NORBAR TORQUE TOOLS LIMITED
Company number 00380480 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Norbar Torque Tools is a well-positioned specialist manufacturer leveraging 81 years of brand heritage and Snap-on's global distribution network to serve critical industrial sectors requiring precision torque solutions. The 2024 profit compression to £1.08M pre-tax—despite stable gross margins—signals that the significant factory and innovation centre investments must now translate into revenue growth and margin recovery, with the EBT-C battery multiplier range representing the primary near-term catalyst. Management's immediate priorities should be restoring profitability through RCI-driven cost efficiency, building liquidity headroom, and accelerating geographic and digital channel expansion to diversify revenue away from cyclical oil and gas exposure.
Shareholders' funds
£33,131,294
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
the manufacture and sale of torque equipment and torque tools.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1943-05-08
- Employees
- 313 (2025 accounts · was 321 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Norbar Torque Tools Limited, Wildmere Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, OX16 3JU
- Postcode
- OX16 3JU
- Capital
- 163 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 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
- 2026-10-05
- Next due by
- 2027-10-19
Nature of business (SIC)
- 25730 Manufacture of tools
- 28150 Manufacture of bearings, gears, gearing and driving elements
- 28240 Manufacture of power-driven hand tools
Officers 6 current · 14 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by SNAP-ON U.K. HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2017-06-14
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5699674 (Tier 3), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
18.8%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- norbar.co.uk
- Phone
- 02300799999
Welcome to Norbar, manufacturers of high quality Torque Tools including wrenches, multipliers, screw drivers and calibration equipment
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| BEAUMONT ROAD, BANBURY, OXON, OX16 1XJ | 2016-07-11 |
| WILDMERE ROAD WILDMERE ROAD, BANBURY, OXFORDSHIRE, OX16 3JU, ENGLAND | 2016-07-11 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 128 similar companies in OX — measured against the wider sector
The largest employer among its local peers (313 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1943.