KRONTEC DESIGN LIMITED
Company number 06580480 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Krontec Design Limited presents a paradoxical financial profile: exceptionally strong balance sheet metrics that far exceed sector norms (net assets of £4.15M, cash of £3.24M, near-zero leverage for a 17-person engineering consultancy) alongside a concerning trajectory of declining retained profits suggesting losses of approximately £1.3M in FY2025. The company's position as a 51%-owned subsidiary of German parent Krontec Maschinenbau GmbH is the critical interpretive lens — the financial movements likely reflect group-level capital allocation and dividend strategy rather than purely standalone trading performance. The significant increase in operating lease commitments and the shift toward holding stock indicate strategic repositioning, but the absence of filed profit and loss data limits meaningful assessment of underlying trading viability.
Shareholders' funds
£4,153,719
Balance sheet as at 2025-04-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company is Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2008-04-30
- Employees
- 22 (2026 accounts · was 17 in 2025)
- Registered office
- 130 Faraday Park, Faraday Road, Dorcan, Swindon, England, SN3 5JF
- Postcode
- SN3 5JF
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-04-30
- Next due by
- 2028-01-31
- Financial year end
- 30 April
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-11
- Next due by
- 2027-03-25
Nature of business (SIC)
- 71122 Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Officers 4 current · 3 resigned
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| NICK WILLIAMS 3D DESIGN LIMITED | 2009-10-15 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 11, ERGO BUSINESS PARK, GREENBRIDGE ROAD, SWINDON, SN3 3JW | 2016-05-12 |
| THE OLD WORKSHOP 42-43 DOWN AMPNEY, DOWN AMPNEY, NR CIRENCESTER, GL7 5QW | 2010-06-01 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 25/08/2009 FROM, THE OLD WORKSHOP 42 / 43 DOWN AMPNEY, DOWN AMPNEY, NR CIRENCESTER, GL7 5QW, UNITED KINGDOM | 2009-08-25 |
| THE OLD WORKSHOP 42 / 43 DOWN AMPNEY, DOWN AMPNEY, NR CIRENCESTER, GL7 5QW, UNITED KINGDOM | 2009-08-25 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 133 similar companies in SN
3rd largest employer among its local peers (22 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2008.
Competitors Swindon
This company ranks 2 among engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities in Swindon.
The class of 2008
31%
of the 480 companies in this sector incorporated in 2008 are still active today; 67% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2025-05-29
- Where
- Swindon (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WT482796 | Swindon | Leasehold | 2025-05-29 | — |
| WT286122 | Swindon | Leasehold | 2010-03-08 | — |
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