VANGUARD FOUNDRY LIMITED

Company number 01743426 ·

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Shareholders' funds

£2,961,461

Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30

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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
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 24510 Casting of iron
  • 24520 Casting of steel

Officers 4 current · 14 resigned

Darren PRITCHARD Director
Appointed 2026-03-02
Louisa BROOKES Secretary
Appointed 2025-04-09
Appointed 2020-09-15
Appointed 2016-09-01

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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)).

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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

AddressChanged on
CHURCH HOUSE, 5-14 SOUTH ROAD, SMETHWICK, WARLEY WEST MIDLANDS1986-11-25
CHURCH HOUSE, 5-14 SOUTH ROAD, SMETHWICK, WARLEY WEST MIDLANDS1986-11-25

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.

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Property in England & Wales 1 title

Freehold
1
Most recent registration
1992-05-21
Where
West Midlands
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
WM555505 West Midlands Freehold 1992-05-21

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