THE HEIGHTEC GROUP LIMITED
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Executive summary
The Heightec Group Limited is a vertically integrated specialist in the UK height safety and rescue equipment sector, combining manufacturing, technical training, and distance retail from its Cumbria base. While the company demonstrated strong post-pandemic recovery with net assets peaking at £1.26M in FY2023, the FY2025 results reveal a significant deterioration — an approximate £303K loss reducing net assets to £847K and cash to £476K — which is atypical for the sector during a period of robust construction and infrastructure activity. The company's vertical integration model and 27-year heritage position it as a credible niche player, but declining cash reserves, minimal visible R&D investment, and a thin governance structure raise questions about its competitive sustainability against larger, better-capitalised safety sector competitors.
Shareholders' funds
£847,234
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1997-09-17
- Employees
- 30 (2025 accounts · was 31 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Lake District Business Park, Mintbridge Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6NH
- Postcode
- LA9 6NH
- Capital
- 33,510 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-10-15
- Next due by
- 2027-10-29
Nature of business (SIC)
- 13950 Manufacture of non-wovens and articles made from non-wovens, except apparel
- 47990 Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
- 85320 Technical and vocational secondary education
- 96090 Other service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 2 current · 4 resigned
Group structure 8 subsidiaries
Controlled by VERTUA LTD — since 2025-03-19
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RESCUETEC LTD Dissolved
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SECURA GROUP LTD Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z899171X (Tier 2), registered since 2005.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.heightec.com
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| NATIONAL ACCESS AND RESCUE CENTRE LIMITED | 2001-08-01 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 4 HIGHFIELD TERRACE BURTON ROAD, LOW BENTHAM, LANCASTER, LANCASHIRE LA2 7EP | 2001-08-03 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 20 similar companies in LA — measured against the wider sector
The largest employer among its local peers (30 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1997.
The class of 1997
43%
of the 50,528 companies incorporated in 1997 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.