REFERENCE TECHNOLOGY LTD
Company number 04601838 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Reference Technology Ltd is a mature, small information services company with an unusually high proportion of fixed assets (freehold property) for its sector, providing financial stability but also indicating a low-growth, capital-intensive model. The company is currently underperforming relative to industry norms, with declining retained earnings, negative working capital, and tight liquidity, though its long operational history and asset backing offer resilience. To improve competitive positioning, the company would need to address profitability and reinvest in digital capabilities to keep pace with sector trends.
Shareholders' funds
£776,998
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-11-27
- Employees
- 33 (2025 accounts · was 28 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 1-3 The Pavilions, Amber Close, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England, B77 4RP
- Postcode
- B77 4RP
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-30
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 30 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-21
- Next due by
- 2027-01-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 63990 Other information service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 4 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z1980633 (Tier 2), registered since 2009.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.reftech.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| REFTECH SERVICES LTD | 2015-10-13 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 1 - 3 THE PAVILLIONS AMBER CLOSE, AMINGTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, TAMWORTH, STAFFS, B77 4RP | 2016-05-12 |
| 2 ANKER COURT, BUNEHILL ROAD, TAMWORTH, STAFFS B78 3HP | 2008-01-08 |
| HANOVER COURT, 5 QUEEN STREET, LICHFIELD, WS13 6QD | 2006-10-03 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 253 similar companies in B
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (33 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2002.
Competitors Birmingham
This company ranks 7 among other information service activities not elsewhere classified in Birmingham.
The class of 2002
38%
of the 272 companies in this sector incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 60% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2015-04-08
- Where
- Staffordshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF295433 | Staffordshire | Freehold | 2015-04-08 | — |
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