PENTAXIA LTD
Company number 06585543 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Pentaxia is a specialist composite manufacturer with defensible capabilities in high-value sectors, but it faces a precarious financial position—thin liquidity, consecutive losses, and a revenue plateau demand urgent action. The defence sector represents the most credible growth vector, while the ongoing board transition creates both risk and opportunity for strategic renewal. Success will depend on securing working capital stability, converting defence pipeline into contracted revenue, and executing the overhead reduction strategy to restore profitability within 12-18 months.
Shareholders' funds
£2,098,114
Balance sheet as at 2025-04-30
What it does
the manufacture of advanced composite components for the aerospace, automotive and general engineering markets including the multi-axis machining of metals and other materials.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2008-05-06
- Employees
- 134 (2025 accounts · was 147 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Pentaxia Ltd, Alfreton Road, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE21 4AG
- Postcode
- DE21 4AG
- Capital
- 200 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 0 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
- 2025-09-04
- Next due by
- 2026-09-18
Nature of business (SIC)
- 23990 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products not elsewhere classified
- 30990 Manufacture of other transport equipment not elsewhere classified
- 32990 Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 12 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by WESTFIELD INTERNATIONAL LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA214038 (Tier 2), registered since 2016.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- pentaxia.com
- Phone
- 01332574870
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| PEBNTAXIA LTD | 2008-05-20 |
| SJO ENGINEERING LIMITED | 2008-05-19 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 44 LONGBRIDGE LANE, ASCOT BUSINESS PARK, DERBY, DERBYSHIRE, DE24 8UJ | 2018-01-19 |
| WESTFIELD HOUSE 4 WEST BANK, DERBY, DERBYSHIRE, DE22 1AP | 2010-05-27 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 52 similar companies in DE — measured against the wider sector
The largest employer among its local peers (134 staff).
Trading since 2008.
The class of 2008
24%
of the 245,266 companies incorporated in 2008 are still active today; 74% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.