RHEINMETALL ELECTRONICS UK LTD
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Shareholders' funds
£3,042,354
Balance sheet as at 2023-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the development, delivery and support of complex, high specification military equipment and design services with the business sections of Mission Systems, Simulation and Training, Ground Based Air Defence and Battlefield Digitalisation primarily into the worldwide defence market, but also into aerospace, security and communications markets.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1989-05-25
- Employees
- 66 (2023 accounts · was 52 in 2022)
- Registered office
- Unit B The Apex, St. Cross Business Park, Newport, Isle Of Wight, PO30 5XW
- Postcode
- PO30 5XW
- Capital
- 367 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-30
- Next due by
- 2027-05-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 72190 Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Officers 7 current · 20 resigned
Public contracts won 1
£10,631,645 total awarded value where published.
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Contact details
- Website
- http://www.rfel.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| RFEL LTD | 2022-02-23 |
| R F ENGINES LIMITED | 2012-03-29 |
| LIBRA DESIGN ASSOCIATES LIMITED | 1999-12-03 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| INNOVATION CENTRE ST CROSS BUSINESS PARK, NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT, PO30 5WB, UNITED KINGDOM | 2012-07-30 |
| ISLE OF WIGHT INNOVATION CENTRE, SAINT CROSS BUSINESS PARK, NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT, PO30 5WB | 2012-05-08 |
| INNOVATION CENTRE, ST CROSS BUSINESS PARK, MONKS BROOK NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT PO30 5WB | 2001-03-01 |
| SEYMOUR HOUSE, 19 NODGHAM LANE, CARISBROOKE, ISLE OF WIGHT PO30 1NY | 2001-02-19 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 48 similar companies in PO
The largest employer among its local peers (66 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1989.
Competitors Portsmouth
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5. X-SYSTEM LTD
This company ranks 4 among other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering in Portsmouth.
The class of 1989
50%
of the 21,096 companies incorporated in 1989 are still active today; 44% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2025-02-19
- Where
- Isle Of Wight (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IW95784 | Isle Of Wight | Leasehold | 2025-02-19 | — |
| IW81012 | Isle Of Wight | Leasehold | 2015-02-25 | — |
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