THE TOOL CONNECTION LIMITED
Company number 01968900 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
The Tool Connection Limited presents a low solvency risk profile: it has a strong net asset position, low reported liabilities, and an unqualified audit opinion with no going concern uncertainty. The main investor watch items are a material reduction in cash during 2024 and the recent death of a controlling PSC, which warrant confirmation of ownership succession and cash flow drivers. Overall, the company appears financially stable, but due diligence on ownership transition and cash deployment is advisable before any commitment.
Shareholders' funds
£34,569,075
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of tool wholesalers, with sales being achieved in the UK and overseas.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1985-12-05
- Employees
- 132 (2025 accounts · was 134 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 36 Lichfield Street, Walsall, England, WS1 1TJ
- Postcode
- WS1 1TJ
- Capital
- 18,910 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-19
- Next due by
- 2027-07-03
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade
Officers 4 current · 6 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z4997541 (Tier 1), registered since 2000.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| LASER TOOLS LIMITED | 2005-04-01 |
| TOOL CONNECTION LIMITED(THE) | 1998-09-21 |
| ATLASDEAL LIMITED | 1986-01-07 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| C/O WILLIAMS ASHTON & CO, 240 STRATFORD ROAD, SHIRLEY SOLIHULL, WEST MIDLANDS B90 3AE | 1990-03-23 |
| UNIT 36 LONGFIELD ROAD, SYDENHAM INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LEAMINGTON SPA, WARWICKSHIRE CV33 9HE | 1987-01-28 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 126 similar companies in WS
2nd largest employer among its local peers (132 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1985.
No.1 of the largest non-specialised wholesale trade companies in Walsall →
Competitors Walsall
This company ranks 1 among non-specialised wholesale trade in Walsall.
The class of 1985
41%
of the 222 companies in this sector incorporated in 1985 are still active today; 56% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2011-07-19
- Where
- Warwickshire (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WK459935 | Warwickshire | Freehold | 2011-07-19 | — |
| WK322606 | Warwickshire | Freehold | 1998-07-14 | — |
| WK344801 | Warwickshire | Leasehold | 1992-10-13 | — |
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