ABB LIMITED

Active
Company number 03780764Private limited companyIncorporated 1999

Key figures

£151,680,000
Net assets 2024

† ABB 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

2024

Sector comparison

SIC 27120

Where the company stands among the 628 active companies whose first SIC code is 27120 (Manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus).

Turnover£51,161,000
Higher than 81% · median £14,065,001 among 39 that publish turnover
Net assets£151,680,000
Higher than 99% · median £104,545
Total assets£327,374,000
Higher than 97% · median £395,371
Cash£512,000
Higher than 69% · median £222,919
Employees1,399
Higher than 99% · median 2
Company age27.4 years
Older than 81% · median 10.2 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. GE VERNOVA ENERGY UK LIMITED£515.5m
  2. LUCY GROUP LTD£430.9m
  3. ABB LIMITED£151.7m
  4. JDR CABLE SYSTEMS LIMITED£131.4m
  5. POWELL (UK) LIMITED£33.9m
  6. CMP PRODUCTS LIMITED£29.4m
  7. MORSON PROJECTS LIMITED£27.7m
  8. BLAKLEY ELECTRICS LIMITED£18.1m
  9. PX MANUFACTURING LTD£16m
  10. CARLING TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED£12.9m

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 628. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: ABB LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

ABB LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 03780764. It was incorporated on 1 Jun 1999. Its status is active. The registered office is in Warrington (WA4). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus (27120), electrical installation (43210), wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts (46520), activities of head offices (70100).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024 (period ending 31 Dec 2024); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £51,161,000. Profit for the year was £33,800,000. Net assets were £151,680,000. Cash at bank and in hand was £512,000. Total assets were £327,374,000 and total liabilities £241,111,000. The company had an average of 1,399 employees.

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 628 active companies whose first SIC code is 27120: By turnover it ranks higher than 81% of the 39 that publish turnover (median £14,065,001). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £104,545). By total assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £395,371). By cash it ranks higher than 69% of them (median £222,919). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 2). It is older than 81% of them (median age 10.2 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 52 public contract award notices from 37 public sector buyers since 2015. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £205.4m. Its most frequent buyer is Sellafield Limited (4 contracts). 4 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of 6 central government grants worth £142.3k, mainly from Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment, clocks and watches. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment, plastics. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 65 days to pay suppliers, and 15% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 23.4% lower than for men.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 3 of 4 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 15 Jun 2027.

Filed accounts2024
2024 †
Turnover51,161,000
Profit for the year33,800,000
Cash at bank and in hand512,000
Total assets327,374,000
Total liabilities241,111,000
Net assets / total equity151,680,000
Average number of employees1,399

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

52 contracts

ABB LIMITED is named as a supplier in 52 public contract award notices from 37 public sector buyers since 2015. The 45 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £205.4m. 4 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers37
Sellafield Limited
4 contracts · £2.7m
CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED
4 contracts · £288.3k
HS2
3 contracts · £155.1m
Sellafield ltd
3 contracts · £4m
UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD
3 contracts · £158.5k
Contracts
  1. Drive System Upgrade‡Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult · runs until Sep 2028
  2. CO Construction - ECI AIS Substation Works – PT926/927/928 Tealing Solar – 1028‡SSE plc · £4,000,000
  3. UVDB Powered by Achilles QUDM for Goods, Works and ServicesAFFINITY WATER LIMITED · shared by 550 suppliers
  4. Installation of Temporary Centralised Battery System (CBS) for emergency lighting in Brooksby Building following fireTHE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE · £73,966
  5. BCU-STA-63383 - ACB's Electrical Systems Improvement at YGCBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board · £41,343 · runs until Dec 2026
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  1. Shore Power Systems Framework‡Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd · £2,821,053
  2. Air circuit breakersAneurin Bevan University Health Board · £33,392
  3. AGHS Remote Access and Cybersecurity Upgrade‡UK Atomic Energy Authority · £622,769 · runs until Jan 2027
  4. Supply of NOx Gas AnalyserUNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL NUCLEAR LABORATORY LIMITED · £82,655 · runs until Mar 2029
  5. Control Systems OEM - ABB Ltd Equipment Service and MaintenanceSellafield Limited · £915,829 · runs until Mar 2027
  6. Waste Vitrification Plant Distributed Control System Critical SparesSellafield Limited · £977,689
  7. Sellafield PLC- DAMS Offline Feasibility Rig‡Sellafield ltd · £184,714 · runs until Jan 2027
  8. MSSS (Magnox Swarf Storage Silo) Plant Control System Offline Feasibility Rig‡Sellafield Limited
  9. CSP26029 - Spares & Diagnostics Expertise for ABB Control SystemUK Research and Innovation · £12,890 · runs until Dec 2026
  10. Control Systems OEM Equipment Service and Maintenance‡Sellafield Limited · £842,170
  11. Robotic EquipmentSouthampton Solent University · £52,743
  12. GSS25254 - System Support Care Agreement‡UK Research and Innovation · £11,968
  13. GB-Harwich: STA1460 - Breakers for THV Patricia‡The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond · £73,706
  14. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, Phase One Stations - Framework Agreement for Uninterruptible Power Supply & Central Battery SystemsHS2 · £66,465,630 · runs until Oct 2034
  15. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, Phase One Stations - Framework Agreement for Uninterruptible Power Supply components & Central Battery Systems‡HS2 · £66,465,630
  16. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, Phase One Stations - Framework Agreement for Low Voltage Power ComponentsHS2 · £22,194,327 · runs until Sep 2034
  17. High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, Phase One Stations - Framework Agreement for Low Voltage Power Components‡High Speed Two (HS2) Limited · £22,194,327
  18. Care Agreement for Programmable Logic Controller‡Dounreay a division of Magnox Limited · £49,306 · runs until Mar 2027
  19. Electrical Integrator and Cable management System for Shoreside Power at Portsmouth International Port - AWARD‡Portsmouth City Council · runs until Mar 2028
  20. BE23237 - Support ContractUK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · £10,734
  21. CAN: Procurement of Repl SO2 NDIR Gas Analysers‡National Physical Laboratory · £52,878
  22. ABB OEM Maintenance of Control Systems FY2023‡CTM Portal for the NDA Shared Services Alliance · £709,231
  23. Service and Maintenance of OEM Control Systems Equipment‡Sellafield Ltd · £709,231
  24. Expert Consultancy Support FrameworkCENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · shared by 19 suppliers, up to £250,000 in total
  25. Manufacture, Supply and Installation of 36Kv Switchgear‡United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority · £459,125
  26. Safety Management System Project Phase 2 - Development of StandardsSOUTH TEES SITE COMPANY LIMITED · £29,932
  27. Supply of Instrumentation for Pressure, Level & Flow‡YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED · £5,200,000
  28. Switchgear replacement‡Londonenergyltd · £2,400,000
  29. Temperature Mapping Services‡Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service · £75,000
  30. High Speed Pick and Place System‡UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · £67,171
  31. (NU/1521) Supply of one 2MW Water Cooled Drive Control Panel and two 1.2MW Water Cooled Motors‡Newcastle University · £384,650
  32. Welding Cell Extension‡UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · £66,352
  33. Distributed Control System Support Services for NIBF2CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · £45,949
  34. 1361 rerun - Process Engineering ToolkitCENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · £181,000
  35. Replacement/Upgrade of Circuit Breaker Switchgear aboard THV Patricia‡The Corporation of Trinity House · £63,272
  36. Guarding and Safety Components for Robotic Welding Cell‡UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · £25,000
  37. Maintenance of DCS Control Systems‡Sellafield Ltd · £3,063,000
  38. Electrical Apparatus‡The University Of Nottingham · £34,263
  39. Mechanical Equipment‡The University Of Nottingham · £42,120
  40. Remote Laser Welding Assembly Cell for Aluminium Panels Used in Automotive Body-in-White Assembly Systems - AWARD‡The University of Warwick · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £30,201 in total
  41. OPA Professional Services Framework‡THE OIL & PIPELINES AGENCY · shared by 19 suppliers, up to £4,000,000 in total
  42. WVP Upgrade of WVP Data Processors for Engineer Stations.‡Sellafield · £805,335
  43. Robot Tender‡UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE) · £100,023
  44. Supply of eleven Static Converters and one Line Replaceable Unit‡Transport for London · £2,597,212
  45. 502 - Distributed Control Systems Support Services‡CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · £61,364
  46. Roller Hemming Robot - AWARD‡The University of Warwick · £53,750
  47. Industrial Robot and Enclosure‡THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · £88,760

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

6 grants

ABB LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 6 central government grants since 2018, together worth £142.3k.

Funders
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
2 grants · £91.9k
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
4 grants · £50.3k
Grants
  1. BROM-BOTDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £65,764 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme
  2. Green Corridor at Short Straits (GCSS): feasibility study into establishing a Green Corridor between Port of Dover and the Ports of Calais and DunkirkDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £26,156 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme
  3. Green Corridor at Short Straits (GCSS): feasibility study into establishing a Green Corridor between Port of Dover and the Ports of Calais and DunkirkDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £13,172 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  4. Flexible Robotic Assembly Modules for the Built Environment FRAMBEDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · −£2,140 · UKRI - Innovate UK - Scheme 22/23
  5. GRASP-berry: High speed picking soft fruit robotsDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £9,540 · ALB - UKRI - Innovate UK grant awards in 19-20
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  1. ALB - UKRI - COSCR: Collaborative, On-Site Construction RobotDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £27,630 · 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

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
65 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
15%
Standard payment terms
0–120 days
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 6%
  • 31 to 60 days 36%
  • After 60 days 58%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
68
5%
11%
30 Jun 2025
75
6%
29%
31 Dec 2024
69
8%
18%
30 Jun 2024
72
6%
24%
31 Dec 2023
67
9%
13%
30 Jun 2023
69
7%
68%
31 Dec 2022
67
9%
70%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 23.4% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 5.5% lower
Median bonus pay
women 25.5% lower
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter30.6% womenLower middle24.7% womenUpper middle15.7% womenUpper pay quarter21.1% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 27.6% lower
women 8.2% lower
2023/24
women 27.6% lower
women 13.8% lower
2022/23
women 26.9% lower
women 13.5% lower
2021/22
women 28.8% lower
women 20% lower
2020/21
women 31.1% lower
women 22.6% lower
2019/20
women 30.6% lower
women 23.5% lower
2018/19
women 30.6% lower
women 22.4% lower
2017/18
women 32.7% lower
women 26.5% 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

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Temporary Worker (A rating), Worker (A rating)
Routes
Global Business Mobility: Graduate Trainee, Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, 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: optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment, clocks and watches, furniture and lighting and vehicles.

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

4 events
  1. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £51.2m, net assets £151.7m, 1,399 employees
  3. Abb Holdings 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.