The Firmwatch take
Oldbury Engineering Co.,limited (00414684) currently shows: Watch signal detected, based on accounts to 31 October 2024; last refreshed 24 May 2026. Old public accounts — extracted from the latest filed accounts.
Companies House source·Accounts to 31 Oct 2024·Refreshed 24 May 2026·Methodology and caveats
Firmwatch signals are generated from public filings and are not credit ratings or financial advice.
Incorporated
9 July 1946
79 years on the register
Sector
Machinery and equipment manufacturing
SIC 28490 · matched to division
Size
Not classified
Net assets
£4k
Bottom 30% in sector
Cash at bank
Not disclosed
Not required for this filing type
Latest filing
None yet
Insolvency risk
Low insolvency risk
The latest public accounts do not show obvious balance-sheet stress. This does not rule out trading problems, but the filed numbers look comparatively steady.
Thin net asset buffer
The company reports a small visible net asset position.
Money
What the balance sheet says
Net assets
£4k
Bottom 30% in sector · sector median £32k · 16,824 filers in this sector
Cash
Not disclosed
Working cap.
£2.3m
Median £36k
Current ratio
6.3×
Median 1.5×
Signals · 2
Positive net assets
The latest filed accounts show assets exceeding liabilities.
Old public accounts
The latest extracted accounts period is more than 18 months old.
Sector benchmark · Metals and Machinery Manufacturing
How this company compares in 16,824 filers in this sector
Bottom 30% in sector — Oldbury Engineering Co.,limited shows £4k in net assets. Sector median is £32k.
Sector medians are computed annually across all UK companies in this broad sector. Position is approximate — see the Money tab for the full balance sheet.
People
Who runs this company
- HG
HARVEY, Gary Walter
director · since 2017
- SN
SMITH, Nicholas Francis
director · since 2017
Registered office
Address intelligence
32 other companies registered here.
Common for accountants' offices and small business centres.
Address pattern · CO10 2YW
32 other UK companies registered here — all still trading.
Active
31
Dissolved
0
Strike-off action
0
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