Wad Engineering LTD
ActiveLiveWad Engineering LTD is an active private limited company incorporated on 24 May 2018 (8 years ago), with its registered office in Billericay, East of England. 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
From Wad Engineering LTD's filed accounts at Companies House, period ending 2020-05-31. As-filed figures — a signal, not an audited verdict. Dashes are not tagged in the accounts.
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 28 Feb 2022 and are not on the register — about 4 years 7 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 East of England.
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
- 1East of England is a very high-density market for manufacturing, with about 27,676 companies in the same industry.
- 2Formation is broadly in line with the national average (+2.0%).
- 3Around 1,474 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.
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Answers: what is formally on the public register — and what has not been filed yet?
Timeline
In plain English: Received a strike-off notice without being dissolved.
- Status change / strike-offDissolved compulsory strike off suspended07 May 2022
- Strike-off noticeGazette notice compulsory26 Apr 2022
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with no updates15 Jun 2021
- Accounts filedMicro-entity accounts26 Jan 2021
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with no updates03 Jun 2020
- Accounts filedMicro-entity accounts30 Jan 2020
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with no updates05 Jun 2019
- IncorporatedIncorporation24 May 2018
Company details
- Company
- Wad Engineering LTD
- Number
- 11381619
- Registered office
- 29 Upland Road, Billericay, CM12 0JP
- Incorporated
- 24 May 2018
- Type
- Private limited company
- Nature of business
- 29201 — SIC division 29
- Status
- Active
- Region
- East of England · England
- Accounts
- Overdue, was due 28 Feb 2022
- Confirmation statement
- Overdue, was due 06 Jun 2022
Connected companies
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Who runs and owns it
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