GREAT AMERICAN EUROPE LIMITED
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Cash
£2.5M
+83.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£28M
+1.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
52
+23.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£488K
+27.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials 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 | £4,349,824 | £5,626,000 | £8,442,000 | +50.1% | |
| Operating profit | £354,575 | £422,000 | £636,000 | +50.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £354,575 | £382,000 | £488,000 | +27.7% | |
| Net profit | £270,020 | £395,000 | £474,000 | +20% | |
| Cash | £2,031,805 | £1,365,000 | £2,504,000 | +83.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,169,901 | £29,814,836 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £27,169,901 | £27,565,000 | £28,039,000 | +1.7% | |
| Equity | £27,169,901 | £27,565,000 | £28,039,000 | +1.7% | |
| Average employees | 36 | 42 | 52 | +23.8% | |
| Wages | £2,145,909 | £2,614,000 | £4,154,000 | +58.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 8.2% | 7.5% | 7.5% | |
| Net margin | 6.2% | 7.0% | 5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.3% | 1.4% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.0% | 14.0% | 17.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.91x | 1.24x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | 7.03x | 4.05x |
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
- BDO UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has adequate resource to continue trading to at least December 2027 and the directors intend for it to do so. Accordingly, the Company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- GREAT AMERICAN EUROPE LIMITED · parent
- Great American International Insurance (UK) Limited 100%
- Great American International Insurance (EU) Designated Activity Company 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, following the centralisation of the Finance and Operations functions into the Company, the headcount of the Irish branch increased from 8 to 15. This change reflects the restructuring of group activities and the consolidation of support functions within the Irish operations.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLO COMMERCIAL INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-03-05 | — | — |
| BARTLETT, Julian Stewart | Director | 2018-03-02 | Feb 1967 | British |
| LATTO, Aaron Beasy | Director | 2022-11-01 | Nov 1968 | American |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ERHART, Sue | Secretary | 2018-03-02 | 2021-03-05 |
| NOROSE COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-03-02 | 2018-03-02 |
| GRUBER, Gary | Director | 2018-03-02 | 2019-01-21 |
| MCLENAGHAN, Vincent | Director | 2018-03-02 | 2021-01-07 |
| MUETHING, James Louis | Director | 2022-11-01 | 2025-01-31 |
| STOIK, Lloyd | Director | 2018-03-02 | 2019-01-16 |
| VINCE, Thomas James | Director | 2018-03-02 | 2018-03-02 |
| WITZGALL, David John | Director | 2018-03-02 | 2022-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norose Company Secretarial Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-03-02 | Ceased 2018-03-02 |
| Great American Holding (Europe) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-03-02 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 53 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-25 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-05 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-03-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
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.