BENCHMARK FABRICATIONS LIMITED
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Executive summary
Benchmark Fabrications Limited occupies a challenging mid-tier position in the UK fabricated metal products and shop fitting sector, with a turnover of £7.45m and an encouraging gross margin recovery to 36% that exceeds industry norms. However, the company's financial position remains fragile – it is still loss-making at the net level, has received a qualified audit disclaimer on inventory verification, faces going concern uncertainty, and has required both HMRC Time to Pay arrangements and parent company financing to maintain solvency. The strategic diversification into construction security and high-access platforms is a necessary response to retail sector structural decline, but execution risk remains significant given the company's constrained financial resources and governance concerns raised by the auditors.
Shareholders' funds
£3,518,572
Balance sheet as at 2021-01-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1994-10-19
- Registered office
- Jubilee House, Jubilee Road, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, SG6 1WU
- Postcode
- SG6 1WU
- Capital
- 1 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 6 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-01-31
- Next due by
- 2027-10-31
- Financial year end
- 31 January
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-27
- Next due by
- 2027-09-10
Nature of business (SIC)
- 25990 Manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified
- 31010 Manufacture of office and shop furniture
Officers 3 current · 8 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by BENCHMARK FABRICATIONS GROUP LIMITED — since 2022-06-23
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 1
£2,000,000 total awarded value where published.
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZC011744 (Tier 2), registered since 2025.
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Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BENCHMARK FABRICATION LIMITED | 1997-07-03 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 2 CASTING COMPANY SITE, BIRDS HILL, LETCHWORTH, HERTFORDSHIRE SG6 1PH | 2001-03-07 |
| 17 CITY BUSINESS CENTRE, LOWER RD, LONDON, SE16 1AA | 1994-10-25 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 60 similar companies in SG
Trading since 1994.
Competitors Stevenage
This company ranks 5 among manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified in Stevenage.
The class of 1994
47%
of the 28,890 companies incorporated in 1994 are still active today; 50% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.