RIX ENGINEERING (HARLESTON) LIMITED
Company number 04540359 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Rix Engineering (Harleston) Limited demonstrates financial performance well above sector norms for a UK micro-entity metal fabrication business, with net assets growing fourfold over the past decade to £416,639 and an exceptionally strong current ratio of 7.1x. The company's conservative gearing, consistent retained earnings, and two-decade trading history position it as a resilient niche operator in a fragmented and challenging sector. The primary risks centre on key-person dependency given the family ownership structure, declining fixed assets that may signal deferred capital investment, and the inherent vulnerabilities of sub-10-employee manufacturers facing energy cost pressures and skills shortages.
Shareholders' funds
£416,639
Balance sheet as at 2025-10-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is metal fabrication
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-09-19
- Employees
- 8 (2025 accounts · was 9 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Unit 8 Mayflower Way, Harleston Ind Est, Harleston, Norfolk, IP20 9EB
- Postcode
- IP20 9EB
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Micro
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-10-31
- Next due by
- 2027-07-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-09-01
- Next due by
- 2027-09-15
Nature of business (SIC)
- 25990 Manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 3 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA766834 (Tier 1), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Competitors Ipswich
This company ranks 25 among manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified in Ipswich.
The class of 2002
48%
of the 398 companies in this sector incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 49% 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
- 2013-04-16
- Where
- Norfolk
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NK427530 | Norfolk | Freehold | 2013-04-16 | — |
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