LANGHAM INDUSTRIES LIMITED

Company number 01491878 ·

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Shareholders' funds

£44,748,960

Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31

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What it does

The principal activities of the group in the year under review were those of a holding company and through its subsidiaries carries on the business of port operation, the manufacture and sale of marine propellers, shafting and sterngear, other marine engineering equipment, aerospace and industrial light alloy castings, industrial fasteners, precision machining and yacht services.

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1980-04-18
Employees
257 (2024 accounts · was 259 in 2023)
Registered office
Dower House, Bingham's Melcombe, Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom, DT2 7PZ
Postcode
DT2 7PZ
Capital
2,000,000 GBP
Accounts category
Group
Charges
5 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2024-12-31
Next due by
2026-09-30
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2025-10-10
Next due by
2026-10-24
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 70100 Activities of head offices

Officers 8 current · 5 resigned

Appointed 2024-11-01
Ivor George MAY Director
Appointed 2024-11-01
Appointed 2018-11-19
Appointed 2015-10-01
Appointed 2004-07-30

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Group structure 6 subsidiaries

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA191132 (Tier 2), registered since 2016.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Political donations 17

£68,000 in registered political donations since 2003.

  • UK Independence Party (UKIP)
    £5,000 2016-04-29 Cash
  • UK Independence Party (UKIP)
    £5,000 2016-03-10 Cash
  • UK Independence Party (UKIP)
    £3,000 2015-11-06 Cash

Showing the 3 most recent of 17.

Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Gender pay gap

15%

Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity

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Contact details

Website
langhamindustries.co.uk

A major UK engineering group renowned for delivering excellence in engineering and marine services.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
VACU-LUG INVESTMENTS LIMITED1981-12-31

Among its peers

Top 5%

by shareholders' funds, of 23 similar companies in DT

The largest employer among its local peers (257 staff).

3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1980.

20 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors Dorchester

This company ranks 1 among activities of head offices in Dorchester.

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The class of 1980

49%

of the 8,850 companies incorporated in 1980 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.

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

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Property in England & Wales 15 titles

Freehold
11
Leasehold
4
Most recent registration
2024-08-06
Price paid, where recorded
£3,462,500
Where
Dorset (5), Devon (3), Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole (2)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
DT309176 Dorset Leasehold 2024-08-06 £677,500
DT310107 Dorset Leasehold 2024-08-06
DT482138 Dorset Freehold 2024-05-20
DT480674 Dorset Freehold 2024-02-16
215553 Greater London Freehold 2023-05-04
DT260658 Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole Leasehold 2021-07-19 £2,010,000
DT340071 Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole Leasehold 2021-07-19
MS251762 Merseyside Freehold 2019-05-09
MS584375 Merseyside Freehold 2019-05-09
EX679472 Essex Freehold 2018-09-04
DT380580 Dorset Freehold 2010-07-29 £775,000
EX547126 Essex Freehold 1996-01-04
DN156925 Devon Freehold 1986-03-24
DN155914 Devon Freehold 1984-05-24
DN136334 Devon Freehold 1982-10-17

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