HENNIKER SCIENTIFIC LIMITED

Active
Company number 06703135Private limited companyIncorporated 2008

Key figures

£1,600,031+15.1%
Net assets 2022/23
+32.1%
Average annual growth 2020/21–2022/23
0500 k1 m1.5 m2 m2020/212021/222022/23

† HENNIKER SCIENTIFIC 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.

Like most small UK companies, HENNIKER SCIENTIFIC LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Sector comparison

SIC 28990

Where the company stands among the 2,796 active companies whose first SIC code is 28990 (Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.).

Company age18.1 years
Older than 50% · median 18.0 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
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  8. PEARSON ENGINEERING LIMITED£56.9m
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  10. LINX PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED£49.5m

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. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: HENNIKER SCIENTIFIC LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

HENNIKER SCIENTIFIC LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 06703135. It was incorporated on 19 Sep 2008. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (SE1). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c. (28990).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024 (period ending 31 Dec 2024); the company files small company accounts. Figures are available for 4 financial years (2020/21–2024).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 2,796 active companies whose first SIC code is 28990: It is older than 50% of them (median age 18.0 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as the supplier in one public contract award notice, from UK Research & Innovation. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £31k.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, plastics, optical, medical and measuring instruments. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly electrical equipment, machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 3 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 8 current directors. 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 3 Oct 2027.

Filed accounts2020/21–2024
2020/212021/222022/232024 †
Cash at bank and in hand716,9321,093,0471,333,358—
Total assets1,085,6841,596,3061,759,104—
Total liabilities175,311212,165172,831277,000
Net assets / total equity916,9961,389,6881,600,031—
Average number of employees131215—

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

HENNIKER SCIENTIFIC LIMITED is named as a supplier in 1 public contract award notice from UK Research & Innovation. Its published value is £31k.

Contract
  1. GB-Warrington: UKRI-1196 Micro CMA Auger Electron Spectrometer‡UK Research & Innovation · £31,025

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

Modern slavery statements3
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (JUDGES SCIENTIFIC PLC)
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (JUDGES SCIENTIFIC PLC)
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (JUDGES SCIENTIFIC PLC)

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: machinery, plastics, optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment and aluminium.

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

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

34 events
  1. Terence Donald WHITMORE resignedDirector
  2. Lee Laurence BROWN appointedDirector
  3. John DUNNE appointedDirector
  4. Tim PRESTIDGE appointedDirector
  5. Lisa Jane SCOBBIE appointedDirector
  6. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  7. Anthony William COOPER resignedDirector
  8. Ian Christopher WILCOCK appointedDirector
Earlier events (26)
  1. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts filed
  2. Anthony William COOPER appointedDirector
  3. Clare Michelle WHITMORE resignedSecretary
  4. Clare Michelle WHITMORE resignedDirector
  5. Glynn REECE appointedSecretary
  6. Mark Stephen LAVELLE appointedDirector
  7. Bradley Leonard ORMSBY appointedDirector
  8. Judges Scientific Plc registered as a person with significant control
  9. Clare Michelle Whitmore ceased to be a person with significant control
  10. Mr Terence Donald Whitmore ceased to be a person with significant control
  11. Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: net assets £1.6m, 15 employees
  12. Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: net assets £1.4m, 12 employees
  13. Thomas BOINTON resignedDirector
  14. Financial year 2020/21 endedAccounts: net assets £917k, 13 employees
  15. Thomas BOINTON appointedDirector
  16. Gillian Victoria BOLTON appointedDirector
  17. Clare Michelle Whitmore registered as a person with significant control
  18. Mr Terence Donald Whitmore registered as a person with significant control
  19. RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED resignedSecretary (corporate)
  20. RWL DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedDirector (corporate)
  21. Clare Michelle WHITMORE appointedSecretary
  22. RWL REGISTRARS LIMITED appointedSecretary (corporate)
  23. Clare Michelle WHITMORE appointedDirector
  24. Terence Donald WHITMORE appointedDirector
  25. RWL DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedDirector (corporate)
  26. 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.