OCU HORNBILL LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£4,826,721
Balance sheet as at 2022-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of providing turn-Key provision of all aspects of Process Control, Instrumentation, Electrical Systems and High Voltage Services. It does this through a diverse range of critical infrastructure clients in the UK and Overseas covering steel, power and a variety of manufacturing and industrial sites.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1989-02-13
- Employees
- 131 (2022 accounts · was 136 in 2021)
- Registered office
- Artemis House, 6-8 Greek Street, Stockport, United Kingdom, SK3 8AB
- Postcode
- SK3 8AB
- Capital
- 15,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-04-30
- Next due by
- 2027-01-31
- Financial year end
- 30 April
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-07
- Next due by
- 2026-11-21
Nature of business (SIC)
- 32990 Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified
Officers 6 current · 7 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by OCU HORNBILL GROUP LIMITED — since 2021-07-22
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2025 (period to 2025-04-30) as part of the OCU GROUP LTD group statement — 2 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.hornbill.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| HORNBILL ENGINEERING LIMITED | 2023-08-14 |
| BESTDON LIMITED | 1989-09-06 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 6A D`ARCY BUSINESS PARK, LLANDARCY, NEATH, WEST GLAMORGAN, SA10 6EJ | 2011-03-22 |
| WILLIAM KNOX HOUSE, LLANDARCY, NEATH, WEST GLAMORGAN SA10 6EL | 1995-02-16 |
| UNIT 2H D'ARCY BUSINESS CENTRE, LLANDARCY, NEATH, WEST GLAMORGAN SA10 6EJ | 1990-07-27 |
| 12 BROOKWAY CLOSE, BAGLAN, PORT TALBOT WEST GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES SA12 8EL | 1990-01-04 |
| 12 BROOKWAY CLOSE, BAGLAN, PORT TALBOT WEST GLAMORGAN, SOUTH WALES SA12 8EL | 1990-01-04 |
| 2 BACHES STREET, LONDON, N1 6UB | 1989-07-13 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 198 similar companies in SK
3rd largest employer among its local peers (131 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1989.
No.9 of the largest other manufacturing not elsewhere classified companies in Stockport →
Competitors Stockport
This company ranks 9 among other manufacturing not elsewhere classified in Stockport.
The class of 1989
54%
of the 220 companies in this sector incorporated in 1989 are still active today; 44% 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
- 2023-12-19
- Where
- Neath Port Talbot (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYM880877 | Neath Port Talbot | Leasehold | 2023-12-19 | — |
| CYM728793 | Neath Port Talbot | Leasehold | 2017-12-07 | — |
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