TIOGA DESIGN SERVICES LTD
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Executive summary
Tioga Design Services Ltd presents as a long-established but currently distressed small contract electronics manufacturer, with net liabilities, near-zero cash, and a £327k loss reversing the prior year's profit. The company's continued operation depends entirely on Sigma Group financial support, while its £7.9m cross-guarantee exposure creates significant contagion risk. The transition to an Employee Ownership Trust in March 2025 may signal a group restructuring that could either stabilise or further complicate Tioga's position. In its current state, Tioga falls well below sector norms for financial resilience and competitive capacity within the UK EMS market.
Shareholders' funds
-£312,097
Balance sheet as at 2026-03-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company during the year continued to be design and manufacture of low volume, high value, complex electronic equipment.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1981-04-21
- Employees
- 10 (2026 accounts · was 9 in 2025)
- Registered office
- St. Thomas House, Mansfield Road, Derby, England, DE1 3TN
- Postcode
- DE1 3TN
- Capital
- 69,114 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-08
- Next due by
- 2027-08-22
Nature of business (SIC)
- 28990 Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery not elsewhere classified
- 74100 specialised design activities
Officers 5 current · 22 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
Controlled by SIMPATICA GROUP LIMITED — since 2017-04-07
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AUDIOTEL (UK) LIMITED Dissolved
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SECURITY RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- tioga.co.uk
- Phone
- 01332 215503
UK contract electronics manufacturer with 30 years' experience. PCB assembly, box build and full turnkey solutions from our Derby facility.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| AUDIOTEL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | 2022-04-25 |
| MIDDLEWISE LIMITED | 1981-12-31 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 133 EBURY STREET, LONDON, SW1W 9QU | 2015-09-10 |
| 133 EBURY STREET, LONDON, SW1W 9QU | 2006-09-01 |
| CORBY ROAD, WELDON, CORBY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NN17 3AR | 2006-08-24 |
| 193/5 CITY ROAD, LONDON, EC1 | 1987-10-28 |
Among its peers
3rd oldest
of 47 similar companies in DE, trading since 1981
Competitors Derby
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4. ORBITEC LTD
This company ranks 34 among manufacture of other special-purpose machinery not elsewhere classified in Derby.
The class of 1981
65%
of the 14,493 companies incorporated in 1981 are still active today; 29% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.