Sandvik Hard Materials
ActiveLiveSandvik Hard Materials is an active private unlimited company incorporated on 08 Nov 1940 (85 years ago), with its registered office in West Midlands. 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 West Midlands, 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.
Companies House has not published an accounts deadline for this company yet.
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
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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 West Midlands.
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
- 1West Midlands is a very high-density market for manufacturing, with about 23,411 companies in the same industry.
- 2Formation is broadly in line with the national average (+1.8%).
- 3Around 1,247 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
| Company | Incorporated | Location | Overall signal | Quick score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axiom Tools (Dudley) Limited 00952926 · SIC 2875 | 25 Apr 1969 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| The P O S Group Limited 02672512 · SIC 2875 | 02 Jan 1992 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Hill And Trueman Fabrications Limited 01704484 · SIC 2875 | 07 Mar 1983 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| C.W. Cheney Limited 01674713 · SIC 2875 | 29 Oct 1982 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Nova Castings Limited 02104084 · SIC 2875 | 26 Feb 1987 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Banners Lane Engineering Company Limited 00898462 · SIC 2875 | 17 Feb 1967 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| L.A.D.S. Repetition Company Limited 01129138 · SIC 2875 | 15 Aug 1973 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Eurotech Industries Limited 02916949 · SIC 2875 | 08 Apr 1994 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Churchill Safes & Security Products Limited 02626247 · SIC 2875 | 27 Jun 1991 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Brightrose Limited 01333452 · SIC 2875 | 11 Oct 1977 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| 02815367 Limited 02815367 · SIC 2875 | 06 May 1993 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Concentric Gears Limited 02197809 · SIC 2875 | 24 Nov 1987 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Metal Pressings Group (Holdings) Limited 03268950 · SIC 2875 | 24 Oct 1996 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| B C D Cold Rolled Strip Limited 01103839 · SIC 2875 | 23 Mar 1973 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| De Realisations (001) Limited 01284940 · SIC 2875 | 04 Nov 1976 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Holdfast Manufacturing Limited 02006544 · SIC 2875 | 04 Apr 1986 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| WST Engineering Holdings Limited 02717807 · SIC 2875 | 27 May 1992 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| H. & K. (Industrial Services) Limited 01231568 · SIC 2852 | 29 Oct 1975 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Rouloff Limited 01052977 · SIC 2875 | 04 May 1972 | North West | Active | 100 |
| Apollo Handling Limited 01088555 · SIC 2875 | 27 Dec 1972 | London | Active | 100 |
| Merseyside Precision Engineering (Knowsley) Limited 01304582 · SIC 2875 | 24 Mar 1977 | North West | Active | 100 |
| Neville Rail Projects Limited 01945104 · SIC 2852 | 06 Sept 1985 | East Midlands | Active | 100 |
| GT Residual Limited 01958907 · SIC 2875 | 14 Nov 1985 | East Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Earlydress Limited 00133895 · SIC 2875 | 11 Feb 1914 | South East | Active | 100 |
Answers: what is formally on the public register — and what has not been filed yet?
Timeline
- Director appointedAppoint person director company with name date05 Jan 2018
- Officer resignedTermination director company with name termination date04 Jan 2018
- Selection of documents registered before January 198701 Jan 1987
- Accounts filedAccounts with made up date02 Jul 1983
- Accounts filedAccounts with made up date12 Jul 1982
- Accounts filedAccounts with made up date28 Oct 1981
Company details
- Company
- Sandvik Hard Materials
- Number
- 00363876
- Registered office
- Manor Way, Halesowen, West Midlands, B62 8QZ
- Incorporated
- 08 Nov 1940
- Type
- Private unlimited company
- Nature of business
- 2875 — SIC division 28
- Status
- Active
- Region
- West Midlands · England
- Accounts
- —
- Confirmation statement
- Overdue, was due 03 Apr 2017
Connected companies
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Who runs and owns it
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