BIGNEAT LIMITED
Company number 01137691 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Bigneat Limited presents a high-risk investment proposition primarily due to a disclaimer of opinion on its most recent audited accounts, meaning the financial statements cannot be relied upon. The near-total depletion of cash reserves (from £2.1M to £55K) and significant gross margin compression further undermine confidence in the pre-acquisition financial data. While the new US parent (Caron Products and Services, Inc.) has committed to operational improvements and successfully completed a post-transaction group audit, investors must obtain and scrutinise post-acquisition financial statements before any commitment. The fundamental reliability of the historical financial record remains the central unresolved risk.
Shareholders' funds
-£1,211,826
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of manufacturing of equipment.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1973-10-03
- Employees
- 34 (2025 accounts · was 36 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 4/5 Pipers Wood Industrial Park, Waterberry Drive, Waterlooville, England, PO7 7XU
- Postcode
- PO7 7XU
- Capital
- 101 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 5 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 30 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-21
- Next due by
- 2027-01-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 32990 Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified
- 96090 Other service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 7 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by SOLENT STEEL ENGINEERING LIMITED — since 2018-01-17
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 1
£48,000 total awarded value where published.
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA376320 (Tier 1), registered since 2018.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| C/O KSL, 8 SPUR ROAD, COSHAM, PORTSMOUTH, HAMPSHIRE, PO6 3EB, UNITED KINGDOM | 2012-08-21 |
| 4-5 PIPERS WOOD IND ESTATE WATERBERRY DRIVE, WATERLOOVILLE, HAMPSHIRE, PO7 7XU | 2011-04-26 |
| 8 SPUR ROAD, COSHAM, PORTSMOUTH, HANTS., PO6 3EB | 2009-06-18 |
| PRUDENTIAL BUILDINGS GUILDFORD, SURREY, GU1 3JW | 1993-05-12 |
| SNOW HOUSE, 103/109 SOUTHWORK ST, LONDON SE1 | 1987-04-16 |
Among its peers
Among the biggest employers
of 137 similar companies in PO, with 34 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
Competitors Portsmouth
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5. EE GLASS LTD
This company ranks 179 among other manufacturing not elsewhere classified in Portsmouth.
The class of 1973
51%
of the 7,318 companies incorporated in 1973 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 4 titles
- Leasehold
- 4
- Most recent registration
- 2021-05-07
- Where
- Hampshire (4)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SH56407 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2021-05-07 | — |
| SH53303 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2019-10-24 | — |
| SH51013 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2019-01-10 | — |
| SH33051 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2011-04-18 | — |
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