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.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6678688 (Tier 2), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
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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