CYGNUS INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£2,185,798
Balance sheet as at 2020-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the Company during the financial year was the manufacture and sale of ultrasonic thickness gauges and other instruments.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1983-02-14
- Employees
- 35 (2025 accounts · was 32 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 30 Prince Of Wales Road, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1PW
- Postcode
- DT1 1PW
- Capital
- 80,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 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
- 2025-12-14
- Next due by
- 2026-12-28
Nature of business (SIC)
- 26511 Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control
Officers 6 current · 11 resigned
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB603504 (Tier 2), registered since 2023.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- cygnusinstruments.com
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| LAURELSHIELD LIMITED | 1983-03-30 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 18 PRINCESS STREET, DORCHESTER, DORSET DT1 1TW | 1992-03-18 |
| CROCKWAY HOUSE, FRAMPTON, DORCHESTER, DORSET DT2 0BY | 1989-03-31 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 12 similar companies in DT
The largest employer among its local peers (35 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1983.
Competitors Dorchester
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1. SKC LIMITED
This company ranks 3 among manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control in Dorchester.
The class of 1983
51%
of the 13,141 companies incorporated in 1983 are still active today; 40% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.