APTEC PRODUCTS LIMITED
Company number 05841147 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Aptec Products is a financially conservative, debt-free specialty fibre manufacturer whose £3.1m equity base and £1.2m cash position give it rare self-funding capacity for an SME, but FY2025 signals — a one-third fall in cash, 41% debtor growth, sub-depreciation capex, and unresolved premises occupancy — indicate the business is coasting on resilience rather than compounding it. The immediate strategic priority is defensive: secure the site lease, recover £300–500k from working capital, and formalise the shareholder transition now visibly underway. Executed alongside a pivot toward higher-margin technical fibres and a phased plant modernisation, Aptec can convert balance-sheet strength into durable competitive advantage rather than watching it erode.
Shareholders' funds
£3,148,221
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2006-06-08
- Employees
- 27 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- Aptec Enterprise Park, Darlington Road, West Auckland, Co Durham, DL14 9PD
- Postcode
- DL14 9PD
- Capital
- 115 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 2 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
- 2026-06-08
- Next due by
- 2027-06-22
Nature of business (SIC)
- 20600 Manufacture of man-made fibres
Officers 3 current · 7 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z9896445 (Tier 2), registered since 2007.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 12 GREENHEAD ROAD, HUDDERSFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE, HD1 4EN | 2010-06-03 |
| ST JAMES'S PLACE HOUSE, 22-28 DEAN STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE1 1PG | 2006-11-15 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 22 similar companies in DL — measured against the wider sector
3rd largest employer among its local peers (27 staff).
Trading since 2006.
The class of 2006
32%
of the 182,205 companies incorporated in 2006 are still active today; 65% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 1
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2007-01-26
- Where
- County Durham (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DU199878 | County Durham | Freehold | 2007-01-26 | — |
| DU273648 | County Durham | Leasehold | 2007-01-26 | — |
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