HILTI (GT.BRITAIN) LIMITED

Active
Company number 00479786Private limited companyIncorporated 1950

Key figures

£52,618,000+8.7%
Net assets 2025
+8.7%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
020 m40 m60 m20242025

† HILTI (GT.BRITAIN) 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.

HILTI (GT.BRITAIN) LIMITED does not disclose its turnover in its latest accounts; the profit for the year is as stated in the accounts.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 46690

Where the company stands among the 3,917 active companies whose first SIC code is 46690 (Wholesale of other machinery and equipment).

Net assets£52,618,000
Higher than 99% · median £62,887
Employees1,050
Higher than 99% · median 2
Company age76.6 years
Older than 99% · median 8.6 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. MAKITA (UK) LIMITED£407.1m
  2. JACK SEALEY LIMITED£106.4m
  3. HAYLEY GROUP LIMITED£90.7m
  4. HUBBELL LIMITED£76.3m
  5. PATTONAIR (DERBY) LIMITED£70.1m
  6. ANSELL ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS LIMITED£68.5m
  7. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC LIMITED£56.6m
  8. LUTRON EA LIMITED.£54.1m
  9. HILTI (GT.BRITAIN) LIMITED£52.6m
  10. ITRON METERING SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED£47.6m

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 3,917. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: HILTI (GT.BRITAIN) LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

HILTI (GT.BRITAIN) LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00479786. It was incorporated on 18 Mar 1950. Its status is active. The registered office is in Manchester (M1). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is wholesale of other machinery and equipment (46690).

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. Loss for the year was £519,000. Net assets were £52,618,000, up 8.7% on the previous year. The company had an average of 1,050 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 3,917 active companies whose first SIC code is 46690: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £62,887). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 2). It is older than 99% of them (median age 8.6 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2021. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £600k. 1 of the awards is shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments, miscellaneous manufactures, electrical equipment. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly machinery, iron and steel articles, electrical equipment. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 34 days to pay suppliers, and 43% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 1% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 7 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

6 persons with significant control are registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 14 Oct 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Profit for the year—-519,000
Total assets——
Total liabilities64,908,00065,831,000
Net assets / total equity48,412,00052,618,000
Average number of employees1,0551,050

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

2 contracts

HILTI (GT.BRITAIN) LIMITED is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2021. The 1 contract awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £600k. 1 award is shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers2
Ministry of Defence
1 contract · £600k
Government Commercial Agency
1 contract
Contracts
  1. G Cloud 15‡Government Commercial Agency · shared by 2,744 suppliers, up to £14,000,000,000 in total · runs until Aug 2030
  2. Engineer Bolt Gun‡Ministry of Defence · £600,000

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
34 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
43%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 54%
  • 31 to 60 days 43%
  • After 60 days 3%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
34
56%
39%
30 Jun 2025
38
48%
46%
31 Dec 2024
34
54%
44%
30 Jun 2024
34
56%
43%
31 Dec 2023
33
58%
39%
30 Jun 2023
34
56%
44%
31 Dec 2022
27
73%
52%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 1% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 0.1% lower
Median bonus pay
women 12.7% lower
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter28% womenLower middle30% womenUpper middle29% womenUpper pay quarter27% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 5.6% lower
women 2% lower
2023/24
women 6% lower
women 0.6% lower
2022/23
no gap
no gap
2021/22
women 6.7% lower
women 2.7% lower
2020/21
women 7% lower
women 2.9% lower
2019/20
women 8.4% lower
women 4.8% lower
2018/19
women 8.9% lower
women 7.8% lower
2017/18
women 8.9% lower
women 5.1% 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 statements7
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
Earlier years (4)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK

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

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Temporary Worker (A rating), Worker (A rating)
Routes
Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

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: optical, medical and measuring instruments, miscellaneous manufactures, electrical equipment, vehicles and furniture and lighting.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, iron and steel articles, electrical equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments and tools and cutlery.

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

13 events
  1. Michèle Martina Frey-Hilti registered as a person with significant control
  2. Matthias Stefan Gillner ceased to be a person with significant control
  3. Michael Martin Hilti ceased to be a person with significant control
  4. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £52.6m, 1,050 employees
  5. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets £48.4m, 1,055 employees
  6. Daniel Conradin Daeniker registered as a person with significant control
  7. Matthias Stefan Gillner registered as a person with significant control
  8. Dr Hendrik Leber registered as a person with significant control
Earlier events (5)
  1. Marc Yvan Meyrat registered as a person with significant control
  2. Jan Richard Rinnert registered as a person with significant control
  3. Klaus Peter Risch registered as a person with significant control
  4. Michael Martin Hilti registered as a person with significant control
  5. 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.