,577,917 | £10,257,334 | +7.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £541,736 | £547,821 | £572,563 | +4.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £21,627 | £23,492 | £25,028 | +6.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £147,289 | £151,442 | £154,856 | +2.3% |
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 | 15.2% | 12.6% | 10.4% | |
| Net margin | 9.8% | 7.5% | 6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.4% | 9.6% | 7.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.3% | 38.1% | 35.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.57x | 0.70x | 0.72x | |
| Interest cover | 5.73x | 4.29x | 4.47x |
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
- Lentells (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are of the opinion that the balance sheet is strong and are confident that working capital is available to ensure the commitments the company have can be met through cash flow and borrowings through hire purchase agreements. This should mean the company is reasonably placed to meet the demands placed on it.”
Significant events
- “During the year the bank account balance remained positive throughout. The asset finance headroom was over half (57%) the actual year end asset finance liability.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARFOOT, Gary | Secretary | 2001-02-05 | — | English |
| BARROW, Nicholas Sidney | Director | 2016-04-13 | Sep 1973 | British |
| COX, Nigel Peter | Director | 2001-09-19 | May 1963 | British |
| CRADOCK, Alan John | Director | 2001-09-19 | Jul 1962 | British |
| GRIMOLDBY, Michael John | Director | — | Jan 1953 | British |
| PARFOOT, Gary John | Director | 2006-02-22 | Mar 1969 | British |
| PATCH, Vernon James | Director | 2024-05-20 | May 1970 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOON, David John | Secretary | — | 2001-02-05 |
| SIMPSON, David Martin Wynn | Secretary | 1994-01-20 | 1994-04-28 |
| CARTER, Richard William | Director | 2013-03-14 | 2016-12-31 |
| DURIE, Andrew David | Director | — | 1994-04-28 |
| GRIMOLDBY, Vivien Clare | Director | 1994-04-29 | 2013-11-29 |
| GUBB, Jonathan Charles | Director | 2016-04-13 | 2020-12-31 |
| HOWARD, David Ralph | Director | — | 1994-04-28 |
| MOON, David John | Director | — | 2003-08-31 |
| PERRETT, Eugene Charles | Director | 1997-01-28 | 2007-03-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wessex Eagle Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Michael John Grimoldby | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.