UK TEST INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
Company number 02529960 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
UK Test Instruments Limited operates as a highly specialized, niche player within the UK Test & Measurement sector, leveraging a service-integrated model that combines equipment wholesale with sticky, high-margin calibration and training revenues. Despite a legacy SIC code misclassification, their 30-year market presence, full accounts filing status, and backing by Newbury Investments indicate a robust, medium-scale enterprise well-capitalized to exploit increasing regulatory demands in the electrical sector. The company's transition toward a service-led revenue model aligns perfectly with industry norms where pure distribution margins are increasingly compressed.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1990-08-10
- Registered office
- Votec House, The Vo-Tec Centre, Hambridge Lane, Newbury, England, RG14 5TN
- Postcode
- RG14 5TN
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- 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
- 2026-08-10
- Next due by
- 2027-08-24
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46499 Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 6 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by NEWBURY INVESTMENTS (UK) LIMITED — since 2016-07-31
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2025 (period to 2024-12-31) — 5 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z8836159 (Tier 2), registered since 2011.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- uktestinstruments.co.uk
- Phone
- 01782563030
The UKs favourite test instrument specialist offers: Test Equipment Supply, Expert Support, Repair & Calibration (UKAS & Traceable), Electrical Training Courses (incl. City & Guilds).
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ACUTE SALES LIMITED | 2017-01-04 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| CENTURY ROAD, HIGH CARR BUSINESS PARK, NEWCASTLE, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST5 7UG | 2017-01-08 |
| 52 LANGHAM ROAD, TOTTENHAM LONDON, N15 3RA | 2004-07-06 |
| CENTURY ROAD, HIGH CARR BUSINESS PARK, NEWCASTLE, STAFFORDSHIRE ST5 7UG | 2004-04-19 |
| TECHNOLOGY HOUSE, WHIELDON ESTATE, WHIELDON ROAD, STOKE ON TRENT. ST4 4JP | 1996-06-06 |
| FOURTH FLOOR, PATRICK HOUSE, 5 MANEY CORNER, SUTTON COLDFIELD B72 1QL | 1993-08-31 |
| TEMPLE HOUSE, 20 HOLYWELL ROW, LONDON, EC2A 4JB | 1990-08-22 |
Among its peers
The oldest
of 38 similar companies in RG, trading since 1990
The class of 1990
50%
of the 20,399 companies incorporated in 1990 are still active today; 45% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2023-06-08
- Where
- Norfolk
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NK529090 | Norfolk | Leasehold | 2023-06-08 | — |
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