TERRY TEW SOUND & LIGHT LIMITED
Company number 03697630 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Terry Tew Sound & Light Limited occupies a strong strategic position built on 25 years of asset accumulation, resulting in a £6.5M equity base with minimal leverage and significant competitive moats through equipment ownership. However, the five-year plateau in net asset growth, cash volatility, and concentrated ownership under a single controlling shareholder signal a business that has reached maturity without a clear next-phase strategy. The path forward requires shifting from passive asset stewardship to active portfolio optimization—improving asset utilization, exploiting subsidiary synergies, and addressing succession planning—to convert latent strategic potential into renewed value creation.
Shareholders' funds
£6,537,490
Balance sheet as at 2025-06-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1999-01-19
- Employees
- 34 (2025 accounts · was 36 in 2024)
- Registered office
- The Octagon Suite E2 2nd Floor, Middleborough, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom, CO1 1TG
- Postcode
- CO1 1TG
- Capital
- 1 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-06-30
- Next due by
- 2027-03-31
- Financial year end
- 30 June
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-19
- Next due by
- 2027-02-02
Nature of business (SIC)
- 82990 Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 2 current · 3 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| TERRY TEW SOUND AND LIGHTING LIMITED | 1999-02-17 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 18 FOREST ROAD, LOUGHTON, ESSEX, IG10 1DX | 2009-05-07 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 899 similar companies in CO
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (34 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1999.
Competitors Colchester
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3. SUBGERO LTD
This company ranks 6 among other business support service activities not elsewhere classified in Colchester.
The class of 1999
30%
of the 4,347 companies in this sector incorporated in 1999 are still active today; 68% 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
- 2025-04-22
- Where
- Essex (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA82336 | Essex | Leasehold | 2025-04-22 | — |
| EX921580 | Essex | Leasehold | 2015-06-08 | — |
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