SMITHS DETECTION-WATFORD LIMITED, HP2 7DE : Companies House Number 00480992

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Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1950-04-14
Registered office: Century House, Maylands Avenue, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, HP2 7DE
Postcode: HP2 7DE
Capital: 76,771 GBP
Accounts category: Full

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Next due by: 2027-04-30
Financial year end: 31 July

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-06-20
Next due by: 2027-07-04

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Nature of business (SIC)

26511 Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control

Officers 4 current · 36 resigned

Nicola TALBOT Director

Appointed 2026-06-23

Sarah Jane ROBINSON Director

Appointed 2026-06-22

Suzanne Elizabeth CARTER Director

Appointed 2026-06-17

MR Richard Edward THOMPSON Director

Appointed 2018-03-29

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Group structure

Controlled by SMITHS DETECTION GROUP LIMITED — since 2016-04-06

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Public contracts won 6

£3,302,403 total awarded value where published.

IONSCAN 600

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory 2024-06-03 £52,796
CBRN Equipment

British Transport Police 2023-11-09 £39,000
Provision and In-Service Support of Explosive Vapour Detection Device Contract Award Notice

Ministry of Defence 2023-10-13 £2,422,000
Supply of X Ray Cargo Scanning Equipment for LTSHE

Ministry of Justice 2023-01-17 £667,500
Trace Screening Instruments (TSI) for Explosives

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory 2022-03-04 £61,107

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).

Modern slavery statement

Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-07-31) as part of the SMITHS GROUP PLC group statement — 5 years on the registry.

Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Gender pay gap

5.1%

Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity

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Contact details

Website: http://www.smiths.com

Previous company names

Name	Date changed
GRASEBY DYNAMICS LIMITED	2002-08-01
PYE DYNAMICS LIMITED	1981-12-31

Previous registered addresses 5

Address	Changed on
C/O SMITHS DETECTION-WATFORD LIMITED 459 PARK AVENUE, BUSHEY, WATFORD, HERTS, WD23 2BW	2016-10-03
64 CLARENDON ROAD, WATFORD, HERTFORDSHIRE, WD17 1DA	2013-05-08
765 FINCHLEY ROAD, LONDON, NW11 8DS	2009-02-11
LYNTON HOUSE, 7-12 TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON, WC1H 9LT	1998-01-07
BOTANIC HOUSE, 100 HILLS ROAD, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1LQ	1997-04-17

Among its peers

The oldest

of 16 similar companies in HP, trading since 1950

Property in England & Wales 1 title

Leasehold: 1
Most recent registration: 2015-12-07
Where: Hertfordshire

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
HD548995	Hertfordshire	Leasehold	2015-12-07	—

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