BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LIMITED
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Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1997-02-17
- Registered office
- Bucknalls Lane, Garston, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 9XX
- Postcode
- WD25 9XX
- Capital
- 7 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 4 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
- 2026-01-12
- Next due by
- 2027-01-26
Nature of business (SIC)
- 72190 Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Officers 8 current · 21 resigned
Group structure 11 subsidiaries
Controlled by BRE GROUP LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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BRE CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED Dissolved
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BRE PROJECTS LIMITED Dissolved
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BRE VENTURES LIMITED Dissolved
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BRE WASTE AND ENVIRONMENTAL BODY LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 15
£6,865,050 total awarded value where published.
Showing the 5 most recent of 15.
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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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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z4827934 (Tier 3), registered since 2000.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
8.3%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| PACETYPE LIMITED | 1997-03-21 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| GARSTON, WATFORD, HEREFORDSHIRE WD2 7JR | 2000-11-20 |
| GARSTON WATFORD, WEST SUSSEX, WD2 7JR | 1997-06-03 |
| GARSTON, WATFORD, WEST SUSSEX, WD2 7JR | 1997-03-19 |
| BROADWALK HOUSE, 5 APPOLD STREET, LONDON, EC2A 2HA | 1997-03-18 |
| 1 MITCHELL LANE, BRISTOL, BS1 6BU | 1997-03-17 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 29 similar companies in WD, trading since 1997
The class of 1997
44%
of the 50,527 companies incorporated in 1997 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2019-04-03
- Where
- Hertfordshire (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD582437 | Hertfordshire | Freehold | 2019-04-03 | — |
| HD355877 | Hertfordshire | Freehold | 1997-07-04 | — |
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