VANGUARD FOUNDRY LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£2,961,461
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of manufacturing high quality, technically challenging stainless steel & iron castings.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1983-07-29
- Employees
- 106 (2025 accounts · was 102 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Bott Lane, Lye, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY9 7AW
- Postcode
- DY9 7AW
- Capital
- 39,850 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-15
- Next due by
- 2027-03-29
Nature of business (SIC)
- 24510 Casting of iron
- 24520 Casting of steel
Officers 4 current · 14 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by VANGUARD 2024 LIMITED — since 2024-10-29
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. 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 — ZA661769 (Tier 2), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- vanguardfoundry.co.uk
- Phone
- 01384422557
Vanguard Foundry, established in 1983 is known throughout Europe, for producing high quality, technically challenging Stainless Steel & iron castings.
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| CHURCH HOUSE, 5-14 SOUTH ROAD, SMETHWICK, WARLEY WEST MIDLANDS | 1986-11-25 |
| CHURCH HOUSE, 5-14 SOUTH ROAD, SMETHWICK, WARLEY WEST MIDLANDS | 1986-11-25 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 60 similar companies in DY — measured against the wider sector
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (106 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1983.
The class of 1983
51%
of the 13,141 companies incorporated in 1983 are still active today; 40% 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
- 1992-05-21
- Where
- West Midlands
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WM555505 | West Midlands | Freehold | 1992-05-21 | — |
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