IDEAL MANUFACTURING LIMITED

Company number 01503733 ·

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Executive summary

Ideal Manufacturing Limited is a mature but financially distressed business suffering from acute liquidity constraints, evidenced by a mere £2,930 in cash and negative working capital of over £92,000. While the company remains technically solvent due to valuable freehold property, its day-to-day circulatory system is failing, with negligible profitability and a steady decline in overall net assets over the last eight years. Immediate intervention is required to secure cash flow, likely through refinancing or asset monetization, to prevent the business from falling into insolvency.

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Shareholders' funds

£737,819

Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1980-06-24
Employees
24 (2025 accounts · was 23 in 2024)
Registered office
Atlas House, Burton Road, Finedon Wellingborough, Northants, NN9 5HX
Postcode
NN9 5HX
Capital
64,000 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
4 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-03-31
Next due by
2026-12-31
Financial year end
31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-03-10
Next due by
2027-03-24
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 20130 Manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals
  • 20411 Manufacture of soap and detergents
  • 21100 Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products

Officers 4 current · 8 resigned

Subscribers only Director
Subscribers only Appointed 2021-04-01
Subscribers only Director
Appointed 2010-11-01
Subscribers only Director
Appointed 1992-07-10
Subscribers only Director

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Contact details

Website
idealmanufacturing.com

Previous company names

NameDate changed
INDUSTRIAL DETERGENTS (U.K.) LIMITED1990-04-09

Previous registered addresses 1

AddressChanged on
LAWTON ROAD, RUSHDEN, NORTHANTS, NN10 0DX1990-05-09

Among its peers

Among the biggest employers

of 36 similar companies in NN — measured against the wider sector, with 24 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.

The class of 1980

49%

of the 8,850 companies incorporated in 1980 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 1 title

Freehold
1
Most recent registration
1990-03-16
Where
North Northamptonshire
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
NN134771 North Northamptonshire Freehold 1990-03-16 —

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