THERMO ELECTRON LIMITED

Active
Company number 01735858Private limited companyIncorporated 1983

Key figures

£76,558,000+50.5%
Net assets 2025
+50.5%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
020 m40 m60 m80 m20242025

† THERMO ELECTRON 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£42,605,000
Higher than 82% · median £12,889,297 among 92 that publish turnover
Net assets£76,558,000
Higher than 99% · median £109,945
Total assets£145,100,000
Higher than 99% · median £323,853
Company age43.4 years
Older than 90% · 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 LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

THERMO ELECTRON LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01735858. It was incorporated on 30 Jun 1983. 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 £42,605,000. Profit for the year was £25,827,000. Net assets were £76,558,000, up 50.5% on the previous year. Total assets were £145,100,000 and total liabilities £68,475,000. 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 82% 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 90% of them (median age 13.4 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 8 public contract award notices from 7 public sector buyers since 2019. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £26.1m. Its most frequent buyer is UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD (2 contracts). It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £67.3k, from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments, machinery, paper and paperboard. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly pharmaceuticals, miscellaneous chemicals, optical, medical and measuring instruments. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 33 days to pay suppliers, and 0% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. 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 26 Apr 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover44,902,00042,605,000
Profit for the year25,799,00025,827,000
Total assets127,218,000145,100,000
Total liabilities76,334,00068,475,000
Net assets / total equity50,884,00076,558,000

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

8 contracts

THERMO ELECTRON LIMITED is named as a supplier in 8 public contract award notices from 7 public sector buyers since 2019. The 7 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £26.1m.

Contracts per year
Main buyers7
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
2 contracts · £1.4m
Department of Health and Social Care
1 contract · £13.5m
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Heal…
1 contract · £10.3m
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY
1 contract · £462.1k
UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED
1 contract · £230k
Contracts
  1. Nautilus Licences renewalUNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED · £230,000
  2. Laboratory Information System Upgrade‡ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH AGENCY · £462,143
  3. Supply, installation and commissioning of a high-resolution mass spectrometer and liquid chromatography system (Mini-competition)UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · £652,000
  4. Supply, installation, and commissioning of a Mass SpectrometerUNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · £775,000
  5. 216000.00‡Defra Network eTendering Portal · £216,000
Show 3 more
  1. SampleManager Licences‡Department of Health and Social Care · £13,480,179 · 3 lots
  2. Project Jupiter - LIMs solution‡Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Heal… · £10,288,612
  3. 1020 - Framework for Supply, Commissioning and Installation of Liquid Chromatography EquipmentCENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED

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.

Government grants

2 grants

THERMO ELECTRON LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2021, together worth £67.3k.

Grants
  1. MW-ATTC - RunwayDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £44,752 · UKRI - Innovate - Scheme 21/22
  2. Northern Alliance ATTCDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £22,500 · UKRI - Innovate - Scheme 21/22

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 2025 – 28 Jun 2025
Average time taken to pay invoices
33 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
0%
Standard payment terms
30–120 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 71%
  • 31 to 60 days 16%
  • After 60 days 13%
Earlier periods (6)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2024
33
78%
39%
30 Jun 2024
33
77%
27%
31 Dec 2023
33
71%
47%
30 Jun 2023
32
71%
3%
31 Dec 2022
32
67%
51%
30 Jun 2022
32
70%
51%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

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 9 of the last 12 months on record, most recently July 2026. Main goods: optical, medical and measuring instruments, machinery, paper and paperboard, pharmaceuticals and miscellaneous chemicals.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: pharmaceuticals, miscellaneous chemicals, optical, medical and measuring instruments, plastics and aluminium.

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: turnover £42.6m, net assets £76.6m
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £44.9m, net assets £50.9m
  3. Life Sciences International Limited 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.