E.BACON & CO.,LIMITED

Company number 00178235 ·

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Executive summary

Bacon Engineering is a century-old precision manufacturing business with a demonstrable track record of steady value creation, evidenced by net asset growth from £318k to £741k over eight years and consistent profit retention. The company's strategic position—anchored by heritage, substantial fixed assets, and regional proximity to the Humber industrial cluster—provides a credible platform for growth, provided it addresses escalating liabilities, optimises its disproportionately high debtor book, and professionalises governance to mitigate key-person risk inherent in concentrated family ownership.

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Shareholders' funds

£726,675

Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the company is Machining

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1921-12-06
Employees
32 (2025 accounts · was 33 in 2024)
Registered office
Estate Road 2, South Humberside Industrial Estate, Grimsby, England, DN31 2TG
Postcode
DN31 2TG
Capital
25,000 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
1 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
2026-08-06
Next due by
2027-08-20
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 25110 Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
  • 25620 Machining

Officers 6 current · 7 resigned

Darren John GLEW Director
Appointed 2022-01-06
Appointed 2017-03-17
Appointed 2017-03-17
Appointed 2016-09-13
MR STEVEN COOK Director
MANAGING DIRECTOR Appointed 2013-07-26

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA668587 (Tier 2), registered since 2020.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Previous registered addresses 1

AddressChanged on
HUTTON ROAD,, FISH DOCKS,, GRIMSBY, DN31 3PS2019-03-14

Among its peers

Top 25%

by shareholders' funds, of 55 similar companies in DN

Among the biggest employers among its local peers (32 staff).

The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1921.

No.10 of the largest manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures companies in Doncaster →

54 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors Doncaster

This company ranks 10 among manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures in Doncaster.

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Property in England & Wales 2 titles

Leasehold
2
Most recent registration
2019-01-11
Where
North East Lincolnshire (2)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
HS394305 North East Lincolnshire Leasehold 2019-01-11
HS366954 North East Lincolnshire Leasehold 2012-08-10

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