{"name":"GATEWAY CONTROL SYSTEMS LIMITED","company_number":"SC177224","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1997-07-14","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Gateway House, Enzie, Buckie, Moray, AB56 5BL","postcode":"AB56 5BL","sic_codes":[{"code":26512,"description":"Manufacture of electronic industrial process control equipment"},{"code":33140,"description":"Repair of electrical equipment"},{"code":43210,"description":"Electrical installation"},{"code":71121,"description":"Engineering design activities for industrial process and production"}],"principal_activity":"The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of electrical engineering.","previous_names":[],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"24 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-24","next_due":"2027-09-24"},"employees":{"count":5,"accounts_date":"2025-12-24"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-12-24","average_employees":5},{"financial_date":"2024-12-31","average_employees":7},{"financial_date":"2023-12-31","net_assets":448330,"cash":52918,"average_employees":11},{"financial_date":"2022-12-29","net_assets":506990,"cash":2735},{"financial_date":"2021-12-29","net_assets":524618,"cash":254538}],"officers":{"current":3,"resigned":2,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":2,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Gateway Control Systems occupies a defensible niche in the UK industrial process control sector, demonstrating exceptional balance sheet growth over the past decade and a notably conservative capital structure with minimal leverage. The 2024 financial position—net assets of £626k and cash of £236k—represents a record high and provides meaningful resilience against the sector's inherent cyclicality. However, the business carries structural limitations typical of owner-managed micro-SMEs: key-person dependency, constrained scale for tier-one client engagements, and declining tangible assets that may signal under-investment in manufacturing capability. The company's vertical integration across design, manufacture, installation, and repair is a genuine competitive differentiator, though realising its full strategic value will likely require addressing succession planning and capital investment decisions in the medium term.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/gateway-control-systems","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/gateway-control-systems/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/gateway-control-systems/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC177224","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/gateway-control-systems/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/gateway-control-systems/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/gateway-control-systems/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/gateway-control-systems/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/gateway-control-systems"}