ALS LABORATORIES (UK) LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£19,801,000
Balance sheet as at 2020-03-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the provision of scientific, analytical and consultancy services to the human food and drink, pet food, agricultural, water, environmental and pharmaceutical industries.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1989-06-05
- Employees
- 859 (2020 accounts · was 890 in 2019)
- Registered office
- Als, Torrington Avenue, Coventry, England, CV4 9GU
- Postcode
- CV4 9GU
- Capital
- 250,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 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
- 2025-09-14
- Next due by
- 2026-09-28
Nature of business (SIC)
- 71200 Technical testing and analysis
Officers 5 current · 31 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by ALS INSPECTION UK LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
Controlled by ECLIPSE SCIENTIFIC HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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KINGMOOR TECHNICAL HOLDINGS LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 1
£30,248 total awarded value where published.
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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 — ZA534997 (Tier 3), registered since 2019.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
0%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · in the top 10% for parity
Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ECLIPSE SCIENTIFIC LIMITED | 2017-11-01 |
| MID KENT SCIENTIFIC SERVICES LIMITED | 1993-10-28 |
| BEALAW (246) LIMITED | 1989-08-09 |
Previous registered addresses 7
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| SANDS MILL HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, MIRFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE, WF14 9DQ | 2020-12-23 |
| TAPPERS BUILDING, HUDDERSFIELD ROAD, MIRFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE, WF14 9DQ | 2009-08-03 |
| MEDCALFE WAY, BRIDGE STREET, CHATTERIS, CAMBRIDGESHIRE PE16 6QZ | 2007-04-25 |
| THE BARN HOPTON BROW, 102 HOPTON LANE, UPPER HOPTON MIRFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE WF14 8JP | 2006-08-30 |
| ROCFORT ROAD, SNODLAND, KENT ME6 5AH | 2004-08-23 |
| HIGH ST, SNODLAND, KENT ME6 5AH | 2000-09-20 |
| BEACHCROFT STANLEYS, 20 FURNIVAL STREET, LONDON, EC4A 1BN | 1989-08-17 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 61 similar companies in CV
The largest employer among its local peers (859 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1989.
No.2 of the largest technical testing and analysis companies in Coventry →
Competitors Coventry
This company ranks 2 among technical testing and analysis in Coventry.
The class of 1989
50%
of the 21,096 companies incorporated in 1989 are still active today; 44% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 14 titles
- Freehold
- 6
- Leasehold
- 8
- Most recent registration
- 2025-08-01
- Price paid, where recorded
- £1,129,000
- Where
- Cambridgeshire (5), West Midlands (3), West Yorkshire (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB350768 | Cambridgeshire | Freehold | 2025-08-01 | £1,129,000 |
| MM190713 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2023-11-17 | — |
| YY128259 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2023-03-09 | — |
| MM22588 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2022-11-09 | — |
| WM304908 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2022-11-09 | — |
| YY165647 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2022-03-24 | — |
| SYK696448 | South Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2022-01-14 | — |
| SL242375 | Shropshire | Leasehold | 2018-02-14 | — |
| SYK506873 | South Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2018-02-14 | — |
| CB106272 | Cambridgeshire | Freehold | 2006-05-08 | — |
| CB162397 | Cambridgeshire | Freehold | 2006-05-08 | — |
| CB175959 | Cambridgeshire | Freehold | 2006-05-08 | — |
| CB186494 | Cambridgeshire | Freehold | 2006-05-08 | — |
| ST124922 | Somerset | Freehold | 1996-02-16 | — |
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