Ransohoff PLC
ActiveLiveRansohoff PLC is an active public limited company incorporated on 15 Jul 1947 (79 years ago), with its registered office in Manchester, North West. 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 North West, 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 were due 31 Jul 2006 and are not on the register — about 20 years 2 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 North West.
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
- 1North West is a very high-density market for manufacturing, with about 30,021 companies in the same industry.
- 2Formation is broadly in line with the national average (+1.8%).
- 3Around 1,599 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03022595 LTD 03022595 · SIC 2852 | 16 Feb 1995 | North West | Active | 100 |
| A. Williams Engineering Limited 01277940 · SIC 2852 | 21 Sept 1976 | North West | Active | 100 |
| Bell R Limited 03693531 · SIC 2852 | 11 Jan 1999 | North West | Active | 100 |
| Reynolds Engineering (Doncaster) Limited 01800753 · SIC 2852 | 16 Mar 1984 | North West | Active | 100 |
| P M P Engineering Services Limited 04191272 · SIC 2852 | 30 Mar 2001 | North West | Active | 100 |
| Dallam Constructions Limited 02258301 · SIC 2852 | 16 May 1988 | North West | Active | 100 |
| B & D Morris Engineering Limited 01846713 · SIC 2852 | 07 Sept 1984 | North West | Active | 100 |
| Spurgeon Engineering Company Limited 00923244 · SIC 2852 | 21 Nov 1967 | North West | Active | 100 |
| David Brown Gear Industries Limited 02788595 · SIC 2852 | 04 Feb 1993 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| Colvin Smith (Pipework) Limited 00652671 · SIC 2852 | 16 Mar 1960 | North East | Active | 100 |
| Gec Alsthom Energy Systems Limited 00929853 · SIC 2852 | 01 Apr 1968 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Beamoss Limited 01474924 · SIC 2852 | 23 Jan 1980 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Westcal Engineering Limited 01603547 · SIC 2852 | 11 Dec 1981 | North East | Active | 100 |
| J.M.J. Engineers Limited 01808273 · SIC 2852 | 12 Apr 1984 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Neville Rail Projects Limited 01945104 · SIC 2852 | 06 Sept 1985 | East Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Beacon Developments (Ashwell) Limited 01691210 · SIC 2811 | 14 Jan 1983 | East of England | Active | 100 |
| Capper Engineering Services 01794610 · SIC 2852 | 24 Feb 1984 | East of England | Active | 100 |
| 00150042 PLC 00150042 · SIC 2852 | 02 Apr 1918 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| Kvaerner Markham Limited 00208191 · SIC 2852 | 02 Sept 1925 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| W.G. Cannon Air Engineering Limited 00414992 · SIC 2852 | 13 Jul 1946 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| Preco Realisations Limited 00509814 · SIC 2852 | 16 Jul 1952 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Herbert Cotterill Limited 00527912 · SIC 2852 | 09 Jan 1954 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| N.W.C. Precision Engineers Limited 02379168 · SIC 2852 | 03 May 1989 | North East | Active | 100 |
| Time & Precision (Sales) Limited 00759390 · SIC 2852 | 30 Apr 1963 | South East | Active | 100 |
Answers: what is formally on the public register — and what has not been filed yet?
Timeline
- Restored to the registerRestoration order of court31 May 2019
- Selection of documents registered before January 199501 Jan 1995
- Selection of documents registered before January 198701 Jan 1987
Company details
- Company
- Ransohoff PLC
- Number
- 00438954
- Registered office
- C/O Kroll Ltd, The Observatory, Chapel Walks, Manchester, M2 1HL
- Incorporated
- 15 Jul 1947
- Type
- Public limited company
- Nature of business
- 2852 — SIC division 28
- Status
- Active
- Region
- North West · England
- Accounts
- Overdue, was due 31 Jul 2006
- Confirmation statement
- —
Connected companies
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Who runs and owns it
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