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Company description
SURREY SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 23 May 1985; registered for 41 years; registered office reported in GUILDFORD, SURREY. Its primary declared activity is 26110 · Manufacture of electronic components, with 2 additional SIC activities reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 1 trade mark, 1 procurement record. 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
- SURREY SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
- Company number
- 01916260
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 10 total · 0 outstanding · 10 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
17 December 2025Next statement due
31 December 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 0.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- 12.4%
- Women receiving bonus
- 89.6%
- Men receiving bonus
- 87.8%
- Women in top quartile
- 14.5%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 23.2%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 16.9%
- Women in lower quartile
- 26.8%
Earlier reporting years (7)
- 250 to 4996.8% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49913.2% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4996.5% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49916.3% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49914.1% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49916.3% median hourly gap
- Not Provided16.5% 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 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 23 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 14 days
- Longest standard term
- Not supplied
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No retention clauses reported
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £13,812,695
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £3,955,530
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £767,541
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £2,209,497
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 19.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 2.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 60 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
- Retention in all contracts
- No
- Retention in standard terms
- No
- Retention threshold
- Not supplied
- Standard retention rate
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with client
- Not supplied
- Retention compared with payments
- Not supplied
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Standard payment terms are within 45 days from receipt and acceptance of invoice.
Payments are made twice a month (10th and 25th or nearest previous working day). Invoices are paid in the
next available payment run that avoids late payment. For example, an invoice received on the 15th would fall in the payment run of the 10th of the following month, a payment period of 26 days, which will be reflected in
the payment statistics. - Dispute resolution process
If any disagreement arises out of the invoices and their payment, the matter shall be dealt with as follows:
the Supplier shall send an email to finance@sstl.co.uk with evidence that it met the invoicing requirements and with an explanation of its claim regarding any unpaid invoice. The Accounts Payable department should
respond within 5 working days.
If this dispute is not resolved, the Supplier should write to the Financial Controller at the Head Office address who shall respond to the Supplier within 10 working days of receipt of the Supplier’s letter and the parties will use their reasonable endeavours to resolve the matter promptly.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 28.0 average days to pay6.0% outside terms
- 29.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 28.0 average days to pay6.0% outside terms
- 26.0 average days to pay4.0% outside terms
- 40.0 average days to pay22.0% outside terms
- 37.0 average days to pay18.0% outside terms
- 37.0 average days to pay16.0% outside terms
- 34.0 average days to pay21.0% outside terms
- 36.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 53.0 average days to pay28.0% outside terms
- 31.0 average days to pay17.0% 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 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
SURREY SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
LEI 529900DETIL9AI5IXI02 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 23 May 1985
- Initial LEI registration
- 4 October 2013
- LEI last updated
- 26 November 2025
- Next renewal
- 3 January 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- TYCHO HOUSE, 20 STEPHENSON ROAD, SURREY RESEARCH PARK, GUILDFORD, GB-SRY, GU2 7YE, GB
- Headquarters address
- TYCHO HOUSE, 20 STEPHENSON ROAD, SURREY RESEARCH PARK, GUILDFORD, GB-SRY, GU2 7YE, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 529900DETIL9AI5IXI02 to LEI MINO79WLOO247M1IL051
- Initial registration
- 4 October 2013
- Last updated
- 26 November 2025
- Next renewal
- 3 January 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2023-12-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2013-10-04T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01916260/filing-history/MzQzNzkxNDE5MmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_LEI
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06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- SURREY SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Statement period
- 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
- Approved
- 28 April 2026
- 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
- Over £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 6 May 2026
Policies described
Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees Prohibits compulsory overtime Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery
Training described
Your whole organisation Executive-level staff Procurement staff
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Civil society organisations Workers within your organisation Businesses in your industry or sector
Social audits
Third party audit arranged by your organisation Announced audit
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups
Actions addressing ILO indicators
Change in policy
Demonstrated progress
See Modern Slavery Statement: https://mediaassets.airbus.com/pm_38_903_903390-pbfwg0hwqu.pdf?fileName=modern-slavery-statement-2025.pdf
Reported risks and mitigations
- Risk: In situ physical security workers in Malaysia
- Area: Within your own operations
- Group: Migrants
- Location: Malaysia
- Mitigation: See Modern Slavery Statement: https://mediaassets.airbus.com/pm_38_903_903390-pbfwg0hwqu.pdf?fileName=modern-slavery-statement-2025.pdf
- Risk: Purchase of workwear from lower tiers in high risk countries, including Bangladesh
- Area: Within your supply chains
- Tier: Tier 3 suppliers and below
- Group: Women Migrants
- Location: Bangladesh
- Risk: Purchase of solar panels from China
- Group: Other vulnerable groups
- Location: China
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TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
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07 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Airbus Defence And Space 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
- Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 02449259
- Notified
- 18 June 2018
Airbus Ds Holdings Bv
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Country registered
- Netherlands
- Legal authority
- Netherlands
- Legal form
- Limited Liability Company
- Place registered
- Dutch Chamber Of Commerce
- Registration number
- 24190445
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 18 June 2018
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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
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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.
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13 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
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
1 procurement process 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
- 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.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
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.
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