HADLEIGH CASTINGS LIMITED
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Executive summary
Hadleigh Castings occupies a defensible niche position within the contracted UK aluminium foundry sector, leveraging vertical integration from pattern-making through to finished castings and maintaining a robust balance sheet with net assets of £4.37m. However, the 29% revenue decline to £6.7m and swing to a pre-tax loss of £49k in 2025 exposes the operating leverage risk inherent in capital-intensive foundry operations—gross margins actually improved to 40.6% but fixed cost absorption proved insufficient on the lower volume. The post year-end sale and leaseback of solar assets, combined with reduced cash reserves, suggests the company is managing liquidity carefully while maintaining investment discipline, positioning it to benefit from any demand recovery while remaining vulnerable to further macroeconomic deterioration.
Shareholders' funds
£4,373,089
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of pattern markers, die and sand castings.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1969-11-03
- Employees
- 94 (2025 accounts · was 108 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Pond Hall Road, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP7 5PW
- Postcode
- IP7 5PW
- Capital
- 55,602 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 17 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
- 2026-04-04
- Next due by
- 2027-04-18
Nature of business (SIC)
- 24530 Casting of light metals
Officers 10 current · 9 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- hadleighcastings.com
Hadleigh Castings Ltd A Leading UK Aluminium Foundry
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| HADLEIGH PATTERNS LIMITED | 1996-11-08 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| POND HALL ROAD, HADLEIGH, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK, IP7 5PW | 2014-06-04 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 23 similar companies in IP — measured against the wider sector
2nd largest employer among its local peers (94 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1969.
Property in England & Wales 4 titles
- Freehold
- 3
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2022-01-31
- Price paid, where recorded
- £430,000
- Where
- Suffolk (4)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK413589 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2022-01-31 | — |
| SK220492 | Suffolk | Leasehold | 2018-10-17 | £430,000 |
| SK167756 | Suffolk | Freehold | 1997-01-27 | — |
| SK167757 | Suffolk | Freehold | 1997-01-27 | — |
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