ADE POWER LIMITED
Company number 03418827 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
ADE Power Limited occupies a defensible niche as the UK's only vertically integrated generator enclosure manufacturer, a position that has delivered exceptional financial growth—net assets nearly tripled to £7.7M and cash reserves surged to £4.9M by 2020. The strategic rebrand signals an overdue pivot toward energy storage and broader power infrastructure, capitalising on accelerating data centre demand while mitigating long-term diesel dependency risk. The critical imperative is resolving margin compression (profit declined despite 19% revenue growth) and accelerating the energy storage diversification before the market transitions faster than the business model.
Shareholders' funds
£7,677,043
Balance sheet as at 2020-07-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of the manufacture, repair andservicing of generators and the manufacture of switchgear and UPS containers.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1997-08-13
- Employees
- 188 (2020 accounts · was 118 in 2019)
- Registered office
- 14 Langthwaite Business Park Langthwaite Road, South Kirkby, Pontefract, England, WF9 3AP
- Postcode
- WF9 3AP
- Capital
- 10,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-13
- Next due by
- 2027-08-27
Nature of business (SIC)
- 82990 Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 13 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by PBE GROUP LTD — since 2021-04-16
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA798652 (Tier 2), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- ade-power.com
- Phone
- +441977658100, 0088917786, 0290030205
Global manufacturer of precision engineered acoustic and modular enclosures for generators, switchgear, energy storage, fuel tanks, and related equipment.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ADVANCED DIESEL ENGINEERING LIMITED | 2021-07-12 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 14 LANGTHWAITE GRANGE, IND EST SOUTH KIRKBY, PONTEFRACT, WEST YORKSHIRE, WF9 3AP | 2021-04-19 |
| 17 CARCROFT ENTERPRISE PARK, CARCROFT, DONCASTER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE DN6 8DD | 1999-11-09 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 495 similar companies in WF
3rd largest employer among its local peers (188 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1997.
Competitors Wakefield
This company ranks 2 among other business support service activities not elsewhere classified in Wakefield.
The class of 1997
31%
of the 3,522 companies in this sector incorporated in 1997 are still active today; 67% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 1
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2016-10-31
- Where
- West Yorkshire (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YY74879 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2016-10-31 | — |
| WYK424390 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2004-07-23 | — |
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