Thornton & Ross Limited
ActiveLiveThornton & Ross Limited is an active private limited company incorporated on 23 Nov 1922 (103 years ago), with its registered office in Huddersfield, Yorkshire & the Humber. The company operates in Manufacturing.
The score, the reasons behind it, and what to do next.
A live business, still light on evidence
A registered office is on file; phone and web are checked on Pro.
Companies House · ONS · Nomis · General opportunity model · 100% of the model measurable
Financials
No machine-readable accounts to parse yet. New companies often haven’t filed, and some file PDF-only or dormant accounts.
A long-standing manufacturing business in Yorkshire & the Humber, in a market growing 1.8% a year and tracking below the national rate here. Every signal in the model was measurable for this company.
CompetitionRead this one the other way round: a high number means a crowded market, where differentiation matters more than timing.
Answers: Is this a live, reachable business in a market worth being in?
A balanced read. Pick the lens that matches what you sell and every number on this page re-weights.
Accounts are next due 30 Sept 2027; the last set was made up to 31 Dec 2025.
What this means for you: Filings are up to date, which makes this an easier first conversation.
What we checked · General opportunity weighting
Rows marked Not checked are excluded from the score rather than assumed — the missing weight shows up as lower confidence, not as a worse company.
Commonly offered to a company like this
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Answers: is this market big, growing and survivable — and is the region ahead or behind?
Sector size & momentum
This sector is growing roughly in line with the national average in Yorkshire & the Humber.
Companies House · every incorporation with a SIC code in this sector (259 codes) · a company listing codes in more than one group can be counted twice (~2%)
How long companies last here
Of every 100 companies started in this sector, roughly 42 are still trading five years later. This company is past that point.
The market around it
Where the sector is heading
- 1Yorkshire & the Humber is a very high-density market for manufacturing, with about 20,427 companies in the same industry.
- 2Formation is broadly in line with the national average (+1.7%).
- 3Around 1,088 new companies registered in this industry locally over the last year.
- 4Sector survival sits at 42% over five years — the benchmark for businesses in this classification.
Answers: how crowded is this market, and where does this company sit against its peers?
Score distribution
A quick score from register status and company age only, because that is all the peer list carries. To compare like with like, this company is placed on the same quick score (100) — not the full 63/100 at the top of the page. Treat it as a position, not a ranking.
Peer companies
| Company | Incorporated | Location | Overall signal | Quick score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RMX-Global Limited 10007247 · SIC 20412 | 16 Feb 2016 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| Wilson Davenport LTD 07362884 · SIC 20412 | 01 Sept 2010 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| Astonish Holdings Limited 03422443 · SIC 20412 | 20 Aug 1997 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| Ottimo Supplies Limited 01471337 · SIC 20411 | 07 Jan 1980 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| Supplies For Candles Limited 08069896 · SIC 20412 | 15 May 2012 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| Ema Ro Limited 15097268 · SIC 20412 | 25 Aug 2023 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 73 |
| Acpl London LTD 12311149 · SIC 20411 | 12 Nov 2019 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 94 |
| Boltcare Limited 13232077 · SIC 20412 | 27 Feb 2021 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 87 |
| India Jazz LTD 12037811 · SIC 20412 | 07 Jun 2019 | London | Active | 96 |
| Quill International Chemicals Limited 04084959 · SIC 20411 | 06 Oct 2000 | East Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Enviro Tablets LTD 05947624 · SIC 20412 | 26 Sept 2006 | South East | Active | 100 |
| Oleonix Limited 01507249 · SIC 20412 | 11 Jul 1980 | South East | Active | 100 |
| Elite Products London Limited 12735432 · SIC 20412 | 10 Jul 2020 | South East | Active | 90 |
| Cambridge Traditional Products Limited 04745586 · SIC 20412 | 28 Apr 2003 | East of England | Active | 100 |
| Clean Skies Limited 10734343 · SIC 20412 | 21 Apr 2017 | London | Active | 100 |
| Liquichem Limited 09033150 · SIC 20412 | 09 May 2014 | North West | Active | 100 |
| Maclin Sourcing Solutions Limited 04994444 · SIC 20412 | 15 Dec 2003 | East of England | Active | 100 |
| Northbourne Seventy Three Limited 06241735 · SIC 20412 | 09 May 2007 | South East | Active | 100 |
| Purvis Marine Painting LTD 11652075 · SIC 20412 | 31 Oct 2018 | Wales | Active | 100 |
| Archem (N.I.) LTD NI047204 · SIC 20411 | 09 Jul 2003 | Northern Ireland | Active | 100 |
| Transchem (UK) LTD 08991576 · SIC 20412 | 10 Apr 2014 | South East | Active | 100 |
| Szwarc.Polishing LTD 11359980 · SIC 20412 | 14 May 2018 | South East | Active | 100 |
| C & L Crystal Cleaning Limited 07026811 · SIC 20412 | 23 Sept 2009 | East of England | Active | 100 |
| M Henderson Rolling Stock Limited 11659563 · SIC 20412 | 05 Nov 2018 | North East | Active | 100 |
Answers: what is formally on the public register — and what has not been filed yet?
Timeline
- Accounts filedFull accounts07 Aug 2026
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with no updates28 Apr 2026
- Director appointedAppoint person director company with name date05 Nov 2025
- Officer resignedTermination director company with name termination date04 Nov 2025
- Charge registeredMortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date07 Aug 2025
- Officer resignedTermination director company with name termination date06 Aug 2025
- Director appointedAppoint person director company with name date17 Jun 2025
- Accounts filedFull accounts04 Jun 2025
- Charge registeredMortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date08 May 2025
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with no updates28 Apr 2025
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Company details
- Company
- Thornton & Ross Limited
- Number
- 00185947
- Registered office
- Linthwaite Labs Manchester Road, Linthwaite, Huddersfield, HD7 5QH
- Incorporated
- 23 Nov 1922
- Type
- Private limited company
- Nature of business
- 20412 — SIC division 20; 21100 — SIC division 21
- Status
- Active
- Region
- Yorkshire & the Humber · England
- Accounts
- Next due 30 Sept 2027
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 10 May 2027
Connected companies
Other companies run by the same directors are checked on paid plans — each appointment is a separate register lookup.
Who runs and owns it
- Created
- 01 Aug 2025
- Registered
- 07 Aug 2025
- Persons entitled
- U.S. Bank Trustees Limited
- Created
- 08 May 2025
- Registered
- 08 May 2025
- Persons entitled
- U.S. Bank Trustees Limited
- Created
- 13 Jan 2025
- Registered
- 15 Jan 2025
- Persons entitled
- U.S. Bank Trustees Limited as Security Agent
- Created
- 01 Aug 2024
- Registered
- 01 Aug 2024
- Persons entitled
- U.S. Bank Trustees Limited
- Created
- 21 Feb 2023
- Registered
- 22 Feb 2023
- Persons entitled
- U.S. Bank Trustees Limited (As Security Agent)
- Created
- 02 Nov 2022
- Registered
- 03 Nov 2022
- Persons entitled
- U.S. Bank Trustees Limited
- Created
- 20 Dec 2018
- Registered
- 21 Dec 2018
- Persons entitled
- U.S. Bank Trustees Limited
- Created
- 26 Jan 1977
- Registered
- 08 Feb 1977
- Persons entitled
- North Carolina National Bank
- Created
- 04 Feb 1939
- Registered
- 20 Feb 1939
- Persons entitled
- Martins Bank LTD
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