AMSAFE BRIDPORT LIMITED
Company number 00140449 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
AmSafe Bridport occupies a dominant market position as the global leader in aviation safety restraint systems, benefiting from insurmountable certification barriers and a 109-year heritage in engineered textile products. Its acquisition by TransDigm Group provides financial strength and strategic discipline that places it well above typical UK aerospace SME performance metrics, though at the cost of local autonomy. The company's principal vulnerabilities—manufacturing concentration, skilled workforce retention in rural Dorset, and dependency on Boeing/Airbus production rates—are offset by a business model where aftermarket revenues and regulatory moats provide durable competitive advantages that few UK manufacturers can match.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1915-05-25
- Registered office
- The Court, West Street, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 3QU
- Postcode
- DT6 3QU
- Capital
- 1,000,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-09-30
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-11
- Next due by
- 2026-12-25
Nature of business (SIC)
- 52230 Service activities incidental to air transportation
Officers 5 current · 33 resigned
Public contracts won 3
£9,948,328 total awarded value where published.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-09-30) — 6 years on the registry.
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Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BRIDPORT (UK) LIMITED | 2001-01-05 |
| BRIDPORT-GUNDRY (UK) LIMITED | 1998-03-02 |
| BRIDPORT-GUNDRY (1982) LIMITED | 1992-10-15 |
| BRIDPORT-GUNDRY LIMITED | 1982-02-25 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| C/O THE MARMON GROUP LIMITED, BROADACRE HOUSE, 16-20 LOWTHER STREET CARLISLE, CUMBRIA CA3 8DA | 2000-08-09 |
| THE COURT,, WEST STREET,, BRIDPORT,, DORSET DT6 3QU | 2000-03-31 |
Among its peers
The oldest
of 8 similar companies in DT, trading since 1915
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 1990-08-31
- Where
- Dorset
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DT178911 | Dorset | Freehold | 1990-08-31 | — |
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