T C LIMITED
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Executive summary
TC LIMITED is a well-established niche leader in the European thermocouple and temperature sensor market, with over 50 years of trading heritage, strong gross margins (66.9%), and impressive recent revenue growth to £28.8M. However, the business faces a significant profitability challenge: its operating margin of just 1.9% falls substantially below the 4-8% typical of UK manufacturing peers, indicating material overhead absorption or strategic investment costs that are not yet translating to bottom-line performance. The flattening of revenue growth in FY2024, combined with margin pressure, suggests the company may need to address operational efficiency and cost structure to convert its market position and pricing power into sustainable returns.
Shareholders' funds
£11,997,078
Balance sheet as at 2025-10-31
What it does
The company and group have principally been engaged in the manufacture and supply of electrical equipment.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1973-07-30
- Employees
- 404 (2025 accounts · was 354 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 2 Leman Street, London, United Kingdom, E1W 9US
- Postcode
- E1W 9US
- Capital
- 130 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-10-31
- Next due by
- 2027-07-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-21
- Next due by
- 2027-08-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 27320 Manufacture of other electronic and electric wires and cables
Officers 5 current · 4 resigned
Group structure 5 subsidiaries
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- tc.co.uk
- Phone
- 01895252222, +44 1895252222
TC is a UK-based specialist manufacturer of thermocouples (including type K and all other types), RTD Pt100 sensors, thermocouple cable, and connectors. We hold Europe’s largest stock of thermocouple cable and supply a wide range of temperature measurement and control products.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| T C WIRES & CABLES LIMITED | 1992-05-06 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 6TH FLOOR HOLBORN HALL, 100 GRAYS ROAD INN, LONDON, WC1X 8BY | 2004-09-10 |
| 2-10 WINDSOR ROAD, SLOUGH BUCKS, SL1 2EJ | 1991-12-09 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 48 similar companies in E — measured against the wider sector
The largest employer among its local peers (404 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1973.
The class of 1973
52%
of the 7,317 companies incorporated in 1973 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 4 titles
- Leasehold
- 4
- Most recent registration
- 2025-04-17
- Where
- Buckinghamshire (2), Derbyshire (1), Greater London (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BM480270 | Buckinghamshire | Leasehold | 2025-04-17 | — |
| DY512763 | Derbyshire | Leasehold | 2017-05-10 | — |
| BM407715 | Buckinghamshire | Leasehold | 2016-08-11 | — |
| TGL321026 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2009-05-18 | — |
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