Mitchell Engineering Limited
ActiveLiveMitchell Engineering Limited is an active private limited company incorporated on 30 May 1984 (42 years ago), with its registered office in Glasgow, Scotland. 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 Mitchell Engineering Limited's filed accounts at Companies House, period ending 2015-12-31. Change vs the prior year (to 2014-12-31). As-filed figures — a signal, not an audited verdict. Dashes are not tagged in the accounts.
A long-standing manufacturing business in Scotland, 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 Sept 2017 and are not on the register — about 9 years 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 Scotland.
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
- 1Scotland is a very high-density market for manufacturing, with about 21,741 companies in the same industry.
- 2Formation is broadly in line with the national average (+1.8%).
- 3Around 1,158 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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| HSM Aero Limited 04794306 · SIC 25620 | 11 Jun 2003 | East of England | Active | 100 |
| Thermex Limited 01420384 · SIC 25620 | 16 May 1979 | West Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Alma Engineering Xcel Limited 14357559 · SIC 25620 | 15 Sept 2022 | South East | Active | 78 |
| Responsive Engineering Limited 04617703 · SIC 25110 | 13 Dec 2002 | North East | Active | 100 |
| D.A.R.L Engineering Limited 11887350 · SIC 25620 | 18 Mar 2019 | West Midlands | Active | 98 |
| Heritage Engineering North West Limited 07319851 · SIC 25620 | 20 Jul 2010 | North West | Active | 100 |
Answers: what is formally on the public register — and what has not been filed yet?
Timeline
In plain English: Struck off and dissolved once, with no restoration in the filing history shown.
- Court order18 Sept 2020
- Struck off & dissolvedGazette dissolved liquidation12 May 2020
- Status change / strike-offLiquidation compulsory return final meeting court scotland12 Feb 2020
- Registered office changedChange registered office address company with date old address new address14 Jul 2017
- Status change / strike-offLiquidation compulsory notice winding up scotland07 Jul 2017
- Status change / strike-offLiquidation compulsory winding up order scotland07 Jul 2017
- Status change / strike-offLiquidation compulsory appointment provisional liquidator scotland15 Jun 2017
- Accounts filedAccounts with accounts type total exemption small05 Aug 2016
- Confirmation statementAnnual return company with made up date full list shareholders10 Jun 2016
- Accounts filedAccounts with accounts type total exemption small30 Sept 2015
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Company details
- Company
- Mitchell Engineering Limited
- Number
- SC088201
- Registered office
- 4 Atlantic Quay, 70 York Street, Glasgow, G2 8JX
- Incorporated
- 30 May 1984
- Type
- Private limited company
- Nature of business
- 25620 — SIC division 25
- Status
- Active
- Region
- Scotland · Scotland
- Accounts
- Overdue, was due 30 Sept 2017
- Confirmation statement
- Overdue, was due 23 Jun 2017
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
- 16 Dec 2005
- Registered
- 24 Dec 2005
- Persons entitled
- The Royal Bank of Scotland Commercial Services Limited
- Created
- 16 Dec 2005
- Registered
- 22 Dec 2005
- Persons entitled
- The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
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