BEDFONT SCIENTIFIC LIMITED
Company number 01289798 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Bedfont Scientific Limited is a well-established medical device manufacturer with a strong balance sheet (£3.94M net assets, £1.21M cash), a defensible IP portfolio, and a recurring-revenue business model supported by favourable regulatory tailwinds. The recent acquisition by Breathbio Bidco Limited, associated director changes, and FY2024 profit decline (–38%) introduce transitional risk that warrants conditional approval with monitoring covenants on cash flow, group leverage, and management stability. The company's FY2025 growth forecast of +30% revenue, if delivered, would significantly strengthen the credit profile.
Shareholders' funds
£3,938,348
Balance sheet as at 2024-09-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of manufacture of gas detection equipment for the
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1976-12-08
- Employees
- 55 (2024 accounts · was 53 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Station Yard, Station Road, Harrietsham, Kent, ME17 1JA
- Postcode
- ME17 1JA
- Capital
- 2 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-30
- Next due by
- 2026-12-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 28990 Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery not elsewhere classified
Officers 6 current · 12 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by BREATHBIO BIDCO LIMITED — since 2025-10-08
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 — Z2121050 (Tier 1), registered since 2010.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- bedfont.com
- Phone
- 019 2018 2017, 023 2022 2020
The Bedfont vision is a world where everyone has access to instant, non-invasive, simple breath testing to aid in medical diagnosis.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BEDFONT TECHNICAL INSTRUMENTS LIMITED | 1992-10-01 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 105 LAKER ROAD, AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, ROCHESTER, KENT, ME1 3QX | 2010-11-08 |
| BEDFONT HOUSE, HOLYWELL LANE, UPCHURCH, NR SITTINGBOURNE KENT ME9 7HN | 2001-04-12 |
| 200 RUE LANE, PECKHAM, LONDON SE15 4NF | 1988-03-09 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 32 similar companies in ME
2nd largest employer among its local peers (55 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1976.
Competitors Maidstone
This company ranks 2 among manufacture of other special-purpose machinery not elsewhere classified in Maidstone.
The class of 1976
51%
of the 7,068 companies incorporated in 1976 are still active today; 41% 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
- 2025-01-15
- Where
- Kent
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT176105 | Kent | Leasehold | 2025-01-15 | — |
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