GILBERT GILKES & GORDON LIMITED
Company number 00173768 · Monitor this company
This company is in liquidation.
Executive summary
Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon represents a strategically valuable heritage engineering brand with deep specialisation in hydropower turbines and pumps, positioned in a sector with secular growth tailwinds. However, the liquidation status demands immediate clarification of whether this represents a solvent restructuring under the Holdings parent or a distress scenario that risks fragmenting irreproducible intellectual property and market position. The Crewdson family's controlling stakes and the group structure suggest the former is more probable, but the outcome will determine whether this century-old asset continues as a going concern or becomes an acquisition target for larger engineering conglomerates seeking hydropower capabilities.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1921-03-18
- Registered office
- Canal Head North, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7BZ
- Postcode
- LA9 7BZ
- Capital
- 1,333,324 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 6 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-11
- Next due by
- 2027-08-25
Nature of business (SIC)
- 28110 Manufacture of engines and turbines, except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines
- 28131 Manufacture of pumps
- 28990 Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery not elsewhere classified
- 71129 Other engineering activities
Officers 4 current · 26 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by GILBERT GILKES & GORDON HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2018-09-04
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2024 (period to 2023-09-30) — 3 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Among its peers
The oldest
of 39 similar companies in LA — measured against the wider sector, trading since 1921
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2009-08-20
- Where
- Westmorland And Furness
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CU249928 | Westmorland And Furness | Freehold | 2009-08-20 | — |
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