WESSEX EAGLE LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£41,258,198
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is the hire and distribution of non operated construction plant and tools, portable accommodation and toilets primarily to the building industry. The company operates predominantly in the South West of England and also covers the Midlands, North West England, London and Wales.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1981-01-21
- Employees
- 267 (2024 accounts · was 263 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Eagle Plant, Beeching Close, Chard, Somerset, TA20 1BB
- Postcode
- TA20 1BB
- Capital
- 70,002 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 7 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-11
- Next due by
- 2027-04-25
Nature of business (SIC)
- 77320 Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Officers 8 current · 8 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by WESSEX EAGLE HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 1
£107,850 total awarded value where published.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).
Gender pay gap
5.6%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2026/27 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| MILLFIELD CLOSE,, CHARD,, SOMERSET,, TA20 2DG | 2009-03-26 |
| MILLFIELD TRADING ESTATE, CHARD, SOMERSET, TA20 2DI | 1988-12-19 |
| HIGH STREET, CHARD, SOMERSET | 1987-09-08 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 20 similar companies in TA
The largest employer among its local peers (267 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1981.
Competitors Taunton
This company ranks 2 among renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment in Taunton.
The class of 1981
65%
of the 14,514 companies incorporated in 1981 are still active today; 29% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 26 titles
- Leasehold
- 26
- Most recent registration
- 2025-12-01
- Price paid, where recorded
- £135,000
- Where
- Somerset (5), Devon (5), Greater Manchester (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAN465472 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2025-12-01 | — |
| CL390698 | Cornwall | Leasehold | 2025-07-28 | — |
| MAN450784 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2025-01-27 | — |
| ST392519 | Somerset | Leasehold | 2024-11-29 | — |
| ST390730 | Somerset | Leasehold | 2024-09-23 | — |
| CL385140 | Cornwall | Leasehold | 2024-08-07 | — |
| HE74302 | Herefordshire | Leasehold | 2024-02-20 | — |
| GR475559 | South Gloucestershire | Leasehold | 2023-07-19 | — |
| CYM868695 | Monmouthshire | Leasehold | 2023-05-17 | — |
| ST377865 | Somerset | Leasehold | 2023-03-06 | — |
| DN750339 | Devon | Leasehold | 2022-07-13 | — |
| MAN389981 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2021-11-10 | — |
| DN735486 | Devon | Leasehold | 2021-04-20 | — |
| ST362906 | Bath And North East Somerset | Leasehold | 2021-01-07 | — |
| WS92221 | Somerset | Leasehold | 2020-11-09 | — |
| DN719109 | Devon | Leasehold | 2019-09-30 | — |
| WT441595 | Wiltshire | Leasehold | 2018-11-26 | £135,000 |
| DT441620 | Dorset | Leasehold | 2018-09-03 | — |
| CYM748720 | Torfaen | Leasehold | 2018-08-02 | — |
| WT434320 | Wiltshire | Leasehold | 2017-12-18 | — |
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