R.E. BOWERS & FREEMAN LIMITED
Company number 00674029 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
R.E. Bowers & Freeman is a long-established but increasingly fragile small metals fabrication business that has experienced sustained erosion of its capital base over the past decade. Net assets have declined 52% from their 2016 peak, cash reserves have fallen 94%, and accumulated trading losses have pushed retained earnings to negative £97,778—placing the company well below typical performance benchmarks for the UK fabricated metals sector. While the family ownership structure and lack of long-term debt provide some buffer, the combination of an aging asset base (net fixed assets at just 6.6% of original cost), minimal reinvestment, and deteriorating working capital metrics suggests a business that is gradually consuming its historical capital without generating the returns necessary to sustain competitive positioning in an industry facing significant cost and demand headwinds.
Shareholders' funds
£500,262
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1960-11-02
- Employees
- 19 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 15 Saffron Road South Wigston, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom, LE18 4TG
- Postcode
- LE18 4TG
- Capital
- 500,262 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 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
- 2026-04-06
- Next due by
- 2027-04-20
Nature of business (SIC)
- 25990 Manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 4 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB050562 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 8 HAGLEY CLOSE MARKET HARBOROUGH, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE16 8EJ, ENGLAND | 2020-01-27 |
| 15 SAFFRON ROAD SOUTH WIGSTON, ENGLAND, LEICESTER, LE18 4TG | 2019-12-11 |
| C/O C/O GRANT THORNTON UK LLP, REGENT HOUSE 80 REGENT ROAD, LEICESTER, LE1 7NH, ENGLAND | 2014-02-26 |
| ALLEN HOUSE, NEWARKE STREET, LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE1 5SG | 2012-05-11 |
| 304 LEICESTER ROAD, WIGSTON FIELDS, LEICESTER, LE18 1JX | 2001-12-24 |
| 28 DE MONTFORT ST, LEICESTER, LE1 7GQ | 1989-08-25 |
Among its peers
Among the biggest employers
of 129 similar companies in LE, with 19 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
Competitors Leicester
This company ranks 43 among manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified in Leicester.