{"name":"BENCHMARK FABRICATIONS LIMITED","company_number":"02980858","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1994-10-19","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Jubilee House, Jubilee Road, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, SG6 1WU","postcode":"SG6 1WU","sic_codes":[{"code":25990,"description":"Manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified"},{"code":31010,"description":"Manufacture of office and shop furniture"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"BENCHMARK FABRICATION LIMITED","changed_on":"1997-07-03"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 January","last_made_up_to":"2026-01-31","next_due":"2027-10-31"},"employees":null,"financials":[{"financial_date":"2021-01-31","net_assets":3518572,"cash":394803},{"financial_date":"2020-01-31","net_assets":3260897,"cash":164106}],"officers":{"current":3,"resigned":8,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":10,"outstanding":6},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/benchmark-fabrications","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/benchmark-fabrications/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/benchmark-fabrications/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02980858","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/benchmark-fabrications/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/benchmark-fabrications/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/benchmark-fabrications/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/benchmark-fabrications/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/benchmark-fabrications"}