Gilligan Fabrications Limited
ActiveLiveGilligan Fabrications Limited is an active private limited company incorporated on 04 Apr 1986 (40 years ago), with its registered office in County Durham, North 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 North East, 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 30 Jul 2004 and are not on the register — about 22 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 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
- 1North East is a very high-density market for manufacturing, with about 9,335 companies in the same industry.
- 2Formation is broadly in line with the national average (+1.6%).
- 3Around 497 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surtees Engineers Limited 00857881 · SIC 2710 | 31 Aug 1965 | North East | Active | 100 |
| Rocot Limited 02773200 · SIC 2710 | 14 Dec 1992 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| Brooklyn Sheet Metal Limited 01398681 · SIC 2710 | 09 Nov 1978 | North West | Active | 100 |
| North West Decoiling (Trading) Limited 02628239 · SIC 2710 | 10 Jul 1991 | North West | Active | 100 |
| Universal Press Work Limited 00598782 · SIC 2710 | 12 Feb 1958 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| DP Realisations Limited 01275725 · SIC 2710 | 02 Sept 1976 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| 01362414 Limited 01362414 · SIC 2710 | 11 Apr 1978 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| Grey Iron Castings (Willenhall) Limited 00746133 · SIC 2710 | 04 Jan 1963 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Anvil Metal Fabrications (Glasgow) Limited SC068955 · SIC 2710 | 30 Jul 1979 | Scotland | Active | 100 |
| Ues Cable Street Mills Limited 02184301 · SIC 2710 | 28 Oct 1987 | London | Active | 100 |
| William Stevens & Co.(Old Hill) Limited 00146308 · SIC 2710 | 02 Mar 1917 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Warwill,Limited 00329840 · SIC 2710 | 15 Jul 1937 | North West | Active | 100 |
| K. & H. Electrical & Welding Contractors Limited 01898985 · SIC 2710 | 25 Mar 1985 | East of England | Active | 100 |
| Liverpool Fabrication Company Limited 01286620 · SIC 2710 | 16 Nov 1976 | North West | Active | 100 |
| New Era Steel Fabrication Company Limited 00790883 · SIC 2710 | 06 Feb 1964 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| Hayley Steels Limited 01536970 · SIC 2710 | 02 Jan 1981 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Morgans (Tyseley) Limited 00722571 · SIC 2710 | 30 Apr 1962 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Kent Fabrications Limited 00847886 · SIC 2710 | 06 May 1965 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| Sheffield Forgemasters Limited 02245637 · SIC 2710 | 19 Apr 1988 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
Answers: what is formally on the public register — and what has not been filed yet?
Timeline
- Restored to the registerRestoration order of court28 Apr 2017
- Selection of documents registered before January 199501 Jan 1995
- Selection of documents registered before January 198701 Jan 1987
Company details
- Company
- Gilligan Fabrications Limited
- Number
- 02006909
- Registered office
- 25 Faverdale Road, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 0TA
- Incorporated
- 04 Apr 1986
- Type
- Private limited company
- Nature of business
- 2710 — SIC division 27
- Status
- Active
- Region
- North East · England
- Accounts
- Overdue, was due 30 Jul 2004
- Confirmation statement
- —
Connected companies
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Who runs and owns it
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