OVATION SYSTEMS LIMITED
Company number 02112398 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Ovation Systems is a resilient, niche UK manufacturer of rugged surveillance equipment for law enforcement and defence, with 38 years of operating history and strong incumbent positioning in government procurement. Its recent acquisition by Danish group Covidence A/S creates a credible platform for European expansion and portfolio diversification into software and services. The principal strategic challenges are managing the ownership transition without customer attrition and overcoming small-scale R&D constraints in a market shifting toward AI-enabled, cloud-native surveillance.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1987-03-19
- Registered office
- Springfield Barn, Milton Common, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 2JY
- Postcode
- OX9 2JY
- Capital
- 10 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 4 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
- 2026-10-24
- Next due by
- 2027-11-07
Nature of business (SIC)
- 26110 Manufacture of electronic components
Officers 6 current · 8 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by Covidence A/S (30492765) — since 2026-09-04
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA304139 (Tier 2), registered since 2018.
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Contact details
- Website
- ovation.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 1844 279 638, 0154-4180-9568, 0553876185
Ovation Systems specialise in the design and manufacture of rugged, high performance video surveillance products for the police, military and other government law enforcement agencies.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ZONETORCH LIMITED | 1987-07-31 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| BAGLEY WOOD HOUSE, BAGLEY WOOD ROAD, OXFORD, OXFORDSHIRE, OX1 5NA | 2015-08-25 |
| 7 BELLS COTTAGE, SOUTHEND, GARSINGTON, OXFORDSHIRE OX44 9DJ | 2005-08-22 |
| PENNY FARTHING, LOWER END, GREAT MILTON, OXON, OX9 7NJ | 1997-04-09 |
| LOWER END, GREAT MILTON, OXFORDSHIRE, OX 97N | 1989-08-22 |
| 37 CHANDOS RD, NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE, RG14 7EP | 1988-01-21 |
| 2 BACHES STREET, LONDON, N1 6EE | 1987-08-24 |
Among its peers
3rd oldest
of 24 similar companies in OX, trading since 1987
The class of 1987
51%
of the 20,108 companies incorporated in 1987 are still active today; 43% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.