TUFFBAU LIMITED
Company number 04376956 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Tuffbau Limited has built a defensible niche position through vertical integration across construction chemical manufacturing, wholesale distribution, and equipment leasing, supported by proprietary intellectual property and significant fixed asset investment. However, the company's strategic flexibility is severely constrained by high leverage (£1.5M secured debt), minimal liquidity (£57K cash), and flat equity growth over seven years—indicating that asset accumulation is debt-funded rather than profit-driven. The immediate strategic priority must be working capital optimization (particularly the £502K trade debtor book) to rebuild cash reserves, followed by evaluation of whether the current capital structure can support the growth opportunities available in UK infrastructure markets, or whether equity restructuring is required to unlock the business's potential.
Shareholders' funds
£1,570,118
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-02-19
- Employees
- 30 (2024 accounts · was 29 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 1 Northwick Road, Canvey Island, Essex, United Kingdom, SS8 0PU
- Postcode
- SS8 0PU
- Capital
- 25,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-14
- Next due by
- 2027-05-28
Nature of business (SIC)
- 20590 Manufacture of other chemical products not elsewhere classified
- 23640 Manufacture of mortars
- 46730 Wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment
- 77320 Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
Officers 6 current · 8 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z971671X (Tier 2), registered since 2007.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- tuffbau.com
tuffbau: Materialien für den Bau, Schutz und die Pflege von Pflasterungen | materials for construction, protection and maintenance of paving
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| STEIN TEC UK LIMITED | 2010-04-09 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| STEINTEC 1 NORTHWICK ROAD, CANVEY ISLAND, ESSEX, SS8 0PU, UNITED KINGDOM | 2018-01-17 |
| 730 LONDON ROAD, WEST THURROCK, GRAYS, ESSEX, RM20 3NL | 2017-12-23 |
| 728 LONDON ROAD, WEST THURROCK, GRAYS, ESSEX, RM20 3LU | 2012-12-21 |
| 8 STAFFORD ROAD, SOUTHSEA, PORTSMOUTH, HAMPSHIRE, PO5 2AD | 2008-08-22 |
| 2 HIGH STREET, PENYDARREN, MERTHYR TYDFIL, MID GLAMORGAN CF47 9AH | 2002-03-06 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 35 similar companies in SS — measured against the wider sector
3rd largest employer among its local peers (30 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2002.
The class of 2002
39%
of the 122,927 companies incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 58% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2017-01-16
- Where
- Essex
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX718835 | Essex | Freehold | 2017-01-16 | — |
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