CERDIC FOUNDRIES LIMITED
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Executive summary
Cerdic Foundries possesses genuine strategic differentiation through its Lloyds accreditation and metallurgical range, operating in a market where domestic capacity continues to contract in its favour. The FY2025 return to profitability and 22% net asset growth confirms the business model's viability, but critically thin cash reserves (£39K), extreme debtor concentration (82% of current assets), and declining tangible assets signal that the company is profitable but financially fragile. The immediate strategic imperative is working capital optimisation—specifically accelerating cash collection and managing debtor risk—whilst leveraging its accreditation and material capabilities to capture displaced demand from exiting competitors and pursue value-grade upsell opportunities that improve margins without requiring significant capital investment.
Shareholders' funds
£866,000
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is the manufacture of ferrous and non-ferrous castings
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1970-03-26
- Employees
- 66 (2025 accounts · was 60 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Cerdic Foundries Limited, Beeching Close, Chard, England, TA20 1BB
- Postcode
- TA20 1BB
- Capital
- 336,300 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 4 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
- 2026-07-23
- Next due by
- 2027-08-06
Nature of business (SIC)
- 24510 Casting of iron
Officers 7 current · 12 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by CHARD FOUNDRY HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-09-02
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA726809 (Tier 2), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- cerdicfoundries.co.uk
One of the few cast iron foundries that are Lloyds Registered. Sand castings in materials ADI, SGI, CGI, Aluminium alloys, Copper & resistant steels.
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| CERDIC FOUNDRIES LIMITED BEECHING CLOSE, CHARD, TA20 1BB, ENGLAND | 2017-10-16 |
| BEECHING CLOSE BEECHING CLOSE, CHARD, TA20 1BB, ENGLAND | 2017-10-13 |
| C/O RUBICON PARTNERS 8-12 YORK GATE, LONDON, NW1 4QG, UNITED KINGDOM | 2017-10-12 |
| C/O C/O, C/O RUBICON PARTNERS 8-12 YORK GATE, LONDON, NW1 4QG, UNITED KINGDOM | 2017-01-17 |
| BEECHING CLO., CHARD, SOMERSET, TA20 1BB | 2017-01-16 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 746 similar companies in TA — measured against the wider sector
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (66 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1970.
The class of 1970
54%
of the 3,725 companies incorporated in 1970 are still active today; 40% 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
- 2016-12-12
- Where
- Somerset
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WS77972 | Somerset | Leasehold | 2016-12-12 | — |
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