SCHUNK CARBON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

Active
Company number 00737825Private limited companyIncorporated 1962

Key figures

£3,940,042-21.9%
Net assets 2025
+3.4%
Average annual growth 2020–2025
02 m4 m6 m2020202120222025

† SCHUNK CARBON TECHNOLOGY 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 32990

Where the company stands among the 16,354 active companies whose first SIC code is 32990 (Other manufacturing n.e.c.).

Turnover£11,670,644
Lower than 53% · median £12,491,047 among 756 that publish turnover
Net assets£3,940,042
Higher than 93% · median £45,188
Total assets£6,098,636
Higher than 92% · median £157,459
Cash£1,248,445
Higher than 91% · median £73,979
Company age64.1 years
Older than 97% · median 13.6 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. MATRIX MICROSCIENCE LIMITED£11.5bn
  2. LIFE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED£3.7bn
  3. GKN LIMITED£1.9bn
  4. CCL INDUSTRIES (U.K.) LIMITED£550.4m
  5. THE VALSPAR (UK) HOLDING CORPORATION LIMITED£496.6m
  6. HEALTH AND HAPPINESS (H&H) UK LIMITED£448.7m
  7. GOODRICH CONTROL SYSTEMS£408.6m
  8. MBDA UK LIMITED£371.2m
  9. VOLUTION GROUP PLC£309.8m
  10. ALGECO UK LIMITED£250.5m

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 16,354. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: SCHUNK CARBON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

SCHUNK CARBON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00737825. It was incorporated on 15 Oct 1962. Its status is active. The registered office is in Grangefield industrial estate (LS28). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other manufacturing n.e.c. (32990).

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 £11,670,644. Profit for the year was £639,886. Net assets were £3,940,042, down 21.9% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £1,248,445. Total assets were £6,098,636 and total liabilities £1,964,655. Figures are available for 4 financial years (2020–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 16,354 active companies whose first SIC code is 32990: By turnover it ranks lower than 53% of the 756 that publish turnover (median £12,491,047). By net assets it ranks higher than 93% of them (median £45,188). By total assets it ranks higher than 92% of them (median £157,459). By cash it ranks higher than 91% of them (median £73,979). It is older than 97% of them (median age 13.6 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from Transport for London since 2021. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £21.1m.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly miscellaneous chemicals, plastics, stone, plaster and cement articles. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly stone, plaster and cement articles, electrical equipment, machinery.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 1 current director. 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 19 Nov 2026.

Filed accounts2020–2025
2020202120222025 †
Turnover———11,670,644
Profit for the year———639,886
Cash at bank and in hand323,693450,903631,5671,248,445
Total assets4,464,8395,065,1566,311,7586,098,636
Total liabilities778,544711,5021,086,4191,964,655
Net assets / total equity3,567,4904,202,5545,045,5393,940,042
Average number of employees434042—

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

SCHUNK CARBON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from Transport for London since 2021. Their combined published value is £21.1m.

Contracts per year
Contracts
  1. Supply of Shoe Gear and Beams for S Stock, London Underground Rolling StockTransport for London · £11,166,441 · runs until Aug 2031
  2. Supply of Shoe gear related materials and Services for the 'S' Stock TS‡Transport for London · £9,940,782

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.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Route
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: miscellaneous chemicals, plastics, stone, plaster and cement articles, electrical equipment and railway equipment.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: stone, plaster and cement articles, electrical equipment, machinery, rubber and railway equipment.

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

17 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £11.7m, net assets £3.9m
  2. Financial year 2022 endedAccounts: net assets £5m, 42 employees
  3. Financial year 2021 endedAccounts: net assets £4.2m, 40 employees
  4. Financial year 2020 endedAccounts: net assets £3.6m, 43 employees
  5. Name changed to SCHUNK CARBON TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDPreviously SCHUNK U.K. LIMITED
  6. Schunk Gmbh registered as a person with significant control
  7. Robert RACK resignedDirector
  8. Timothy Howland WILSON resignedSecretary
Earlier events (9)
  1. Heinz Joachim MAEURER resignedDirector
  2. Neil Anthony HARVEY appointedDirector
  3. Wilfried Otto SEIDT resignedDirector
  4. Heinz Joachim MAEURER appointedDirector
  5. Robert RACK appointedDirector
  6. Russell BLOOR resignedDirector
  7. Wilfried Otto SEIDT appointedDirector
  8. Matthias Fritz BUTTE resignedDirector
  9. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.