{"name":"THE HEIGHTEC GROUP LIMITED","company_number":"03435385","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1997-09-17","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Lake District Business Park, Mintbridge Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6NH","postcode":"LA9 6NH","sic_codes":[{"code":13950,"description":"Manufacture of non-wovens and articles made from non-wovens, except apparel"},{"code":47990,"description":"Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets"},{"code":85320,"description":"Technical and vocational secondary education"},{"code":96090,"description":"Other service activities not elsewhere classified"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"NATIONAL ACCESS AND RESCUE CENTRE LIMITED","changed_on":"2001-08-01"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"30 September","last_made_up_to":"2025-09-30","next_due":"2027-06-30"},"employees":{"count":30,"accounts_date":"2025-09-30"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-09-30","net_assets":847234,"cash":475701,"average_employees":30},{"financial_date":"2024-09-30","net_assets":1150065,"cash":628893,"average_employees":31},{"financial_date":"2023-09-30","net_assets":1257662,"cash":737226},{"financial_date":"2022-09-30","net_assets":1177097,"cash":616890},{"financial_date":"2021-09-30","net_assets":920919,"cash":693221}],"officers":{"current":2,"resigned":4,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":1,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":"http://www.heightec.com","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/the-heightec-group","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/the-heightec-group/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/the-heightec-group/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03435385","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/the-heightec-group/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/the-heightec-group/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/the-heightec-group/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/the-heightec-group/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/the-heightec-group"}