FSE FOUNDRY LIMITED
Company number 04143541 · Monitor this company
This company is in liquidation.
Executive summary
FSE Foundry Limited is a long-established UK foundry with multi-metal casting capabilities and property-backed assets of £1.39M, currently in liquidation following a catastrophic liquidity crisis that saw cash reserves fall to £1,166 against current liabilities of £617K. The company's strategic position is defined by the tension between tangible asset value and operational insolvency—making this fundamentally a creditor recovery scenario rather than a growth opportunity, where property realisation and potential pre-pack restructuring represent the only viable paths to preserve any residual enterprise value.
Shareholders' funds
£1,146,205
Balance sheet as at 2023-03-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is ferrous and non ferrous founders
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2001-01-18
- Employees
- 18 (2026 accounts · was 21 in 2025)
- Registered office
- 11 Swinbourne Drive Springwood Industrial Estate, Braintree, Essex, United Kingdom, CM7 2YP
- Postcode
- CM7 2YP
- Capital
- 10,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-09-09
- Next due by
- 2026-09-23
Nature of business (SIC)
- 24100 Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys
- 24510 Casting of iron
- 24530 Casting of light metals
- 24540 Casting of other non-ferrous metals
Officers 3 current · 10 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by FINCH SEAMAN ENFIELD GROUP LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
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.
Contact details
- Website
- fsefoundry.co.uk
- Phone
- 01376348480, 01376321170
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| FINCH SEAMAN ENFIELD LIMITED | 2010-07-22 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 11 SWINBOURNE DRIVE, SPRINGWOOD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BRAINTREE, ESSEX CM7 2YP | 2001-02-22 |
| CRWYS HOUSE, 33 CRWYS ROAD, CARDIFF, SOUTH GLAMORGAN CF24 4YF | 2001-02-01 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 9 similar companies in CM
The largest employer among its local peers (18 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 2001.
Competitors Chelmsford
This company ranks 2 among manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys in Chelmsford.
The class of 2001
40%
of the 80,159 companies incorporated in 2001 are still active today; 57% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.