COLUMBIA PRECISION LIMITED
Company number 01621737 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Columbia Precision Limited is a 43-year-old West Midlands subcontract machinist (SIC 25620) that is financially stronger than the typical UK SME peer — essentially debt-free, with a 5.3x current ratio, £672k cash and FY2025 profit up 29% to £504k, implying a ~9.6% return on net assets that sits mid-to-upper quartile for the sector. Its principal vulnerabilities are sector-typical: an ageing, ~73%-depreciated machine base funded at only 0.24x depreciation, £2.8m of net assets tied up in intercompany debtors, and heavy exposure to a West Midlands automotive supply chain undergoing EV-driven restructuring. Overall it reads as a conservatively managed, cash-extractive niche player — resilient but underinvested relative to the automation-led leaders reshaping UK precision machining.
Shareholders' funds
£5,259,877
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1982-03-12
- Employees
- 37 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 140 Cheston Road, Aston, Birmingham, B7 5EH
- Postcode
- B7 5EH
- Capital
- 10,006 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption 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
- 2026-10-02
- Next due by
- 2027-10-16
Nature of business (SIC)
- 25620 Machining
Officers 5 current · 4 resigned
Contact details
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 125 CHESTON ROAD, ASTON, BIRMINGHAM, B7 5EA | 2003-11-10 |
| 101,BRACEBRIDGE STREET,, ASTON,, BIRMINGHAM,, B6 4PD | 1996-02-18 |
| UNIT 20 GREEN LANE IND ESTATE, SECOND AVENUE, GREEN LANE, BORDESLEY GREEN BIRMINGHAM | 1989-09-18 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 98 similar companies in B
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (37 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1982.
Competitors Birmingham
This company ranks 2 among machining in Birmingham.
The class of 1982
53%
of the 12,656 companies incorporated in 1982 are still active today; 39% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2018-05-09
- Where
- West Midlands (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MM105430 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2018-05-09 | — |
| MM105431 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2018-05-09 | — |
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