PCS INSTRUMENTS LIMITED

Company number 02112385 ·

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Shareholders' funds

£20,389,765

Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the company is the design and manufacture of the equipment for measuring the tribological properties of fuels, lubricants, foods and cosmetics.

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1987-03-19
Employees
31 (2025 accounts · was 28 in 2024)
Registered office
78 Stanley Gardens, Acton, London, W3 7SZ
Postcode
W3 7SZ
Capital
2,115 GBP
Accounts category
Full

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-03-31
Next due by
2026-12-31
Financial year end
31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2025-12-12
Next due by
2026-12-26
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 26511 Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control
  • 26513 Manufacture of non-electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control
  • 71122 Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
  • 71200 Technical testing and analysis

Officers 7 current · 4 resigned

Appointed 2024-06-25
Appointed 2022-10-14
Appointed 2022-10-14
COMPANY DIRECTOR Appointed 1991-12-31
JOHN CLIVE HAMER Director
COMPANY DIRECTOR Appointed 1991-12-31

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Group structure

Controlled by PCS INSTRUMENTS HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2026-01-29

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA505224 (Tier 2), registered since 2019.

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Contact details

Website
pcsinstruments.co.uk

PCS Instruments design and manufacture market leading tribology test equipment for the laboratory testing of fuels and lubricants.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
PRIMELIA CONSULTING SERVICES LIMITED2012-01-04

Previous registered addresses 5

AddressChanged on
78 STANLEY GARDENS, ACTON, LONDON, W3 7SZ2001-12-18
SHERFIELD BUILDING, IMPERIAL COLLEGE, LONDON SW7 2AZ1995-12-28
THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CENTRE, IMPERIAL COLLEGE, LONDON, SW7 2AZ1995-03-14
SOLLIERS MOUNT BURES, SUDBURY, SUFFOLK, CO8 5AU1992-01-20
THE OLD BARN, BACK LANE, FORD END, ESSEX CM3 1LG1987-10-08

Among its peers

Top 10%

by shareholders' funds, of 17 similar companies in W

2nd largest employer among its local peers (31 staff).

3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1987.

Competitors London

This company ranks 1 among manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control in London.

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The class of 1987

51%

of the 20,106 companies incorporated in 1987 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 7 titles

Freehold
4
Leasehold
3
Most recent registration
2023-08-01
Price paid, where recorded
£599,000
Where
Greater London (7)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
AGL444388 Greater London Leasehold 2023-08-01 £475,000
AGL12587 Greater London Freehold 2013-10-09
NGL567535 Greater London Freehold 2013-10-09 £124,000
NGL565420 Greater London Freehold 2001-03-20
NGL620504 Greater London Leasehold 2001-03-20
NGL631899 Greater London Leasehold 2001-03-20
NGL633072 Greater London Freehold 2001-03-20

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