AIXTRON LIMITED

Active
Company number 03827293Private limited companyIncorporated 1999

Key figures

£34,500,928+19.7%
Net assets 2025
+19.7%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
010 m20 m30 m40 m20242025

† AIXTRON 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 28490

Where the company stands among the 490 active companies whose first SIC code is 28490 (Manufacture of other machine tools).

Net assets£34,500,928
Higher than 99% · median £112,043
Total assets£45,162,562
Higher than 97% · median £286,914
Cash£7,436,183
Higher than 97% · median £87,111
Employees94
Higher than 97% · median 2
Company age27.2 years
Older than 71% · median 20.1 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. NOVANTA TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED£151.5m
  2. YAMAZAKI MAZAK U.K. LIMITED£112.8m
  3. INDEPENDENT TOOL CONSULTANTS LIMITED£37.1m
  4. AIXTRON LIMITED£34.5m
  5. XYZ MACHINE TOOLS LIMITED£23.5m
  6. ATLANTA TRUST LIMITED£16m
  7. HURCO EUROPE LIMITED£16m
  8. COLCHESTER MACHINE TOOL SOLUTIONS LTD£13.1m
  9. ESPRIT AUTOMATION LIMITED£11.7m
  10. HELLER MACHINE TOOLS LIMITED£10m

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: AIXTRON LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

AIXTRON LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 03827293. It was incorporated on 17 Aug 1999. Its status is active. The registered office is in Cambridge (CB24). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of other machine tools (28490).

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 £25,834,052. Profit for the year was £5,671,584. Net assets were £34,500,928, up 19.7% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £7,436,183. Total assets were £45,162,562 and total liabilities £10,661,634. The company had an average of 94 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 28490: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £112,043). By total assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £286,914). By cash it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £87,111). By number of employees it ranks higher than 97% of them (median 2). It is older than 71% of them (median age 20.1 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as the supplier in one public contract award notice, from The University Of Manchester.

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 machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments, ceramics. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments, ceramics.

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 9 Feb 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover46,861,70325,834,052
Profit for the year5,054,1855,671,584
Cash at bank and in hand6,266,8097,436,183
Total assets49,186,99045,162,562
Total liabilities20,357,64610,661,634
Net assets / total equity28,829,34434,500,928
Average number of employees—94

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

AIXTRON LIMITED is named as a supplier in 1 public contract award notice from The University Of Manchester.

Contract
  1. Inorganic Chemical Vapour Deposition - AWARD‡The University Of Manchester

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.

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: machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments, ceramics, electrical equipment and glass.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments, ceramics, stone, plaster and cement articles and electrical equipment.

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 £25.8m, net assets £34.5m, 94 employees
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £46.9m, net assets £28.8m
  3. Aixtron Se registered as a person with significant control
  4. Name changed to AIXTRON LIMITEDPreviously THOMAS SWAN SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT 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.