WELDING ENGINEERS (HERTFORD) LIMITED

Active
Company number 01399152Private limited companyIncorporated 1978

Key figures

£1,672,003+26.9%
Net assets 2025
+26.3%
Average annual growth 2020–2025
0500 k1 m1.5 m2 m202020212022202320242025

Like most small UK companies, WELDING ENGINEERS (HERTFORD) LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 33110

Where the company stands among the 1,171 active companies whose first SIC code is 33110 (Repair of fabricated metal products).

Net assets£1,672,003
Higher than 97% · median £14,112
Total assets£2,595,265
Higher than 99% · median £48,099
Cash£102,342
Higher than 75% · median £17,443
Employees36
Higher than 99% · median 1
Company age48.0 years
Older than 99% · median 6.0 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. WORKSTRINGS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED£16.6m
  2. BGS INTELLIGENT DOOR SOLUTIONS LIMITED£13.9m
  3. STRAIN ENGINEERING AND CO LIMITED£7.7m
  4. SYSTEMS PIPEWORK LIMITED£4.9m
  5. C.O'DONOVAN & SONS LIMITED£4.6m
  6. MALAKOFF LIMITED£2.6m
  7. SILVERLINING TRENCHLESS UK LTD£2.1m
  8. MCE GROUP LIMITED£1.8m
  9. WELDING ENGINEERS (HERTFORD) LIMITED£1.7m
  10. GK ENGINEERING & DESIGN LIMITED£1.6m

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 1,171. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: WELDING ENGINEERS (HERTFORD) LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

WELDING ENGINEERS (HERTFORD) LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01399152. It was incorporated on 10 Nov 1978. Its status is active. The registered office is in Ware (SG12). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is repair of fabricated metal products (33110).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files small company accounts. Net assets were £1,672,003, up 26.9% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £102,342. Total assets were £2,595,265 and total liabilities £756,672. The company had an average of 36 employees. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2020–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 1,171 active companies whose first SIC code is 33110: By net assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £14,112). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £48,099). By cash it ranks higher than 75% of them (median £17,443). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 99% of them (median age 6.0 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 2018. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £70.5k.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 3 current directors. One person with significant control is registered. 3 of 8 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 24 Dec 2026.

Dividends

from the accounts
2024

Dividends paid in the financial year: £250,000 (69% of the profit for the year).

History
2024£250,000
2023£197,724
Filed accounts2020–2025
20212022202320242025
Profit for the year265,334282,463335,658361,519—
Cash at bank and in hand150175,061259,522307,864102,342
Total assets1,335,5661,492,8041,575,6601,576,4562,595,265
Total liabilities————756,672
Net assets / total equity785,8331,068,2961,206,2301,317,7491,672,003
Average number of employees3838363736
Dividends paid——197,724250,000—

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

2 contracts

WELDING ENGINEERS (HERTFORD) LIMITED is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2018. Their combined published value is £70.5k.

Main buyers2
Oxford City Council
1 contract · £38k
Borough Of Poole
1 contract · £32.5k
Contracts
  1. Provision of maintenance/installation of manual/ automated security & roller shutter doors in premises in Oxford‡Oxford City Council · £38,000
  2. Automated, high-speed, bi-fold access gates at Hatch Pond DepotBorough Of Poole · £32,481

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.

History

25 events
  1. Paul James CARNIE appointedDirector
  2. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £1.7m, 36 employees
  3. Pauline Flora Brown WILSON resignedSecretary
  4. Richard Anthony HOLMES resignedDirector
  5. Gordon NICOL resignedDirector
  6. Pauline WILSON resignedDirector
  7. Derek SMITH appointedDirector
  8. Harry STAPLES appointedDirector
Earlier events (17)
  1. Mr Richard Anthony Holmes ceased to be a person with significant control
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets £1.3m, 37 employees
  3. Financial year 2023 endedAccounts: net assets £1.2m, 36 employees
  4. Financial year 2022 endedAccounts: net assets £1.1m, 38 employees
  5. Financial year 2021 endedAccounts: net assets £785.8k, 38 employees
  6. Financial year 2020 endedAccounts: net assets £520.5k, 39 employees
  7. Welding Engineers (Holdings) Ltd registered as a person with significant control
  8. Mr Richard Anthony Holmes registered as a person with significant control
  9. John NICOL resignedSecretary
  10. Edward Allan LATHAM resignedDirector
  11. John NICOL resignedDirector
  12. Pauline Flora Brown WILSON appointedSecretary
  13. Richard Anthony HOLMES appointedDirector
  14. Gordon NICOL appointedDirector
  15. Pauline WILSON appointedDirector
  16. Jares COYNE resignedDirector
  17. 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.