{"name":"BRANDYWINE COMMUNICATIONS UK LTD","company_number":"02627556","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1991-07-09","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"20a Westside Centre London Road, Stanway, Colchester, Essex, England, CO3 8PH","postcode":"CO3 8PH","sic_codes":[{"code":26511,"description":"Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"TIME AND FREQUENCY SOLUTIONS LIMITED","changed_on":"2025-12-19"},{"name":"EES TECHNOLOGY LIMITED","changed_on":"1999-03-02"},{"name":"HAWKSWORTH SERVICES LIMITED","changed_on":"1991-11-29"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Unaudited Abridged","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":{"count":19,"accounts_date":"2025-12-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-12-31","net_assets":1631048,"cash":57986,"average_employees":19},{"financial_date":"2024-12-31","net_assets":1853856,"cash":167101,"average_employees":20},{"financial_date":"2023-12-31","net_assets":1851750,"cash":382214,"average_employees":18},{"financial_date":"2022-12-31","net_assets":1470132,"cash":369657},{"financial_date":"2021-12-31","net_assets":865669,"cash":137758}],"officers":{"current":2,"resigned":13,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":1,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Brandywine Communications UK has achieved an exceptional turnaround from near-insolvency in 2016 to a £1.85M net asset position, demonstrating strong operational execution and the benefit of its US parent relationship. The strategic rebranding presents an opportunity to unify market positioning and accelerate cross-selling, but the heavy intercompany debtor concentration (70% of receivables owed by the parent) and declining cash trajectory create vulnerability that must be proactively managed. The company's greatest upside lies in leveraging its niche precision timing expertise to capture secular demand from 5G, financial regulation, and data centre verticals—provided it can diversify its revenue base beyond the parent company and accelerate cash conversion.","website":"http://www.timeandfrequencysolutions.co.uk","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/brandywine-communications-uk","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/brandywine-communications-uk/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/brandywine-communications-uk/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02627556","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/brandywine-communications-uk/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/brandywine-communications-uk/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/brandywine-communications-uk/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/brandywine-communications-uk/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/brandywine-communications-uk"}