OXFORD MICROBEAMS LIMITED

Company number 02679883 ·

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Executive summary

Oxford Microbeams Limited possesses a valuable but fragile strategic position: deep technical expertise in a defensible niche market, undermined by extreme key-person dependency, deteriorating financial metrics, and insufficient scale to withstand competitive pressure from larger instrumentation conglomerates. The 70% cash decline and 35% net asset erosion in FY2025 signal either a significant strategic investment requiring clear articulation to stakeholders, or operational distress demanding immediate corrective action. Without deliberate investment in talent, product development, and revenue diversification, this 33-year-old specialist risks gradual marginalisation in an increasingly consolidated market.

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Shareholders' funds

£102,875

Balance sheet as at 2025-06-30

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1992-01-22
Employees
2 (2025 accounts)
Registered office
Astral House, Granville Way, Bicester, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, OX26 4JT
Postcode
OX26 4JT
Capital
10,000 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
1 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-06-30
Next due by
2027-03-31
Financial year end
30 June

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2025-10-06
Next due by
2026-10-20
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 26511 Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control

Officers 3 current · 6 resigned

DR FRANK WATT Secretary
Appointed 2005-08-05
Appointed 1992-01-22
Appointed 1992-01-22

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Previous registered addresses 4

AddressChanged on
76 LYNEHAM ROAD, BICESTER, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 4FD2018-08-08
BICESTER INNOVATION CENTRE TELFORD ROAD, COMMERCE HOUSE, BICESTER, OXFORDSHIRE, OX26 4LD2010-09-13
DEANS COURT, 1-3 LONDON ROAD, BICESTER, OXON, OX26 6BU2010-06-29
84 TEMPLE CHAMBERS, TEMPLE AVENUE, LONDON, EC4Y 0HP1992-02-10

Among its peers

64

companies are registered at this postcode →

No.13 of the largest manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control companies in Oxford →

Competitors Oxford

This company ranks 13 among manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control in Oxford.

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The class of 1992

49%

of the 21,839 companies incorporated in 1992 are still active today; 46% have since been dissolved.

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