PETERBOROUGH SHEET METAL LIMITED
Company number 01868755 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Peterborough Sheet Metal Limited is a small, long-established subcontract fabricator in the fragmented UK sheet metal sector, positioned as a resilient niche player rather than an industry leader. Its balance sheet is stronger than sector norms — near-zero leverage and a ~2.0x current ratio against a typical 1.2–1.5x for fabrication SMEs — though an unusually light fixed asset base and a recent slowdown in retained profit growth point to limited capex and sector-wide cost pressure. The group relationship with Peterborough Engineering Limited provides strategic ballast, but sustained competitiveness will depend on reinvestment in plant against peers adopting automation.
Shareholders' funds
£304,511
Balance sheet as at 2026-01-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1984-12-05
- Employees
- 9 (2026 accounts · was 5 in 2025)
- Registered office
- Unit 2, Edgerley Business Park, Challenger Way, Peterborough, United Kingdom, PE1 5EX
- Postcode
- PE1 5EX
- Capital
- 200 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-01-30
- Next due by
- 2027-10-30
- Financial year end
- 30 January
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-16
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
Nature of business (SIC)
- 25990 Manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 5 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by PETERBOROUGH ENGINEERING LIMITED — since 2023-06-23
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- peterboroughsheetmetal.co.uk
- Phone
- 01733 344 880, 01733 898 421
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| RUTHLYN HOUSE 90 LINCOLN ROAD, PETERBOROUGH, CAMBS, PE1 2SP | 2019-02-17 |
| C/O RAWLINSONS, ACCTS., RUTHLYN HOUSE, 90 LINCOLN ROAD, PETERBOROUGH,, PE1 2SP | 2010-07-08 |
| QUEEN STREET CHAMBERS, QUEEN STREET, PETERBOROUGH, PE1 1PA | 1992-05-12 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 137 similar companies in PE, trading since 1984
Competitors Peterborough
This company ranks 38 among manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified in Peterborough.
The class of 1984
51%
of the 14,116 companies incorporated in 1984 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.