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Special Testing Limited

Age87 years
older than 99% of its sector
Same activity, United Kingdom4,916live companies · the oldest
In Sheffield32,837live companies · 30 in the same activity
At this address8live companies incl. this one
Latest accounts2025small company accounts, made up to 31 May 2025

In brief

Special Testing Limited is a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales on 5 August 1939. At 87 years old it is older than 99% of the 4,916 live companies whose main activity is technical testing and analysis. Its registered office is in Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, at an address shared with 7 other live companies. 30 live companies in Sheffield share the same main activity. Its latest accounts were made up to 31 May 2025 and filed as small company accounts. It was previously called Special Testing Works Limited, a name it changed on 1 October 2008.

Register details

Registered nameSPECIAL TESTING LIMITED
Company number00355744
Company typePrivate Limited Company
Registered officeBacon Lane, Sheffield, S9 3NH
JurisdictionEngland and Wales
Nature of business (UK SIC 2007)71200 Technical testing and analysis
International sector (ISIC Rev.4)M · 71 Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis

Timeline

Register events, newest first.

  • Confirmation statement made up
  • Accounts made upSmall company accounts
  • Name changedPreviously Special Testing Works Limited
  • Incorporated

Filings and charges

Deadlines and charge counts from the register.

Next accounts due28 February 2027
Accounting reference date31 May
Next confirmation statement31 October 2026
Last confirmation statement17 October 2025
Charges registered2
Outstanding · satisfied0 · 2

Charges are security interests (such as mortgages) registered against the company.

Technical testing and analysis in the United Kingdom

Live companies whose main activity is 71200: 4,916 in total, median age 8 years, 565 incorporated in the past 12 months.

All 4,916 companies
This company's decadeOther decades
01,0002,0003,0004,0001930s: 111930s1950s: 441950s1960s: 551960s1970s: 15151970s1980s: 50501980s1990s: 1921921990s2000s: 8188182000s2010s: 1,6581,6582010s2020s: 2,1732,1732020s
Incorporated per year, still live
02004006008002011: 11920112012: 1342013: 15420132014: 1872015: 16520152016: 1732017: 18520172018: 2362019: 20320192020: 1872021: 20020212022: 2582023: 28420232024: 3272025: 45620252026: 461

Location

Registered office in Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber.

Sheffield
Live companies in Sheffield32,837
Same activity in Sheffield30
New in Sheffield, past 12 months4,088

Also registered at this address

7 other live companies share this registered office.

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Sources

Register data: Companies House, Free Company Data Product, delivery of 1 October 2026. Places: ONS Postcode Directory (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sector names: Eurostat NACE Rev. 2. Context figures are computed by FirmsDB from these sources. This page is not an official register; check the official record before relying on it.