PATOL LTD.
Company number 01341651 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Patol Ltd is a financially stable, niche manufacturer of specialist fire detection equipment, with strong asset growth and minimal liabilities. Its long-established position and focus on compliance-driven markets provide resilience, but small scale and concentrated ownership limit its ability to challenge larger competitors. The company is well-placed to benefit from tighter fire safety regulations, though margin pressure from imports and technology investment remain risks.
Shareholders' funds
£4,240,746
Balance sheet as at 2022-12-31
What it does
The principal activities of the company continued to be sales, installation and maintenance of f
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1977-12-01
- Employees
- 20 (2022 accounts · was 22 in 2022)
- Registered office
- Archway House Bath Road, Padworth, Reading, Berkshire, England, RG7 5HR
- Postcode
- RG7 5HR
- Capital
- 200 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 2 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
- 2026-05-11
- Next due by
- 2027-05-25
Nature of business (SIC)
- 27900 Manufacture of other electrical equipment
Officers 7 current · 5 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by PATOL HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2022-11-08
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Patents 1
Patent publications naming PATOL LIMITED as applicant.
Patent data from the European Patent Office (Open Patent Services).
Contact details
- Website
- patol.co.uk
Patol deliver innovative fire detection solutions to a broad range of industries. We design, manufacture and supply specialist heat, fire and smoke detectors.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| DEPPERDALE (FIRE ENGINEERING) LIMITED | 2001-10-02 |
| DEPPERDALE LIMITED | 1994-12-23 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| GARLAND HOUSE GARLAND STREET, BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK, IP33 1EZ, UNITED KINGDOM | 2012-08-07 |
| GARLAND HOUSE, GARLAND STREET, PO BOX 10 BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK, IP33 1EZ | 2010-09-28 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 51 similar companies in RG
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (20 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1977.
No.3 of the largest manufacture of other electrical equipment companies in Reading →
Competitors Reading
This company ranks 3 among manufacture of other electrical equipment in Reading.
The class of 1977
51%
of the 7,314 companies incorporated in 1977 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.