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Company description
RAPID ELECTRONICS LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 28 July 1980; registered for 46 years; registered office reported in COLCHESTER, ESSEX, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 46520 · Wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts.
In its latest electronically filed accounts for the period ended 31 December 2025, it reported profit after tax −£876,502, net assets £6,932,230, average employees 1. This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 15 trade marks, 11 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
- RAPID ELECTRONICS LIMITED
- Company number
- 01509592
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 7 total · 5 outstanding · 2 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
31 December 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
10 July 2026Next statement due
24 July 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Profit before tax
- −£992,845
- Profit after tax
- −£876,502
- Fixed assets
- £843,933
- Net assets
- £6,932,230
- Current assets
- £10,451,728
- Current liabilities
- £4,300,947
- Total assets less current liabilities
- £6,994,714
- Cash at bank
- £1,295,997
- Equity
- £6,932,230
Figures are taken from company-filed iXBRL/XBRL. Coverage is limited to electronic filings in the imported Companies House batch. Missing figures do not mean zero, and values have not been audited by BritDB.
04 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Oscilliscope
University of Bristol · ocds-b5fd17-7b16c0d2-ea24-4722-809d-60185de02cc4
- Supplier named in award
- Rapid Electronics Ltd
- Award value
- £61,596.19
- Contract period
- 19 December 2024 – 30 January 2026
- Published
- 20 December 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 38000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-7b16c0d2-ea24-4722-809d-60185de02cc4-2024-12-20T14:14:14Z
Faculty of Engineering Engineering Student Home Lab Kits
University of Bristol · ocds-b5fd17-d36bfa4b-1fec-4b9b-a6a2-4eedd24dfe19
- Supplier named in award
- Rapid Electronics Ltd
- Award value
- £0
- Contract period
- 1 February 2025 – 31 January 2030
- Published
- 10 January 2025
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 38000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-d36bfa4b-1fec-4b9b-a6a2-4eedd24dfe19-2025-01-10T15:03:45Z
Laboratory Equipment
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-2577d312-e9b2-4b33-8b34-735b05b8e021
- Supplier named in award
- Rapid Electronics Limited
- Award value
- £36,000
- Contract period
- 8 July 2024 – 31 July 2024
- Published
- 20 November 2024
- Procedure
- Other - Single contract from SSA
- Main CPV
- 38000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-2577d312-e9b2-4b33-8b34-735b05b8e021-2024-11-20T13:38:32Z
BE24017 - Source Meter
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-076ae890-2cd4-4a82-a2a4-ff048bef4afa
- Supplier named in award
- RAPID ELECTRONICS LIMITED
- Award value
- £10,030
- Contract period
- 11 January 2024 – 19 January 2024
- Published
- 15 January 2024
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 38340000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-076ae890-2cd4-4a82-a2a4-ff048bef4afa-2024-01-15T11:44:50Z
FPGA Evaluation Boards
Aston University · ocds-b5fd17-7a560a51-8341-4ac6-afc1-8455984761f7
- Supplier named in award
- Rapid Electronics Limited
- Award value
- £75,000
- Contract period
- 1 June 2023 – 2 June 2023
- Published
- 31 August 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 44316400
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-7a560a51-8341-4ac6-afc1-8455984761f7-2023-08-31T17:31:40+01:00
FM22290 - Tool Chest Combi's
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-d53fab15-ddb3-4028-875e-0c970c694a3c
- Supplier named in award
- Rapid Electronics Ltd
- Award value
- £11,322.90
- Contract period
- 16 November 2022 – 21 November 2022
- Published
- 17 November 2022
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 39173000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-d53fab15-ddb3-4028-875e-0c970c694a3c-2022-11-17T12:53:20Z
1734 - Framework for the Supply of Engineering Tools, General Items and Spare Parts/Consumables
CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-bae80e04-4a1e-40ba-ae0e-5d2ee26650d6
- Supplier named in award
- Rapid Electronics Limited
- Award value
- £189,330
- Contract period
- 16 October 2020 – 15 October 2024
- Published
- 23 October 2020
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 24951000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-bae80e04-4a1e-40ba-ae0e-5d2ee26650d6-2020-10-23T10:18:53+01:00
Electronic Components and Associated Products
NORTH WESTERN UNIVERSITIES PURCHASING CONSORTIUM LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-da8d3a05-ac62-4e5d-9a07-01ee10c5a994
- Supplier named in award
- RAPID ELECTRONICS LIMITED
- Award value
- £22,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2022
- Published
- 22 January 2020
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 31711100
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-da8d3a05-ac62-4e5d-9a07-01ee10c5a994-2020-01-22T15:14:35Z
Flying Start (EC) Ethical Hacking & Peripherals
Coventry University · ocds-b5fd17-452119c7-689b-4e4b-ad12-9c57315d7366
- Supplier named in award
- RAPID ELECTRONICS LIMITED
- Award value
- £71,522.77
- Contract period
- 26 July 2019 – 24 July 2020
- Published
- 29 October 2019
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 30232000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-452119c7-689b-4e4b-ad12-9c57315d7366-2019-10-29T10:45:48Z
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
MagmaBond
Owner Rapid Electronics Limited · classes 1,16
- Filed / designated
- 24 December 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 December 2022
UniStrand
Owner Rapid Electronics Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 24 December 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 24 December 2022
TRUCONNECT
Owner Rapid Electronics Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 31 May 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 May 2025
TRUPOWER
Owner Rapid Electronics Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 31 May 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 May 2025
TRUMOTION
Owner Rapid Electronics Limited · classes 7,9
- Filed / designated
- 31 May 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 May 2025
TruTie
Owner Rapid Electronics Limited · classes 6,20
- Filed / designated
- 31 May 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 May 2025
TruOpto
Owner Rapid Electronics Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 31 May 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 May 2025
TRUSEMI
Owner Rapid Electronics Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 31 May 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 May 2025
TruXtal
Owner Rapid Electronics Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 31 May 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 May 2025
TRUSENS
Owner Rapid Electronics Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 31 May 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 May 2025
AIRGINEERS
Owner Rapid Electronics Limited · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 19 December 2017
- Valid until / renewal due
- Not supplied
TruLamp
Owner Rapid Electronics Limited · classes 11
- Filed / designated
- 31 May 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 May 2015
TRUSOUND
Owner Rapid Electronics Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 31 May 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 May 2015
X-OPTO
Owner Rapid Electronics Limited · classes 9,11
- Filed / designated
- 12 February 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 12 February 2013
RAPIDBOX
Owner Rapid Electronics Limited · classes 9
- Filed / designated
- 17 February 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 February 2010
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.
05 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Rapid Electronics Holdings Ltd
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- Uk
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Private Company Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House Uk
- Registration number
- 7398923
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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.
06 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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Supply and Delivery of Electronic Components
the Education Authority · updated 18 June 2026
- Tender value
- £446,000
- Awards
- 1
Electronics Components
University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation · updated 1 June 2026
- 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.
10 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.
11 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
12 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
2 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.
13 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
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
14 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Company-filed electronic accounts and extracted headline financial facts.
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.