BLANC AERO INDUSTRIES UK LIMITED

Active
Company number 01454059Private limited companyIncorporated 1979

Key figures

£61,093,000+29.2%
Net assets 2025
+29.2%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
020 m40 m60 m80 m20242025

† BLANC AERO INDUSTRIES UK 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.

Like most small UK companies, BLANC AERO INDUSTRIES UK LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Sector comparison

SIC 25940

Where the company stands among the 266 active companies whose first SIC code is 25940 (Manufacture of fasteners and screw machine products).

Net assets£61,093,000
Higher than 98% · median £298,416
Cash£22,000
Lower than 74% · median £108,199
Employees354
Higher than 99% · median 3
Company age47.1 years
Older than 90% · median 19.2 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. AVDEL UK LIMITED£84.6m
  2. SPS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED£69.1m
  3. BLANC AERO INDUSTRIES UK LIMITED£61.1m
  4. LONESTAR FASTENERS HYDROBOLT LIMITED£45.7m
  5. ATLAS COPCO IAS UK LIMITED£32.7m
  6. T.R. FASTENINGS LIMITED£25.7m
  7. ROLLSTUD LIMITED£17.3m
  8. EJOT U.K. LIMITED£13.8m
  9. TAPPEX THREAD INSERTS LIMITED£13.6m
  10. TENSION CONTROL BOLTS LIMITED£11.9m

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 266. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: BLANC AERO INDUSTRIES UK LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

BLANC AERO INDUSTRIES UK LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01454059. It was incorporated on 15 Oct 1979. Its status is active. The registered office is in Rugby (CV21). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of fasteners and screw machine products (25940).

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. Net assets were £61,093,000, up 29.2% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £22,000. The company had an average of 354 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 266 active companies whose first SIC code is 25940: By net assets it ranks higher than 98% of them (median £298,416). By cash it ranks lower than 74% of them (median £108,199). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 3). It is older than 90% of them (median age 19.2 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants worth £955.6k, mainly from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

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 other base metals, aluminium, machinery. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly iron and steel articles, other base metals, aircraft. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 46 days to pay suppliers, and 0% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 6% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 6 years.

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 10 Aug 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Cash at bank and in hand22,00022,000
Total assets62,895,000—
Total liabilities10,067,000—
Net assets / total equity47,291,00061,093,000
Average number of employees323354

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.

Government grants

3 grants

BLANC AERO INDUSTRIES UK LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants since 2020, together worth £955.6k.

Funders
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
2 grants · £840.2k
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
1 grant · £115.4k
Grants
  1. Securing Aerospace Fasteners Manufacturing in the UKDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £161,729 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  2. Securing Aerospace Fasteners Manufacturing in the UKDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £678,491 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 20-21
  3. Securing Aerospace Fasteners Manufacturing in the UKDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £115,423 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2019 – 30 Jun 2019
Average time taken to pay invoices
46 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
0%
Standard payment terms
7–76 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 23%
  • 31 to 60 days 55%
  • After 60 days 22%
Earlier periods (1)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2018
47
23%
0%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 6% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 6% lower
Median bonus pay
women 17% lower
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter21% womenLower middle18% womenUpper middle16% womenUpper pay quarter8% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 5.4% lower
women 6.2% lower
2023/24
women 5% lower
women 4% lower
2022/23
women 13% lower
women 16% lower
2021/22
women 5.6% lower
women 5% lower
2020/21
women 7.4% lower
women 4.9% lower
2019/20
women 5.2% lower
women 8% lower
2018/19
women 3.9% lower
women 5.8% lower
2017/18
women 3.8% lower
women 8.6% 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 statements6
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
Earlier years (3)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2021
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
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: other base metals, aluminium, machinery, electrical equipment and iron and steel.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: iron and steel articles, other base metals, aircraft, 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

4 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £61.1m, 354 employees
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets £47.3m, 323 employees
  3. Lisi S.A. registered as a person with significant control
  4. 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.