SIGMATEX (UK) LIMITED

Active
Company number 02065467Private limited companyIncorporated 1986

Key figures

£9,706,827-21.8%
Net assets 2025
-21.8%
Average annual change 2024–2025
05 m10 m15 m20242025

† SIGMATEX (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.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 13960

Where the company stands among the 361 active companies whose first SIC code is 13960 (Manufacture of other technical and industrial textiles).

Net assets£9,706,827
Higher than 95% · median £42,648
Total assets£38,458,024
Higher than 97% · median £195,249
Cash£2,205,997
Higher than 95% · median £118,842
Employees222
Higher than 98% · median 1
Company age40.1 years
Older than 91% · median 6.7 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. ANDREW INDUSTRIES LIMITED£72.1m
  2. DON & LOW LIMITED£57.5m
  3. IGM MALTA LIMITED£47.6m
  4. PACT EARTH LTD£14.1m
  5. A.W. HAINSWORTH HOLDINGS LIMITED£12.6m
  6. AMANN THREADS UK LIMITED£11.5m
  7. SIGMATEX (UK) LIMITED£9.7m
  8. SHD COMPOSITE MATERIALS LTD£9.4m
  9. SCOTT & FYFE LIMITED£8.8m
  10. EVAC+CHAIR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED£7.7m

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 361. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: SIGMATEX (UK) LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

SIGMATEX (UK) LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 02065467. It was incorporated on 20 Oct 1986. Its status is active. The registered office is in Runcorn (WA7). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of other technical and industrial textiles (13960).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files group accounts. Turnover was £61,870,866. Loss for the year was £2,342,973. Net assets were £9,706,827, down 21.8% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £2,205,997. Total assets were £38,458,024 and total liabilities £27,603,312. The company had an average of 222 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 361 active companies whose first SIC code is 13960: By net assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £42,648). By total assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £195,249). By cash it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £118,842). By number of employees it ranks higher than 98% of them (median 1). It is older than 91% of them (median age 6.7 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 9 central government grants worth £2m, 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 stone, plaster and cement articles, machinery, plastics. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly stone, plaster and cement articles, man-made staple fibres, glass. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 3 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 11 of 20 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 30 Jul 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover69,680,43461,870,866
Profit for the year621,782-2,342,973
Cash at bank and in hand1,431,4852,205,997
Total assets39,728,85038,458,024
Total liabilities26,222,78727,603,312
Net assets / total equity12,417,7489,706,827
Average number of employees238222

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

9 grants

SIGMATEX (UK) LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 9 central government grants since 2018, together worth £2m.

Funders
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
6 grants · £1.8m
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
2 grants · £178k
HM Revenue & Customs
1 grant · £1,950
Grants
  1. Aerospace and Automotive Supply Chain Enabled Development (ASCEND)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £305,926 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  2. Future Landing Gear Phase 2Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £13,915 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  3. Affordable high Rate Composite Structures (ARCS)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £108,123 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  4. Breakthrough Aerospace Material - BAMDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · −£1,199 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  5. SME Brexit Support FundHM Revenue & Customs · £1,950
Show 4 more
  1. Aerospace and Automotive Supply Chain Enabled Development (ASCEND)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £117,724 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 20-21
  2. Aerospace and Automotive Supply Chain Enabled Development (ASCEND)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £141,200 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme
  3. Aerospace and Automotive Supply Chain Enabled Development (ASCEND)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £36,813 · UKRI-ATI-Scheme
  4. ALB - UKRI - Affordable high Rate Composite Structures (ARCS)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £1,250,985 · ALB - Innovate UK - Innovation grants 18-19

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

Modern slavery statements3
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2024
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: stone, plaster and cement articles, machinery, plastics, man-made filaments and other vegetable fibres.

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, man-made staple fibres, glass, wadding, felt and rope and machinery.

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

6 events
  1. Sigmatex Composites Holding Ag registered as a person with significant control
  2. Mr Erik David Ian Ehnimb ceased to be a person with significant control
  3. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £61.9m, net assets £9.7m, 222 employees
  4. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £69.7m, net assets £12.4m, 238 employees
  5. Mr Erik David Ian Ehnimb registered as a person with significant control
  6. 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.