SMR Automotive Services Portchester Limited
ActiveLiveSMR Automotive Services Portchester Limited is an active private limited company incorporated on 29 May 1935 (91 years ago), with its registered office in Portchester, South East. 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 South East, in a market growing 1.8% a year and growing faster here than nationally. 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 were due 31 Dec 2013 and are not on the register — about 12 years 9 months late.
What this means for you: Overdue filings are the first thing a new supplier will notice — raise it gently, it shows you did your homework.
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 South East.
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
- 1South East is a very high-density market for manufacturing, with about 43,874 companies in the same industry.
- 2Formation is broadly in line with the national average (+2.1%).
- 3Around 2,336 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 52/100 at the top of the page. Treat it as a position, not a ranking.
Peer companies
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ionut Transport Service LTD 12988549 · SIC 30990 | 02 Nov 2020 | South East | Active | 88 |
| PGRC Design Systems Limited 08069125 · SIC 30990 | 15 May 2012 | South East | Active | 100 |
| F A Wadsworth LTD 08069972 · SIC 30990 | 15 May 2012 | South East | Active | 100 |
| Artemis Aerospace Limited 03778086 · SIC 30990 | 26 May 1999 | South East | Active | 100 |
| Studio Zeta Limited 04937097 · SIC 30990 | 20 Oct 2003 | South East | Active | 100 |
| Cibus21 UK Limited 13188383 · SIC 30990 | 09 Feb 2021 | South East | Active | 87 |
| Eigene Bus Limited 12238705 · SIC 30990 | 02 Oct 2019 | South East | Active | 95 |
| RLG-Innovations Limited 11996628 · SIC 30990 | 15 May 2019 | East Midlands | Active | 97 |
| Raven Automotive Limited SC573519 · SIC 30990 | 11 Aug 2017 | Scotland | Active | 100 |
| DRS Contracts Limited SC494814 · SIC 30990 | 12 Jan 2015 | Scotland | Active | 100 |
| Staymark Auto Plates LTD 08135778 · SIC 30990 | 09 Jul 2012 | East of England | Active | 100 |
| Revelation Motorsport Limited 05944814 · SIC 30990 | 25 Sept 2006 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| Stronghold International Limited SC184940 · SIC 30990 | 17 Apr 1998 | Scotland | Active | 100 |
| Dunning & Fairbank Limited 01403175 · SIC 30990 | 01 Dec 1978 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| Regifin Limited 07638975 · SIC 30990 | 18 May 2011 | Wales | Active | 100 |
| Meritor Holdings UK LTD. 10208076 · SIC 30990 | 31 May 2016 | Wales | Active | 100 |
| Abax UK Limited 07764543 · SIC 30990 | 06 Sept 2011 | East of England | Active | 100 |
| Cetec Europe Limited 07365263 · SIC 30990 | 03 Sept 2010 | East Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Sidecurtain Services Limited 05324074 · SIC 30990 | 05 Jan 2005 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| Kalhertransport Limited 11350006 · SIC 30990 | 08 May 2018 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Dhollandia UK Production LTD 14195310 · SIC 30990 | 24 Jun 2022 | East of England | Active | 79 |
| East Coast Propshafts & Hydraulic Hoses LTD SC539729 · SIC 25620 | 07 Jul 2016 | Scotland | Active | 100 |
| Dobie Wyatt Limited 00861232 · SIC 13922 | 12 Oct 1965 | South West | Active | 100 |
| JPD Trikes LTD 12933382 · SIC 29310 | 06 Oct 2020 | West Midlands | Active | 89 |
Answers: what is formally on the public register — and what has not been filed yet?
Timeline
In plain English: Struck off and dissolved once, and restored.
- Restored to the registerRestoration order of court13 Sept 2016
- Struck off & dissolvedGazette dissolved voluntary09 Jul 2013
- Strike-off noticeGazette notice voluntary26 Mar 2013
- Status change / strike-offDissolution application strike off company19 Mar 2013
- Accounts filedFull accounts25 Sept 2012
- Confirmation statementAnnual return company with made up date full list shareholders16 Jul 2012
- Accounts filedFull accounts01 Sept 2011
- Confirmation statementAnnual return company with made up date full list shareholders15 Aug 2011
- Company name changedCertificate change of name company17 May 2011
- Officer resignedAuditors resignation company14 Apr 2011
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Company details
- Company
- SMR Automotive Services Portchester Limited
- Number
- 00301291
- Registered office
- Castle Trading Estate, East Street, Portchester, PO16 9SD
- Incorporated
- 29 May 1935
- Type
- Private limited company
- Nature of business
- 30990 — SIC division 30
- Status
- Active
- Region
- South East · England
- Accounts
- Overdue, was due 31 Dec 2013
- Confirmation statement
- Overdue, was due 24 Jul 2016
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
- 29 Oct 2010
- Registered
- 12 Nov 2010
- Persons entitled
- State Bank of India (London Branch)
- Created
- 21 Dec 1984
- Registered
- 10 Jan 1985
- Persons entitled
- Barclays Bank PLC
- Created
- 31 Oct 1973
- Registered
- 07 Nov 1973
- Persons entitled
- Barclays Bank PLC
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