SONEMAT LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
Like most small UK companies, SONEMAT LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.
Sector comparison
SIC 26511Where the company stands among the 1,343 active companies whose first SIC code is 26511 (Manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control).
- MKS SPECTRA HOLDINGS LIMITED£941.8m
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- MICROMASS UK LIMITED£112.4m
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- ATLANTIC INERTIAL SYSTEMS LIMITED£70.3m
- SONARDYNE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED£63.2m
- THERMO ONIX LIMITED£62.2m
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 1,343. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: SONEMAT LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
SONEMAT LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 05521464. It was incorporated on 28 Jul 2005. Its status is active. The registered office is in Walsall (WS9). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of electronic measuring, testing etc. equipment, not for industrial process control (26511), engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities (71122), other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering (72190).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 30 Jun 2025); the company files small company accounts (filleted). Net assets were £51,700, down 44.2% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £67,660. The company had an average of 3 employees. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2019/20–2024/25).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 1,343 active companies whose first SIC code is 26511: By net assets it ranks lower than 58% of them (median £109,945). By cash it ranks lower than 60% of them (median £152,909). By number of employees it ranks higher than 55% of them (median 2). It is older than 61% of them (median age 13.4 years).
Has it received government grants?
It is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants worth £74.9k, from Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
What do public registers and reports show?
HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment, miscellaneous manufactures. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly optical, medical and measuring instruments, iron and steel articles.
Who runs and controls the company?
The company has 2 current directors. 2 persons with significant control are registered.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 31 Mar 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 30 Nov 2026.
Filed accounts2019/20–2024/25
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash at bank and in hand | 145,020 | 152,990 | 103,961 | 97,677 | 67,660 |
| Total assets | 210,321 | 211,416 | 146,363 | 111,950 | — |
| Total liabilities | 13,239 | 10,033 | 14,701 | 19,311 | — |
| Net assets / total equity | 197,082 | 201,383 | 131,662 | 92,639 | 51,700 |
| Average number of employees | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
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.
Principal activity
Accounts 2025The principal activity of the company continued to be that of development and provision of ultrasonic non destructive testing equipment and consultancy.
As described in the company's latest filed accounts.
Government grants
3 grantsSONEMAT LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 3 central government grants since 2022, together worth £74.9k.
- Remote monitoring of concrete condition (REMOCC)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £11,432 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
- Remote monitoring of concrete condition (REMOCC)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £13,648 · UKRI - Innovate - Scheme 21/22
- Train-based Rapid Ultrasonic Scanning of Track (TRUST)Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £49,795 · UKRI - Innovate - Scheme 21/22
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
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 8 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment and miscellaneous manufactures.
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 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
16 events- University Of Warwick ceased to be a person with significant control
- Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £51.7k, 3 employees
- Natasha LUNN resignedDirector
- Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: net assets £92.6k, 4 employees
- Natasha LUNN appointedDirector
- Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: net assets £131.7k, 3 employees
- Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: net assets £201.4k, 3 employees
- Financial year 2020/21 endedAccounts: net assets £197.1k, 2 employees
Earlier events (8)
- Financial year 2019/20 endedAccounts: net assets £175.6k, 2 employees
- Professor Steven Mark Dixon registered as a person with significant control
- Dr Mark David George Potter registered as a person with significant control
- University Of Warwick registered as a person with significant control
- Mark David George POTTER appointedSecretary
- Steven Mark DIXON appointedDirector
- Mark David George POTTER appointedDirector
- 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.