SPACE ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED

Active
Company number 02186490Private limited companyIncorporated 1987

Key figures

£24,457,633+20.0%
Net assets 2025
+20.0%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
010 m20 m30 m20242025

† SPACE ENGINEERING SERVICES 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 28250

Where the company stands among the 490 active companies whose first SIC code is 28250 (Manufacture of non-domestic cooling and ventilation equipment).

Turnover£73,704,263
Higher than 88% · median £24,439,643 among 31 that publish turnover
Net assets£24,457,633
Higher than 97% · median £122,882
Total assets£40,956,288
Higher than 97% · median £424,550
Cash£6,024,684
Higher than 97% · median £119,704
Employees369
Higher than 99% · median 2
Company age39.0 years
Older than 92% · median 8.8 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. AFE GROUP LIMITED£130.4m
  2. MEGGITT (UK) LIMITED£110m
  3. JAMES HOWDEN & COMPANY LIMITED£60.5m
  4. SPACE ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED£24.5m
  5. ENVIROVENT LIMITED£22.5m
  6. FILTERMIST HOLDINGS LIMITED£20.5m
  7. B.S.B. ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED£18.3m
  8. RVT GROUP LIMITED£15.7m
  9. ARNEG UK LIMITED£15.2m
  10. HAWCO LIMITED£12.1m

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 490. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: SPACE ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

SPACE ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 02186490. It was incorporated on 2 Nov 1987. Its status is active. The registered office is in Bristol (BS4). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of non-domestic cooling and ventilation equipment (28250), repair of other equipment (33190), other construction installation (43290), engineering design activities for industrial process and production (71121).

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 £73,704,263. Profit for the year was £4,081,264. Net assets were £24,457,633, up 20% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £6,024,684. Total assets were £40,956,288 and total liabilities £16,498,655. The company had an average of 369 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 490 active companies whose first SIC code is 28250: By turnover it ranks higher than 88% of the 31 that publish turnover (median £24,439,643). By net assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £122,882). By total assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £424,550). By cash it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £119,704). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 2). It is older than 92% of them (median age 8.8 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as the supplier in one public contract award notice, from Exeter City Council. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £164.9k.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly iron and steel articles, machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly machinery. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 83 days to pay suppliers, and 28% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 28.9% lower than for men.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 5 of 7 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 3 Oct 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover73,043,78873,704,263
Profit for the year2,598,6114,081,264
Cash at bank and in hand4,343,1686,024,684
Total assets36,419,56340,956,288
Total liabilities16,043,19416,498,655
Net assets / total equity20,376,36924,457,633
Average number of employees371369

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

1 contract

SPACE ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED is named as a supplier in 1 public contract award notice from Exeter City Council. Its published value is £164.9k.

Contract
  1. Supply and Commissioning of Heating Boilers‡Exeter City Council · £164,908

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.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
83 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
28%
Standard payment terms
30–75 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 3%
  • 31 to 60 days 25%
  • After 60 days 72%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
69
10%
10%
30 Jun 2025
69
8%
7%
31 Dec 2024
69
9%
5%
30 Jun 2024
72
8%
7%
31 Dec 2023
83
8%
10%
30 Jun 2023
78
8%
18%
31 Dec 2022
69
8%
11%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 28.9% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 21.1% lower
Median bonus pay
women 10% higher
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter27.6% womenLower middle18.4% womenUpper middle9.1% womenUpper pay quarter6.8% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 26.7% lower
women 18.7% lower
2023/24
women 28.8% lower
women 21.1% lower
2022/23
women 23.5% lower
women 19.8% lower
2021/22
women 23.7% lower
women 20.8% lower
2020/21
women 25.6% lower
women 19% lower
2019/20
women 29.3% lower
women 23.2% lower
2018/19
women 27.5% lower
women 21.5% lower
2017/18
women 28.8% lower
women 23.2% 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

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 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: iron and steel articles, machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment and vehicles.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 3 of the last 12 months on record, most recently March 2026. Main goods: 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

5 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £73.7m, net assets £24.5m, 369 employees
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £73m, net assets £20.4m, 371 employees
  3. Space Cooling Systems Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Name changed to SPACE ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITEDPreviously SPACE LIMITED
  5. 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.