ARGUS FLUIDHANDLING LIMITED
Company number 06676549 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Argus Fluidhandling occupies a defensible niche position within the hydraulic components OEM supply chain, leveraging group scale and quality certifications, but faces an acute financial crisis that renders it entirely dependent on parent company Alfa Gomma for survival. The improving gross margin of 64.9% demonstrates underlying product-level competitiveness, yet persistent and widening operating losses, critically depleted cash, and negative equity of £7.3M indicate that without fundamental operational restructuring and parent-supported recapitalisation, the entity cannot sustain itself as a going concern independently. Strategic priority must be an urgent review of the operating cost base to convert gross margin strength into operating profitability before cyclical recovery can be captured.
Shareholders' funds
-£7,310,825
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of the manufacture and sale of hydraulic hose and tube assemblies, including first and second tier supply to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2008-08-19
- Employees
- 201 (2024 accounts · was 211 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 43 Wilcock Road, Haydock, St. Helens, Merseyside, England, WA11 9TG
- Postcode
- WA11 9TG
- Capital
- 3 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 2 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
- 2026-08-19
- Next due by
- 2027-09-02
Nature of business (SIC)
- 32990 Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified
Officers 2 current · 7 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by HIFLEX EUROPE LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA655752 (Tier 2), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- argusfluidhandling.com
Argus manifactures high-quality hydraulic components. Ever since the name Argus has stood for quality, safety and technical competence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BLAKEDEW 739 LIMITED | 2008-08-20 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| HIFLEX HOUSE TELFORD ROAD, CHURCHFIELDS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SALISBURY, WILTSHIRE, SP2 7PH | 2016-01-20 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 20/08/2009 FROM, HIFLEX HOUSE TELFORD ROAD, CHURCHFIELDS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SALISBURY, WILTSHIRE, SP2 7PH | 2009-08-20 |
| HIFLEX HOUSE TELFORD ROAD, CHURCHFIELDS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SALISBURY, WILTSHIRE, SP2 7PH | 2009-08-20 |
| HARBOUR COURT COMPASS ROAD, NORTH HARBOUR, PORTSMOUTH, HAMPSHIRE, PO6 4ST | 2008-08-20 |
At this address
The largest employer
of 111 similar companies in WA, with 201 staff.
Competitors Warrington
This company ranks 143 among other manufacturing not elsewhere classified in Warrington.
The class of 2008
35%
of the 842 companies in this sector incorporated in 2008 are still active today; 61% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2008-12-03
- Where
- Wiltshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WT240033 | Wiltshire | Leasehold | 2008-12-03 | — |
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