THERMO ELECTRON MANUFACTURING LIMITED

Active
Company number 00441506Private limited companyIncorporated 1947

Key figures

£259,512,000-36.2%
Net assets 2025
-36.2%
Average annual change 2024–2025
0200 m400 m600 m20242025

† THERMO ELECTRON MANUFACTURING LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 26511

Where the company stands among the 1,343 active companies whose first SIC code is 26511 (Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control).

Turnover£97,495,000
Higher than 92% · median £12,889,297 among 92 that publish turnover
Net assets£259,512,000
Higher than 99% · median £109,945
Total assets£371,027,000
Higher than 99% · median £323,853
Company age79.2 years
Older than 99% · median 13.4 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. MKS SPECTRA HOLDINGS LIMITED£941.8m
  2. THERMO ELECTRON MANUFACTURING LIMITED£259.5m
  3. RADIODETECTION LIMITED£208m
  4. ENVIRODYNE HOLDINGS LIMITED£131.2m
  5. KEYMED (MEDICAL & INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT) LIMITED£124.9m
  6. MICROMASS UK LIMITED£112.4m
  7. THERMO ELECTRON LIMITED£76.6m
  8. ATLANTIC INERTIAL SYSTEMS LIMITED£70.3m
  9. SONARDYNE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED£63.2m
  10. THERMO ONIX LIMITED£62.2m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 1,343. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: THERMO ELECTRON MANUFACTURING LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

THERMO ELECTRON MANUFACTURING LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00441506. It was incorporated on 30 Aug 1947. Its status is active. The registered office is in Altrincham (WA14). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control (26511).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £97,495,000. Profit for the year was £2,186,000. Net assets were £259,512,000, down 36.2% on the previous year. Total assets were £371,027,000 and total liabilities £107,580,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 1,343 active companies whose first SIC code is 26511: By turnover it ranks higher than 92% of the 92 that publish turnover (median £12,889,297). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £109,945). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £323,853). It is older than 99% of them (median age 13.4 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 59 public contract award notices from 35 public sector buyers since 2015. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £18.6m. Its most frequent buyer is THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM (7 contracts). 7 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly miscellaneous chemicals, machinery, electrical equipment. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly machinery, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 24 days to pay suppliers, and 16% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 4.2% higher than for men. It has a modern slavery statement on the government registry.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 18 May 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover102,783,00097,495,000
Profit for the year17,687,0002,186,000
Total assets524,451,000371,027,000
Total liabilities114,449,000107,580,000
Net assets / total equity407,064,000259,512,000

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

59 contracts

THERMO ELECTRON MANUFACTURING LIMITED is named as a supplier in 59 public contract award notices from 35 public sector buyers since 2015. The 49 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £18.6m. 7 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers35
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
7 contracts · £3.3m
CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED
6 contracts · £5.3m
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
6 contracts · £1.1m
NI Water and its subsidiaries
3 contracts · £602.4k
MHRA
2 contracts · £1.7m
Contracts
  1. The Provision and Maintenance of Two Mass Spectrometry systems‡MHRA · £1,200,000 · runs until Nov 2031
  2. EVOLUTION ONE SPECTROPHOTOMETERThe Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust · £15,748
  3. Maintenance and Servicing of Chromatography Equipment Lot 1‡MHRA · £450,000 · runs until Sep 2029
  4. Provision of an ICP-OES InstrumentNational Oceanography Centre · £69,309 · runs until Aug 2028
  5. Service & Maintenance Contract for Orbitrap ID-X Tribrid Mass Spectrometer‡Northumbria University · runs until Apr 2029
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  1. F002 Framework for Supply, delivery and/or installation, calibration, maintenance and repair of equipment for NIW Science CentresNORTHERN IRELAND WATER LIMITED · shared by 30 suppliers, up to £28,000,000 in total · 4 lots · runs until May 2031
  2. CSP26418 - Service Contract 2026 to 2027UK Research and Innovation · £11,453 · runs until Mar 2027
  3. RBGKEW1504 - Maintenance of Orbitrap LCMS systemsBoard of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew · £119,792
  4. ID 6235074 - AFBI - Supply, Delivery and Servicing of Discrete Analyser‡Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) · £129,943 · runs until Apr 2027
  5. The Supply and Installation of a HIGH RESOLUTION FOURIER TRANSFORM BENCH-TOP LIQUID CHROMATROGRAPHY-ORBITRAP MASS SPECTROMETER (THERMO ORBITRAP EXPLORIS 240) t…THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · £356,548
  6. STH Maintenance of 2 x Exactive Q Focus LV HRMS 2025-28SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · £214,074 · runs until Aug 2028
  7. STA-26006 Spectrometer RepairRoyal Holloway and Bedford New College · £27,851
  8. Service Plan for Thermo Fisher Scientific Laboratory EquipmentMEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT LIMITED · £36,547
  9. C1215 Supply and Delivery of Laboratory Equipment (including maintenance and parts), Chemicals and Consumables‡NI Water and its subsidiaries · 2 lots
  10. Dual Channel ICS-6000 System & Two Vanquish Core HPLC‡University Of Edinburgh · £190,000
  11. C1226 Supply, Delivery, Installation and Maintenance of Automated Equipment in the Analysis of Algae and its By-Products‡NI Water and its subsidiaries · 2 lots
  12. Contract Award - High Resolution Mass LCMS CapabilityDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £429,944
  13. Cytokine Human PanelUNIVERSITY OF DERBY · £25,000
  14. Orbitrap Ascend Tribrid Mass Spectrometer with ETD, UVPDAston University · £1,488,680
  15. PR9594 - Thermo Fisher Scientific Dionex Aquion Ion Chromatography SystemPartners Procurement Service · £65,942 · 2 lots
  16. 2876 - MMIC Digital LaboratoryCENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · £5,000,000 · runs until Aug 2027
  17. Raman SpectrometerDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £77,687
  18. Renewal of Service Contract‡Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · £12,454
  19. UHPLC system with UV and CADCENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · £114,946
  20. Service Contract Renewal‡Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · £252,296
  21. Service Contract Renewal‡Defence Science and Technology Laboratory · £192,491
  22. Liquid Ion Chromatography Machine - CANMinistry of Defence · £43,914
  23. GB-Swindon: UKRI-3029 Ion Chromatograph Replacement‡UK Research and Innovation · £64,164
  24. Framework for UPLC, UHPLC and HPLC EquipmentCENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £5,000,000 in total · runs until Feb 2027
  25. 2714 - Framework for UPLC, UHPLC and HPLC EquipmentCENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £5,000,000 in total
  26. GB-Swindon: UKRI-2680 Online Enrichment UHPLC System‡UK Research & Innovation · £99,999
  27. Accurate Mass Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (Orbitrap)Durham University · £391,666
  28. Service and maintenance of centrifuges and hoods‡UK Heath Security Agency · £40,801
  29. Provision of Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography Equipment including Associated Servicing, Maintenance and RepairsAPUC LIMITED · shared by 17 suppliers, up to £25,000,000 in total
  30. Contract for the Supply and Installation of Liquid Chromatography-mass Spectrometry Instruments for High-throughput Metabolomics at Phenome Centre BirminghamTHE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · £898,520
  31. Contract for the Supply and Installation of 2 x Vanquish HPLC systems to the University of BirminghamTHE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · £58,158
  32. Cotract for the Supply and Installation of a Mass Spectrometer to the University of BirminghamTHE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · £269,968
  33. Contract for the Supply and Installation of Nicolet iS50 FTIR to the University of BirminghamTHE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · £52,435
  34. Installation of Lab AssetDefence Science and Technology Laboratory · £100,291
  35. 2242 - Mass Spec FrameworkCENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £2,000,000 in total
  36. ID 3805279 - DAERA NIEA - Purchase of Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass Spectrometer‡Department of Agriculture Environment Rural Affairs · £126,359
  37. Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer (IRMS)‡National Physical Laboratory · £275,000
  38. C1066 1 x liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometer (LC-MS) - (Supply, Delivery, Installation and Maintenance of)‡NI Water and its subsidiaries · £602,445
  39. Trace Gas isotope analyzer (H and C) / Bulk H and O isotope analyzerUK Centre For Ecology & Hydrology · £542,500
  40. CA8506 - Hopwood Hall College Analytical Science Lab Equipment‡Hopwood Hall College · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £25,667 in total
  41. Hopwood Hall College Analytical Science Lab Equipment‡Hopwood Hall College · £39,030 · 2 lots
  42. National Microbiology Framework - Lot 2: Research and Development Goods and ServicesPublic Health England · shared by 69 suppliers, up to £3,000,000,000 in total · 2 lots
  43. Multi-Collector ICP-MS Instrument for Isotope AnalysisUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON · £652,926
  44. Gas Chromatograph Multi-System‡UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH · £96,978
  45. GB-Glasgow: The Supply and Installation of 2x Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICPOES)‡Scottish Water · £240,000
  46. GB-Glasgow: The Supply and Installation of 2x Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer (ICP-MS)‡Scottish Water · £244,000
  47. Supply of a Raman Spectrometer and MicroscopeCENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · £181,302
  48. Contract for the Supply and Installation of High Resoultion Mass Spectrometer to the University of BirminghamTHE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · £1,035,591
  49. Award of Contract for Dose and Doserate Monitoring Equipment‡Public Health England · £15,660
  50. Supply of a Gas Chromatography-Time of Flight-Mass SpectrometerUniversity of Bristol · £449,928
  51. Supply of a Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer for py-GC/MS AnalysisUniversity of Bristol · £105,521
  52. Mini Tender for the Supply and Installation of High Resolution Mass Spectrometer and Accessories‡THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · £590,229
  53. Mass Spectrometer Servicing and Maintenance Contract‡UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £351,283
  54. Supply of 800 HH Dual Channel Ratemeters‡Sellafield · £525,615

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
24 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
16%
Standard payment terms
0–90 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 88%
  • 31 to 60 days 5%
  • After 60 days 7%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
31
84%
21%
30 Jun 2025
56
80%
12%
31 Dec 2024
44
77%
6%
30 Jun 2024
49
50%
13%
31 Dec 2023
49
9%
73%
30 Jun 2023
36
14%
30%
31 Dec 2022
45
56%
27%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 4.2% higher
Mean hourly pay
women 0.1% higher
Median bonus pay
women 12.9% higher
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter32.1% womenLower middle20.7% womenUpper middle28% womenUpper pay quarter28% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 3.4% higher
women 1.8% lower
2023/24
women 1.5% higher
women 10.4% lower
2022/23
women 3.3% lower
women 14.2% lower
2021/22
women 8.5% lower
women 17.9% lower
2020/21
women 9.9% lower
women 15.6% lower
2019/20
women 15.1% lower
women 20.3% lower
2018/19
women 24.9% lower
women 24% lower
2017/18
women 20.8% lower
women 25.1% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements1
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc)

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: miscellaneous chemicals, machinery, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments and paper and paperboard.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments, plastics and printed matter.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

6 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £97.5m, net assets £259.5m
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £102.8m, net assets £407.1m
  3. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. registered as a person with significant control
  4. Thermo Shandon Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  5. Thermo Shandon Limited registered as a person with significant control
  6. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.