GIBBS-SANDTECH LIMITED
Company number 04229844 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Gibbs Sandtech Limited presents as a financially stable, long-established small manufacturing business with strong net assets of £2.86M, negligible leverage, and a consistent eight-year track record of retained earnings growth. The principal areas requiring further investigation are the significant depletion of cash reserves from £1.79M to £336K between FY2021 and FY2025, the substantial concentration in investment property (£1.37M, 44% of total assets), and the limited financial transparency resulting from the company's use of filleted accounts with no filed income statement. Overall risk is assessed as LOW, with the company demonstrating robust solvency and adequate liquidity, though the inferred decline in profitability from FY2023 onwards and the family-controlled governance structure warrant ongoing monitoring.
Shareholders' funds
£2,871,590
Balance sheet as at 2026-07-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2001-06-06
- Employees
- 9 (2026 accounts · was 10 in 2025)
- Registered office
- 1 Station Road, Braughing, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG11 2PB
- Postcode
- SG11 2PB
- Capital
- 952 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-07-31
- Next due by
- 2028-04-30
- Financial year end
- 31 July
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-24
- Next due by
- 2027-04-07
Nature of business (SIC)
- 28990 Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery not elsewhere classified
Officers 2 current · 4 resigned
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| STATION ROAD, BRAUGHING, WARE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG11 2PB | 2008-06-25 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 25/06/2008 FROM, STATION ROAD, BRAUGHING, WARE, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG11 2PB | 2008-06-25 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 36 similar companies in SG
Trading since 2001.
Competitors Stevenage
This company ranks 3 among manufacture of other special-purpose machinery not elsewhere classified in Stevenage.
The class of 2001
40%
of the 80,162 companies incorporated in 2001 are still active today; 57% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Freehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2024-07-22
- Price paid, where recorded
- £1,479,500
- Where
- Essex (2), Hertfordshire (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA73147 | Essex | Freehold | 2024-07-22 | £672,500 |
| AA73496 | Essex | Freehold | 2024-07-22 | £807,000 |
| HD608970 | Hertfordshire | Freehold | 2022-05-16 | — |
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