BLACK BOX NETWORK SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£5,959,952
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
What it does
The Company's principal activities fall into two service sectors: Technology Product Solutions: The sale of data communication, structured cabling, and telephony products through our catalogues and online. Global Solutions Integration: The Global Solutions Integration business focuses on industry-specific designs, global deployment, managed services, wireless/mobility, UC & C and structured cabling solutions at the intelligent digital edge. The Black Box digital business strategy gives customers the flexibility, bandwidth and support customers need to not only be prepared for today's I.T, but also remain secure and future-facing as IT continues to expand and networks become essential to customer's success
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1987-10-22
- Employees
- 50 (2025 accounts · was 56 in 2024)
- Registered office
- First Floor (North) Blake House, Manor Farm Road, Reading, England, England, RG2 0JH
- Postcode
- RG2 0JH
- Capital
- 620,027 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-17
- Next due by
- 2027-07-01
Nature of business (SIC)
- 62090 Other information technology service activities
Officers 4 current · 23 resigned
Public contracts won 1
£18,658 total awarded value where published.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Contact details
- Website
- blackbox.co.uk
Black Box® is a trusted IT solutions provider delivering cutting-edge technology products and world-class consulting services to businesses across the globe.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BLACK BOX (UK) LIMITED | 2004-03-31 |
| BLACK BOX CATALOGUE LIMITED | 2000-04-28 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 464 BASINGSTOKE ROAD, READING, BERKSHIRE, RG2 0BG | 2015-03-17 |
| 15 CRADOCK ROAD, READING, BERKSHIRE, RG2 OJT | 2000-06-09 |
| CRADOCK ROAD, READING, BERKSHIRE, RG2 OJT | 2000-06-09 |
| 166 BEDMINSTER DOWN RD, BRISTOL, BS13 7AG | 1988-09-20 |
| 6 BEDMINSTER DOWN RD, BRISTOL, BS13 7AG | 1988-09-20 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 866 similar companies in RG
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (50 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1987.
No.11 of the largest other information technology service activities companies in Reading →
Competitors Reading
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5. FRACTILE LTD
This company ranks 11 among other information technology service activities in Reading.
The class of 1987
51%
of the 20,106 companies incorporated in 1987 are still active today; 42% 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
- 2015-03-04
- Where
- Reading
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BK467021 | Reading | Leasehold | 2015-03-04 | — |
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