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Company description
CHELTON LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 27 January 1967; registered for 59 years; registered office reported in MARLOW, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 26309 · Manufacture of communication equipment other than telegraph, and telephone apparatus and equipment.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 2 trade marks, 5 procurement records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- CHELTON LIMITED
- Company number
- 00896823
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 5 total · 0 outstanding · 5 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
30 September 2025Next accounts due
30 June 2027Last statement made up to
20 June 2026Next statement due
4 July 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 16.9%
- Mean bonus gap
- 64.6%
- Women receiving bonus
- 86.9%
- Men receiving bonus
- 85.6%
- Women in top quartile
- 8.9%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 20.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 26.7%
- Women in lower quartile
- 32.2%
Earlier reporting years (7)
- 250 to 49927.5% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49917.2% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49925.2% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49925.9% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99929.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49924.6% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49926.0% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 October 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Filed
- 21 April 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 75 days
- Longest standard term
- Not supplied
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 October 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £15,643,093
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £19,491,421
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £8,688,032
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £16,529,440
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 47.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 75 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Our standard contractual length for payment of invoices is 30 Days EOM (End of Month) from receipt of invoice. We do however undertake specific negotiations with suppliers in certain circumstances, which may be informed by, amongst other considerations, our own payment receipts profile from ultimate end users of our products and flow down contractual requirements from our own customers.
- Dispute resolution process
Suppliers are notified of any changes to these policies in writing and during the ordering process for parts and services. Disputes related to payment can be raised by suppliers directly with local finance teams, the procurement team and relevant departmental managers either verbally or in writing. Any query or dispute raised is addressed as soon as practical and the supplier engaged as appropriate.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 48.0 average days to pay47.0% outside terms
- 49.0 average days to pay47.0% outside terms
- 57.0 average days to pay86.0% outside terms
- Average time not suppliedLate-payment rate not supplied
- 59.0 average days to pay82.0% outside terms
- 57.0 average days to pay75.0% outside terms
- 55.0 average days to pay58.0% outside terms
- 46.0 average days to pay26.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay16.0% outside terms
- 39.0 average days to pay31.0% outside terms
- 42.0 average days to pay53.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- CHELTON LIMITED
- Group submission
- No
- Statement period
- 5 February 2019 – 5 February 2020
- Approved
- 6 February 2020
- Sectors
- Defence and aerospace
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £100 million to £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 24 August 2021
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
06 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Contract Award for the Provision of Aircraft Communication System Devices for ESN
ESN eSourcing Portal · ocds-b5fd17-567c055b-4c57-4bb9-92cc-929d9abef97c
- Supplier named in award
- Chelton Ltd
- Award value
- £100,000,000
- Contract period
- 16 August 2019 – 3 January 2031
- Published
- 25 September 2019
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 32000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-567c055b-4c57-4bb9-92cc-929d9abef97c-2019-09-25T16:46:23+01:00
Contract Award for the Provision of Aircraft Communication System Devices for ESN
Home Office · ocds-b5fd17-a3e6f955-abb1-4f8c-97ac-217ccfe7f8c6
- Supplier named in award
- Chelton Ltd
- Award value
- £100,000,000
- Contract period
- 16 August 2019 – 3 January 2031
- Published
- 25 September 2019
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 32000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-a3e6f955-abb1-4f8c-97ac-217ccfe7f8c6-2019-09-25T16:44:37+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
SARSeeker
Owner Chelton Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 17 November 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 November 2026
SkyDefender
Owner Chelton Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 2 October 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- Not supplied
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Transdigm European Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- United Kingdom
- Legal authority
- England & Wales
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 04173865
- Notified
- 5 January 2021
Lockman Electronic Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House Cardiff
- Registration number
- 1672274
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 4 January 2021
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
08 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
09 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
10 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
11 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Provision of Tetra Air-To-Ground Radio Device Maintenance and Repair
West Yorkshire Combined Authority (or such other successor body, company, organisation who shall have the responsibility of being the contracting authority of the National Police Air Service or any part or parts thereof) · updated 24 April 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Provision of Tetra Air-To-Ground Radio Device Maintenance and Repair
West Yorkshire Combined Authority (or such other successor body, company, organisation who shall have the responsibility of being the contracting authority of the National Police Air Service or any part or parts thereof) · updated 17 March 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
National Police Air Service Extension of the existing Air to Ground Communications Support Contract
West Yorkshire Combined Authority · updated 19 January 2024
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
12 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
14 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
3 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
15 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: CHELTON(ELECTROSTATICS)LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
16 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.