GILLETT & JOHNSTON(CROYDON)LIMITED
Company number 00557325 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Gillett & Johnston occupies a rarefied market position as one of very few remaining UK manufacturers of turret clocks and bells — a heritage craft niche with high barriers to entry and limited domestic competition. However, the business carries a fundamentally weak capital structure with persistent negative net assets of (£133,905), marginal liquidity, and dependency on long-term creditor forbearance, likely from director-related lending. While recent trends show modest improvement and workforce expansion suggests order book strength, the company remains vulnerable to cash flow shocks and lacks the financial resilience typical of manufacturing sector norms. The enduring value lies in irreplaceable brand heritage and craft skills; the risk lies in a balance sheet that provides almost no margin for operational adversity.
Shareholders' funds
-£132,607
Balance sheet as at 2025-10-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1955-11-15
- Employees
- 6 (2025 accounts · was 7 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Unit 3 Omicron Estate, Fircroft Way, Edenbridge, Kent, England, TN8 6EL
- Postcode
- TN8 6EL
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Micro
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-10-31
- Next due by
- 2027-07-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-10-14
- Next due by
- 2026-10-28
Nature of business (SIC)
- 28990 Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery not elsewhere classified
Officers 5 current
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA674505 (Tier 1), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- gillettjohnston.uk
- Phone
- 01883740000, 01883742502
Gillett & Johnston have been making and restoring Clocks, Bells, Weathervanes and Coats of Arms since 1844. To benefit from our experience contact us today.
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 1 THE FRIESIAN BUILDING BREWERSTREET DAIRY BUSINESS PARK, BREWER STREET, BLETCHINGLEY, SURREY, RH1 4QP | 2017-09-20 |
| UNIT 9A TWIN BRIDGES BUSINESS, PARK 232 SELSDON ROAD, SOUTH CROYDON, SURREY, CR2 6PL | 2012-04-02 |
| REDSAN WORKS, 28 SANDERSTEAD RD, SOUTH CROYDON, SURREY CR2 0PA | 1997-08-05 |
Among its peers
The oldest
of 30 similar companies in TN, trading since 1955
Competitors Ashford
This company ranks 20 among manufacture of other special-purpose machinery not elsewhere classified in Ashford.