THORP PRECAST LIMITED
Company number 05219420 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Thorp Precast is a financially robust specialist manufacturer with a strong balance sheet, healthy margins, and excellent order visibility, but faces strategic inflection points around capacity constraints, sustainability transition, and margin preservation. The £8.8M cash reserve provides rare optionality for a business of this scale—deploying it effectively toward low-carbon innovation and capacity expansion will determine whether the company consolidates market leadership or cedes ground to more agile competitors. The next 18 months represent a critical window for strategic investment decisions that will shape the company's competitive position for the next decade.
Shareholders' funds
£16,121,124
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of the manufacture of precast concrete products.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2004-09-01
- Employees
- 231 (2025 accounts · was 237 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Valley Saw Mill, Apedale Road, Chesterton, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffs, ST5 6BN
- Postcode
- ST5 6BN
- Capital
- 136,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 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
- 2026-09-01
- Next due by
- 2027-09-15
Nature of business (SIC)
- 23610 Manufacture of concrete products for construction purposes
Officers 9 current · 2 resigned
Public contracts won 1
£59,158 total awarded value where published.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB862190 (Tier 2), registered since 2025.
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Contact details
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THE LODGE, ASTLE PARK, HOLMES CHAPEL ROAD, CHELFORD, CHESHIRE SK11 9AF | 2005-05-18 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 97 similar companies in ST — measured against the wider sector
2nd largest employer among its local peers (231 staff).
Trading since 2004.
The class of 2004
37%
of the 135,820 companies incorporated in 2004 are still active today; 61% 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
- 2008-05-08
- Where
- Staffordshire (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF539655 | Staffordshire | Leasehold | 2008-05-08 | — |
| SF539657 | Staffordshire | Leasehold | 2008-05-08 | — |
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