KENT MODULAR ELECTRONICS LIMITED
Company number 00580836 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Kent Modular Electronics Limited is a resilient, niche industrial electronics manufacturer that has executed a strong financial turnaround in 2024, underpinned by strategic R&D investment and improved working capital. Its core competitive advantage lies in proprietary development capabilities and decades of market tenure, but it must address concentration risks and technological evolution to sustain growth. The company is well-positioned to capitalise on new product commercialisation and service revenue expansion, provided it manages succession and working capital discipline.
Shareholders' funds
£1,400,659
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1957-03-26
- Employees
- 27 (2024 accounts · was 28 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 621 Maidstone Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 3QJ
- Postcode
- ME1 3QJ
- Capital
- 858 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 1 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
- 2026-05-27
- Next due by
- 2027-06-10
Nature of business (SIC)
- 26512 Manufacture of electronic industrial process control equipment
Officers 5 current · 12 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by SIDEBELL CAPITAL PARTNERS LIMITED — since 2020-12-08
Controlled by SIDEBELL LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6772651 (Tier 1), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| K.G.M. ELECTRONICS LIMITED | 1990-09-01 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 611 MAIDSTONE ROAD, ROCHESTER, KENT, ME1 3QL | 2007-01-02 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 39 similar companies in ME — measured against the wider sector
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (27 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1957.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 1982-05-25
- Where
- Medway
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K282956 | Medway | Leasehold | 1982-05-25 | — |
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