NSF CERTIFICATION UK LIMITED
Company number 03406372 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
NSF Certification UK Limited is a profitable, well-established food safety certification business and wholly-owned subsidiary within the international NSF group. While standalone liquidity is negligible (£100 cash), the entity benefits from strong group support including a $150m shared credit facility, and has grown net assets by 54% to £3.4m through retained profits. Credit approval is recommended conditional on obtaining a parent company guarantee, as the entity's standalone cash position cannot independently support debt servicing obligations.
Shareholders' funds
£3,427,913
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The company's principal business comprises the
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1997-07-21
- Employees
- 61 (2024 accounts · was 59 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Hanborough Business Park, Long Hanborough, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX29 8SJ
- Postcode
- OX29 8SJ
- Capital
- 100,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Audit Exemption Subsidiary
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-21
- Next due by
- 2027-08-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 96090 Other service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 37 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by NSF SAFETY AND QUALITY UK LIMITED — since 2016-06-30
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z579602X (Tier 1), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| NSF-CMI CERTIFICATION LTD | 2013-01-02 |
| CHECKMATE INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION LIMITED | 2008-05-14 |
| UK FOOD QUALITY CERTIFICATION LIMITED | 2000-10-11 |
| OVAL (1218) LIMITED | 1997-08-29 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| HILL HOUSE 1 LITTLE NEW STREET, LONDON, EC4A 3TR, UNITED KINGDOM | 2012-03-20 |
| 4TH FLOOR 35 NEW BRIDGE STREET, LONDON, EC4V 6BW | 2009-11-24 |
| 7 PILGRIM STREET, LONDON, EC4V 6DR | 2004-08-12 |
| 30 QUEEN CHARLOTTE STREET, BRISTOL, BS99 7QQ | 1998-02-23 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 687 similar companies in OX
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (61 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1997.
No.2 of the largest other service activities not elsewhere classified companies in Oxford →
Competitors Oxford
This company ranks 2 among other service activities not elsewhere classified in Oxford.
The class of 1997
38%
of the 1,228 companies in this sector incorporated in 1997 are still active today; 60% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2023-01-04
- Where
- Oxfordshire (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ON377842 | Oxfordshire | Freehold | 2023-01-04 | — |
| ON125365 | Oxfordshire | Freehold | 2005-01-18 | — |
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