HORIZON INSTRUMENTS LIMITED

Active
Company number 01822950Private limited companyIncorporated 1984

Key figures

£266,772-15.1%
Net assets 2025
-4.8%
Average annual change 2020–2025
0100 k200 k300 k400 k202020212022202320242025

Like most small UK companies, HORIZON INSTRUMENTS 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 28990

Where the company stands among the 2,796 active companies whose first SIC code is 28990 (Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.).

Net assets£266,772
Higher than 56% · median £149,494
Total assets£817,139
Higher than 60% · median £429,691
Cash£190,374
Higher than 53% · median £154,615
Employees15
Higher than 81% · median 2
Company age42.4 years
Older than 89% · median 18.0 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. RANSOMES JACOBSEN LIMITED£112m
  2. ECON ENGINEERING LIMITED£87.5m
  3. PITNEY BOWES LIMITED£84m
  4. MISSION SYSTEMS WIMBORNE LIMITED£83.8m
  5. AKER SOLUTIONS HOLDING LIMITED£83.5m
  6. AKER SOLUTIONS EAME LIMITED£83m
  7. NIFTYLIFT LIMITED£80.3m
  8. PEARSON ENGINEERING LIMITED£56.9m
  9. ROTOLOK (HOLDINGS) LIMITED£51.7m
  10. LINX PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED£49.5m

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 2,796. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: HORIZON INSTRUMENTS LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

HORIZON INSTRUMENTS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01822950. It was incorporated on 8 Jun 1984. Its status is active. The registered office is in Heathfield (TN21). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c. (28990).

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 (filleted). Net assets were £266,772, down 15.1% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £190,374. The company had an average of 15 employees. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2020–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 2,796 active companies whose first SIC code is 28990: By net assets it ranks higher than 56% of them (median £149,494). By total assets it ranks higher than 60% of them (median £429,691). By cash it ranks higher than 53% of them (median £154,615). By number of employees it ranks higher than 81% of them (median 2). It is older than 89% of them (median age 18.0 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 4 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2016. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £222.1k. Its most frequent buyer is The University of Warwick (3 contracts). 3 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £268.8k, from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments, paints, dyes and inks. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 4 current directors. One person with significant control is registered. 1 of 3 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 22 Jun 2027.

Filed accounts2020–2025
20212022202320242025
Cash at bank and in hand133,256150,381429,214154,349190,374
Total assets1,230,7691,141,0711,064,8011,071,783817,139
Total liabilities—————
Net assets / total equity311,508294,865262,633314,348266,772
Average number of employees1819161515

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

4 contracts

HORIZON INSTRUMENTS LIMITED is named as a supplier in 4 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2016. The 1 contract awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £222.1k. 3 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers2
The University of Warwick
3 contracts
University of Warwick
1 contract · £222.1k
Contracts
  1. Magnet Insertion and Magnetisation Equipment - AWARD‡The University of Warwick · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £222,050 in total
  2. Magnet Insertion and Magnetisation Equipment‡University of Warwick · £222,050
  3. Automation Systems Demonstrator (ASD) Project Equipment Framework - AWARD‡The University of Warwick · shared by 3 suppliers
  4. Equipment for Battery Modules Manufacture and Future Call Off Contract CJ-04-16-WMG-AMPLiFII-BATMODMAN-CF - AWARD‡The University of Warwick · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £78,626 in total

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

HORIZON INSTRUMENTS LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2019, together worth £268.8k.

Grants
  1. Removing barriers for OEMs through Automated Manufacturing (ROAM)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £70,199 · UKRI - Innovate - Scheme 21/22
  2. Re-purpose of ICE Infrastructure for EDUDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £198,622 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 19-20

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.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 11 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments, paints, dyes and inks, plastics and iron and steel articles.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 10 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment, furniture and lighting and iron and steel articles.

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

25 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £266.8k, 15 employees
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets £314.3k, 15 employees
  3. Financial year 2023 endedAccounts: net assets £262.6k, 16 employees
  4. Financial year 2022 endedAccounts: net assets £294.9k, 19 employees
  5. Financial year 2021 endedAccounts: net assets £311.5k, 18 employees
  6. Financial year 2020 endedAccounts: net assets £342k, 14 employees
  7. Timothy James NIXON resignedDirector
  8. Justin Paul WEIBEL appointedDirector
Earlier events (17)
  1. The Alchemy Automation Group Ltd registered as a person with significant control
  2. Barry Norman MILLER resignedSecretary
  3. Stephen John HILLIARD appointedDirector
  4. Timothy James NIXON appointedDirector
  5. Gordon Douglas DEAN resignedDirector
  6. Barry Norman MILLER resignedDirector
  7. Daniel Guy BOLTON appointedDirector
  8. Nicholas John HOLMAN appointedDirector
  9. TRANSATLANTIC CAPITAL BIOSCIENCES LIMITED resignedDirector (corporate)
  10. Gordon Douglas DEAN appointedDirector
  11. Christopher John MADDOCK resignedDirector
  12. Ian Robert Michael WARDELL resignedDirector
  13. Thomas William OTTLEY resignedDirector
  14. Ian Robert Michael WARDELL appointedDirector
  15. Paul Frederick FRAMPTON resignedDirector
  16. TRANSATLANTIC CAPITAL BIOSCIENCES LIMITED appointedDirector (corporate)
  17. 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.