TWICKENHAM PLATING GROUP LIMITED
Company number 00436536 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Twickenham Plating Group demonstrates financial performance that is materially superior to typical UK metal treatment and coating SMEs, with a pre-tax margin of approximately 26%, negligible leverage, and £4.5m in cash reserves against only £712k in total liabilities. The company's niche positioning in high-specification electronics finishing, combined with 78 years of continuous operation and family stewardship, provides a defensible competitive position that commands premium pricing. The primary strategic question facing the business is whether its substantial cash accumulation—currently representing over eight months of revenue—will be deployed toward growth initiatives or continue to sit idle, whilst the sector's regulatory burden and overseas competition continue to reshape the competitive landscape in favour of well-capitalised, quality-differentiated operators such as this one.
Shareholders' funds
£6,762,747
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of technical metal finishing, primarily for the electronics industry.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1947-06-06
- Employees
- 55 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 7-9 Edwin Road, Twickenham, Middx, TW1 4JJ
- Postcode
- TW1 4JJ
- Capital
- 8,092 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- 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
- 2025-10-31
- Next due by
- 2026-11-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 25610 Treatment and coating of metals
Officers 3 current · 5 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by TWICKENHAM PLATING LIMITED — since 2019-10-31
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB054298 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| PENDER PLATING LIMITED | 2007-01-22 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 12/13 BALENA CLOSE, CREEKMOOR, POOLE, DORSET BH17 7DB | 2007-01-04 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 66 similar companies in TW — measured against the wider sector
2nd largest employer among its local peers (55 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1947.