ACT METERS (UK) LTD
Company number 08618190 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
ACT Meters (UK) Ltd occupies a defensible niche within the UK security alarm testing equipment sector, demonstrating exceptional financial performance characterised by a decade of unbroken net asset growth and a compound annual growth rate of approximately 31.8%. The balance sheet is notably conservative, with £2.37M in cash representing 64% of total assets and virtually no leverage — a position that significantly exceeds sector norms and suggests either deliberate capital retention or limited reinvestment appetite. The primary strategic risks centre on key-person dependency (sole director and majority shareholder Paul Grant), potential technological disruption from IP-based security systems, and questions over whether the accumulated cash reserves are being deployed optimally to secure the company's long-term competitive position.
Shareholders' funds
£3,431,993
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2013-07-22
- Employees
- 5 (2025 accounts · was 4 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 19 West Street, Southport, England, PR8 1QN
- Postcode
- PR8 1QN
- Capital
- 1 GBP
- Accounts category
- Unaudited Abridged
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-22
- Next due by
- 2027-08-05
Nature of business (SIC)
- 26512 Manufacture of electronic industrial process control equipment
Officers 1 current
Contact details
- Website
- actmeters.co.uk
- Phone
- 01744886660
ACT Meters (UK) Ltd is a global supplier of specialist test equipment and alarm troubleshooting products. We have served the security industry since 1987.
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 34 similar companies in PR — measured against the wider sector
Trading since 2013.
The class of 2013
23%
of the 530,510 companies incorporated in 2013 are still active today; 75% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2024-01-04
- Where
- Merseyside
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS148914 | Merseyside | Freehold | 2024-01-04 | — |
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