HILLCREST FABRICATIONS LIMITED

Company number 01899000 ·

Active

This company is in liquidation.

Executive summary

Hillcrest Fabrications Limited is a severely distressed small structural metalwork fabricator operating in the competitive East Midlands manufacturing corridor. With net liabilities of £430,945, a current ratio of just 0.22:1, and apparent liquidation status, the company is technically insolvent and almost certainly unable to continue trading without significant external financial support or restructuring. The dramatic deterioration in shareholders' funds from a marginal positive position in 2020 to deep insolvency by 2024-2025, coupled with escalating Crown debt and minimal capital investment, indicates a business that has been progressively failing over several years. Within the context of a challenging UK fabrication sector facing steel price volatility, energy cost inflation, and construction cycle weakness, Hillcrest lacks the scale, financial resilience, and capital base to compete effectively.

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Shareholders' funds

-£430,945

Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1985-03-25
Employees
17 (2025 accounts · was 18 in 2024)
Registered office
Queens Drive, Newhall, Swadlincote, Derbys, DE11 0EG
Postcode
DE11 0EG
Capital
90 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
4 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-03-31
Next due by
2026-12-31
Financial year end
31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-08-08
Next due by
2027-08-22
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 25110 Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Officers 3 current · 11 resigned

Appointed 2025-04-02
Gary Lee FRY Director
Appointed 2025-04-02
Appointed 2004-12-14

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA347412 (Tier 1), registered since 2018.

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Previous company names

NameDate changed
BROWNE STRUCTURES LIMITED2011-03-22
ALLAWAY AND BROWNE STRUCTURES LIMITED1994-05-24

Among its peers

Among the oldest 25%

of 80 similar companies in DE, trading since 1985

Competitors Derby

This company ranks 62 among manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures in Derby.

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The class of 1985

49%

of the 15,386 companies incorporated in 1985 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 1 title

Leasehold
1
Most recent registration
2015-07-09
Where
Derbyshire
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
DY494241 Derbyshire Leasehold 2015-07-09

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