{"name":"BKW INSTRUMENTS LIMITED","company_number":"01207254","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1975-04-11","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Weymouth Road, Eccles, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom, M30 8SH","postcode":"M30 8SH","sic_codes":[{"code":26511,"description":"Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"D. E. BAKER LIMITED","changed_on":"2000-03-29"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":48,"accounts_date":"2025-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-12-31","profit_loss":50279,"net_assets":3151609,"cash":707874,"average_employees":48},{"financial_date":"2024-12-31","profit_loss":462252,"net_assets":3252057,"cash":957301,"average_employees":51},{"financial_date":"2023-12-31","net_assets":3055604,"cash":634092,"average_employees":54},{"financial_date":"2022-12-31","net_assets":3033091,"cash":895103},{"financial_date":"2021-12-31","net_assets":3033048,"cash":575536}],"officers":{"current":6,"resigned":6,"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":4,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":"https://www.bkwinstruments.co.uk/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/bkw-instruments","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/bkw-instruments/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/bkw-instruments/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01207254","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/bkw-instruments/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/bkw-instruments/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/bkw-instruments/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/bkw-instruments/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/bkw-instruments"}