METPREP LIMITED, CV4 8AU : Companies House Number 02639800

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Shareholders' funds

£4,517,021

Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31

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Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1991-08-21
Employees: 15 (2024 accounts · was 14 in 2023)
Registered office: 1 Falkland Close, Charter Avenue Industrial Estate, Coventry, England, CV4 8AU
Postcode: CV4 8AU
Capital: 667 GBP
Accounts category: Total Exemption Full
Charges: 1 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: 2025-08-21
Next due by: 2026-09-04

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Nature of business (SIC)

46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade

Officers 1 current · 9 resigned

Keith Leonard ASHBY Director

Appointed 2008-06-01

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Group structure 1 subsidiary

METPREP DEVELOPMENTS TRADING LIMITED

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

Public contracts won 3

£94,061 total awarded value where published.

Contract for the Supply and Installation of a Zeiss Inverted Microscope to the University of Birmingham

THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM 2022-04-29 £32,423
Metallographic Cut-off Machine - contract award

National Physical Laboratory 2021-11-19 £35,000
Saphir 250 A1-Eco Single Automatic 250mm Grinder

UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED 2019-11-04 £26,638

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Contact details

Website: metprep.co.uk

Laboratory equipment and supplies. Specialists in Metallographic Preparation, Microscopes, Material Identification Analysis and Consumables

Previous company names

Name	Date changed
SHARPLES SCIENTIFIC LIMITED	1993-03-25

Previous registered addresses 4

Address	Changed on
10 CURRIERS CLOSE, CHARTER AVENUE, COVENTRY, WEST MIDLANDS, CV4 8AW	2017-08-22
126 KENILWORTH COURT, COVENTRY CV3 6JD	1993-05-27
TOP STATION ROAD, BRACKLEY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE	1992-04-14
126 KENILWORTH COURT, COVENTRY, WEST MIDLANDS, CV3 6JD	1991-09-17

Among its peers

Top 5%

by shareholders' funds, of 244 similar companies in CV

Among the biggest employers among its local peers (15 staff).

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1991.

No.10 of the largest non-specialised wholesale trade companies in Coventry →

Competitors Coventry

1. TYLER PACKAGING LIMITED

£27,894,113
2. PLANMECA (UK) LIMITED

£15,472,910
3. NEVILLE & MORE LIMITED

£11,312,951
4. CLAVERDON FIELDS LIMITED

£10,536,814
5. THOMAS JACKS LIMITED

£10,057,360

This company ranks 10 among non-specialised wholesale trade in Coventry.

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The class of 1991

42%

of the 261 companies in this sector incorporated in 1991 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.

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

Property in England & Wales 2 titles

Freehold: 1
Leasehold: 1
Most recent registration: 2024-04-08
Price paid, where recorded: £647,850
Where: West Midlands (2)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
WM694149	West Midlands	Leasehold	2024-04-08	£235,000
WM949139	West Midlands	Freehold	2017-03-03	£412,850

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