HEL LIMITED
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Executive summary
HEL Limited presents as a financially robust, long-established specialist engineering research company with strong net assets and a significantly improved cash position. However, the analysis is constrained by the age of detailed financial data (2017), recent board turnover that has left the company dependent on a single director, and a complex group ownership structure that introduces intercompany risk. The company's regulatory compliance record is clean, and its balance sheet strength suggests low solvency risk, but obtaining current financial statements and understanding the reasons for director departures are essential next steps before making any investment commitment.
Shareholders' funds
£5,318,674
Balance sheet as at 2017-06-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1987-07-14
- Employees
- 31 (2017 accounts)
- Registered office
- Unit 2 Centro, Boundary Way, Hemel Hempstead, England, HP2 7SU
- Postcode
- HP2 7SU
- Capital
- 15,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-06-30
- Next due by
- 2026-11-18
- Financial year end
- 29 November
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-01-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 72190 Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Officers 2 current · 14 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by H.E.L. MACHINERY LIMITED — since 2025-08-07
Controlled by HEL REALISATIONS 2025 LIMITED — since 2018-03-23
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HABAYIT LLP Dissolved
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)).
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Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| HAZARD EVALUATION LABORATORY LIMITED | 2003-01-15 |
| WIDEPLANET LIMITED | 1987-09-03 |
Previous registered addresses 7
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| C/O RAYNER ESSEX, TAVISTOCK HOUSE SOUTH, TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON WC1H 9LG | 2007-10-16 |
| TREASURE HOUSE, 19-21 HATTON GARDEN, LONDON, EC1N 8LF | 2007-07-06 |
| 50 MOXON STREET, BARNET, HERTS, EN5 5TS | 2002-03-15 |
| FIRE RESEARCH STATION SITE, MELROSE AVENUE, BOREHAMWOOD, HERTS WD6 2BL | 1994-08-07 |
| 4 NEW CAVENDISH STREET, LONDON, W1M 7LJ | 1991-11-27 |
| 18 GROSVENOR PLACE, LONDON, SW1X 7HS | 1989-04-26 |
| 2 BACHES STREET, LONDON, N1 6UB | 1987-09-25 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 33 similar companies in HP
The largest employer among its local peers (31 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1987.
Competitors High Wycombe
This company ranks 1 among other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering in High Wycombe.
The class of 1987
51%
of the 20,106 companies incorporated in 1987 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2023-03-23
- Where
- Hertfordshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD617241 | Hertfordshire | Leasehold | 2023-03-23 | — |
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