UNDERWOODS ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£7,967,169
Balance sheet as at 2025-08-31
What it does
The company was engaged in the distribution of automation and control equipment to industry. During the year the company operated from a central warehouse in London, servicing twelve sales offices: nine of which are in England, one in Wales and two in Scotland. The company has key strategic partnership agreements with major multi-national electrical equipment manufacturers, whose products the company is franchised to sell into the UK market.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1955-02-04
- Employees
- 96 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 1 Aden Road, Enfield, England, EN3 7SE
- Postcode
- EN3 7SE
- Capital
- 5,400 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-08-31
- Next due by
- 2027-05-31
- Financial year end
- 31 August
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-23
- Next due by
- 2027-03-09
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46140 Agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
Officers 11 current · 3 resigned
Public contracts won 8
£154,253 total awarded value where published.
Showing the 5 most recent of 8.
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Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| G.D. UNDERWOOD LIMITED | 1989-04-17 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| BROADWAY CHAMBERS, 1281 HIGH ROAD, WHETSTONE, LONDON N20 9HS | 2000-05-09 |
| 6TH FLOOR, BUCHANAN HOUSE, 24-30 HOLBORN, LONDON EC1N 2HS | 1989-01-10 |
| WINGATE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, 784-792 HIGH ROAD, TOTTENHAM, LONDON N17 | 1986-10-30 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 18 similar companies in EN
The largest employer among its local peers (96 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1955.
Competitors Enfield
This company ranks 1 among agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft in Enfield.
Property in England & Wales 5 titles
- Freehold
- 1
- Leasehold
- 4
- Most recent registration
- 2025-01-20
- Price paid, where recorded
- £3,120,000
- Where
- Greater London (3), Hampshire (1), West Yorkshire (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP892312 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2025-01-20 | — |
| YY167275 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2022-05-04 | — |
| EGL342317 | Greater London | Freehold | 2021-12-21 | £3,120,000 |
| SGL714339 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2010-03-11 | — |
| SGL442610 | Greater London | Leasehold | 1998-11-26 | — |
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