PILKINGTON TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT LIMITED

Active
Company number SC038385Private limited companyIncorporated 1963

Key figures

£557,019,000+3.3%
Net assets 2024/25
+3.3%
Average annual growth 2023/24–2024/25
0200 m400 m600 m2023/242024/25

† PILKINGTON TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT 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

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 23190

Where the company stands among the 288 active companies whose first SIC code is 23190 (Manufacture and processing of other glass, including technical glassware).

Net assets£557,019,000
Higher than 99% · median £21,853
Cash£2,000
Lower than 88% · median £48,888
Employees19,862
Higher than 99% · median 2
Company age63.8 years
Older than 97% · median 9.2 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. PILKINGTON TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT LIMITED£557m
  2. REGENCY GLASS LIMITED£27.6m
  3. EUROPEAN TOUGHENED GLASS (UK) LIMITED£19.8m
  4. KRYSTAL TECHNOLOGY UK LIMITED£19.7m
  5. CWMTILLERY GLASS CENTRE LIMITED£10.8m
  6. MARTEC LIMITED£10.5m
  7. GLENCAIRN CRYSTAL STUDIO LIMITED£10.4m
  8. QUARTZTEC EUROPE LIMITED£7.5m
  9. R.B. RADLEY & COMPANY LIMITED£5.4m
  10. GPE SCIENTIFIC LIMITED£4.6m

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 288. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: PILKINGTON TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

PILKINGTON TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number SC038385. It was incorporated on 1 Feb 1963. Its status is active. The registered office is in Oban (PA34). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture and processing of other glass, including technical glassware (23190), engineering design activities for industrial process and production (71121), other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering (72190), leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyright works (77400).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 Mar 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £520,200,000. Net assets were £557,019,000, up 3.3% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £2,000. The company had an average of 19,862 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 288 active companies whose first SIC code is 23190: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £21,853). By cash it ranks lower than 88% of them (median £48,888). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 2). It is older than 97% of them (median age 9.2 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 5 central government grants worth £50.3k, mainly from Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, glass, optical, medical and measuring instruments. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly machinery, optical, medical and measuring instruments, electrical equipment. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 61 days to pay suppliers, and 26% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 24.8% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 2 years.

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 31 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 18 Jun 2027.

Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
2023/24 †2024/25 †
Turnover455,339,000520,200,000
Profit for the year70,616,000—
Cash at bank and in hand—2,000
Total assets784,479,000—
Total liabilities243,311,000333,669,000
Net assets / total equity539,333,000557,019,000
Average number of employees20,33119,862

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

5 grants

PILKINGTON TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 5 central government grants since 2022, together worth £50.3k.

Funders
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
4 grants · £49.4k
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 grant · £875
Grants
  1. Large-Area Perovskite Solar Module Manufacturing with High Efficiency, Long-Term Stability and Low Environmental ImpactDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £6,029 · UKRI - HEG - Scheme
  2. H2GLASS : advancing Hydrogen (H2) technologies and smart production systems TO decarbonise the GLass and Aluminium SectorSDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £4,733 · UKRI - HEG - Scheme
  3. H2GLASS : advancing Hydrogen (H2) technologies and smart production systems TO decarbonise the GLass and Aluminium SectorSDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £1,627 · UKRI - HEG - Scheme
  4. Temperature responsive shading solution for greenhouse climate controlDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £37,000 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme
  5. H2GLASS : advancing Hydrogen (H2) technologies and smart production systems TO decarbonise the GLass and Aluminium SectorSDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £875 · UKRI - HEG - Scheme 22/23

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 Apr 2024 – 30 Sep 2024
Average time taken to pay invoices
61 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
26%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 15%
  • 31 to 60 days 53%
  • After 60 days 32%
Earlier periods (6)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Mar 2024
65
12%
27%
30 Sep 2023
60
13%
23%
31 Mar 2023
60
15%
30%
30 Sep 2022
56
14%
34%
30 Sep 2021
48
22%
33%
31 Mar 2021
55
20%
36%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 24.8% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 24.2% lower
Median bonus pay
women 15.1% lower
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter35.3% womenLower middle25.4% womenUpper middle11.9% womenUpper pay quarter11.9% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 20.7% lower
women 15.5% lower
2023/24
women 28.5% lower
women 19.5% lower
2022/23
women 22.2% lower
women 15.1% lower
2021/22
women 24.1% lower
women 17.5% lower
2020/21
women 29.6% lower
women 22.1% lower
2018/19
women 29.6% lower
women 21% lower
2017/18
women 31.7% lower
women 21.2% 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

Modern slavery statements2
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (PILKINGTON GROUP LIMITED)
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (PILKINGTON UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED)

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 11 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, glass, optical, medical and measuring instruments, ceramics and plastics.

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, electrical equipment, glass and iron and steel.

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 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £520.2m, net assets £557m, 19,862 employees
  2. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £455.3m, net assets £539.3m, 20,331 employees
  3. Pilkington Group 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.