BKW INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
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Executive summary
BKW Instruments is a well-established UK instrumentation manufacturer with an exceptionally strong balance sheet that far exceeds typical sector norms – net assets of £3.15M and a current ratio of 2.66:1 provide considerable financial resilience. However, the dramatic 89% decline in profitability from £462K (2024) to £50K (2025) is a significant concern, yielding an ROE of just 1.6% against a sector benchmark of 8-12%. While the company benefits from nearly 50 years of trading heritage, manufacturing capability, and a diversified instrumentation portfolio, its sub-50 employee scale constrains its ability to compete for the large framework agreements that increasingly dominate procurement in its target industries. The strategic challenge is clear: converting balance sheet strength into sustainable, above-average returns in a sector facing both digital transformation opportunities and intensifying cost pressures.
Shareholders' funds
£3,151,609
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1975-04-11
- Employees
- 48 (2025 accounts · was 51 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Weymouth Road, Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom, M30 8SH
- Postcode
- M30 8SH
- Capital
- 5,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-25
- Next due by
- 2027-07-09
Nature of business (SIC)
- 26511 Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control
Officers 6 current · 6 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by BKW (HOLDINGS) LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
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Contact details
- Website
- bkwinstruments.co.uk
- Phone
- 01617074838
BKW Instruments provides Pressure, Temperature, Level, Flow, Valves, and Analytical instrumentation solutions and services across all industries in the UK.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| D. E. BAKER LIMITED | 2000-03-29 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 199 MONTON RD., MONTON GRN., ECCLES, MANCHESTER M30 9PP | 1992-02-24 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 18 similar companies in M
The largest employer among its local peers (48 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1975.
Competitors Manchester
This company ranks 3 among manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control in Manchester.
The class of 1975
52%
of the 5,874 companies incorporated in 1975 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 5 titles
- Freehold
- 5
- Most recent registration
- 2007-06-08
- Where
- Greater Manchester (5)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA25080 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2007-06-08 | — |
| MAN82166 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2007-04-27 | — |
| GM444498 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2007-01-25 | — |
| GM459057 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2007-01-25 | — |
| LA262021 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2007-01-25 | — |
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