JOHN TAYLOR BELL FOUNDRY (LOUGHBOROUGH) LIMITED

Active
Company number 07032766Private limited companyIncorporated 2009

Key figures

£679,401+8.4%
Net assets 2025
+2.5%
Average annual growth 2020–2025
0200 k400 k600 k800 k202020212022202320242025

Like most small UK companies, JOHN TAYLOR BELL FOUNDRY (LOUGHBOROUGH) LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 25990

Where the company stands among the 7,438 active companies whose first SIC code is 25990 (Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c.).

Net assets£679,401
Higher than 77% · median £85,615
Total assets£977,345
Higher than 74% · median £228,513
Cash£262,421
Higher than 69% · median £84,858
Employees34
Higher than 93% · median 2
Company age17.1 years
Older than 55% · median 14.7 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. CATERPILLAR (U.K.) LIMITED£1bn
  2. DONCASTERS LIMITED£476.3m
  3. CATERPILLAR SKINNINGROVE LIMITED£286.3m
  4. ROBERTSHAW CZ LIMITED£174.5m
  5. SMITH BROTHERS (LEICESTER) LIMITED£154.2m
  6. CROSS MANUFACTURING COMPANY (1938) LIMITED£101.1m
  7. MB AEROSPACE NEWTON ABBOT LIMITED£96.3m
  8. CHROMALLOY UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED£83.6m
  9. ALL METAL SERVICES LIMITED£80.5m
  10. ESAB GROUP (UK) LIMITED£79.8m

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 7,438. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: JOHN TAYLOR BELL FOUNDRY (LOUGHBOROUGH) LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

JOHN TAYLOR BELL FOUNDRY (LOUGHBOROUGH) LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 07032766. It was incorporated on 29 Sep 2009. Its status is active. The registered office is in Loughborough (LE11). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. (25990).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files small company accounts (filleted). Net assets were £679,401, up 8.4% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £262,421. Total assets were £977,345 and total liabilities £297,944. The company had an average of 34 employees. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2020–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 7,438 active companies whose first SIC code is 25990: By net assets it ranks higher than 77% of them (median £85,615). By total assets it ranks higher than 74% of them (median £228,513). By cash it ranks higher than 69% of them (median £84,858). By number of employees it ranks higher than 93% of them (median 2). It is older than 55% of them (median age 14.7 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £60.1k, from Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly electrical equipment, clocks and watches. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly wadding, felt and rope, miscellaneous metal articles.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 4 current directors. One person with significant control is registered. 2 of 2 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 13 Oct 2027.

Filed accounts2020–2025
20212022202320242025
Cash at bank and in hand553,935461,052362,680197,775262,421
Total assets1,235,9571,537,8991,396,8201,068,362977,345
Total liabilities————297,944
Net assets / total equity586,286546,566571,398626,577679,401
Average number of employees3331293334

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.

Government grants

2 grants

JOHN TAYLOR BELL FOUNDRY (LOUGHBOROUGH) LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2020, together worth £60.1k.

Grants
  1. CRF20: John Taylor Bell FoundryDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £54,600 · ALB - National Heritage Memorial Fund - Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage 2020-21
  2. CRF20: John Taylor Bell FoundryDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £5,460 · Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage

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

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 6 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: electrical equipment and clocks and watches.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 2 of the last 12 months on record, most recently May 2026. Main goods: wadding, felt and rope and miscellaneous metal 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

30 events
  1. Robert James COOLES resignedSecretary
  2. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £679.4k, 34 employees
  3. Laith Robert REYNOLDS resignedDirector
  4. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: net assets £626.6k, 33 employees
  5. Financial year 2023 endedAccounts: net assets £571.4k, 29 employees
  6. Financial year 2022 endedAccounts: net assets £546.6k, 31 employees
  7. Andrew Charles OGDEN appointedDirector
  8. Paul David MASON resignedDirector
Earlier events (22)
  1. Financial year 2021 endedAccounts: net assets £586.3k, 33 employees
  2. Michael Philip Andrew WILBY resignedDirector
  3. David POTTER resignedDirector
  4. Andrew William Ronald WILBY resignedDirector
  5. Financial year 2020 endedAccounts: net assets £600.5k, 37 employees
  6. Michael Philip Andrew WILBY appointedDirector
  7. Uk Bell Foundries Ltd registered as a person with significant control
  8. Andrew HIGSON resignedDirector
  9. Peter Louis Ross HAYWARD resignedDirector
  10. Michael John SEMKEN appointedDirector
  11. Robert Reynolds LAITH resignedDirector
  12. Andrew Brian MILLS appointedDirector
  13. Simon Edward ADAMS appointedDirector
  14. Peter Louis Ross HAYWARD appointedDirector
  15. Andrew HIGSON appointedDirector
  16. Robert Reynolds LAITH appointedDirector
  17. Paul David MASON appointedDirector
  18. David POTTER appointedDirector
  19. Laith Robert REYNOLDS appointedDirector
  20. Robert James COOLES appointedSecretary
  21. Andrew William Ronald WILBY appointedDirector
  22. 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.