HELICA INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
Company details
- Registered name
- HELICA INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
- Company number
- SC156347
- Registered office
- 222 Lanark Road West, Currie, EH14 5NW, Scotland
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated on
- 3 March 1995
- Status
- Active
- Age
- 31 years
- Nature of business (SIC)
- 72190 — Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
- Accounts — next due
- 30 Jun 2027
- Accounts — last made up to
- 30 Sept 2025
- Confirmation statement — next due
- 11 Sept 2027
- Confirmation statement — last
- 28 Aug 2026
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- 2 of 2 registered charges outstanding — a lender has a claim over the assets.
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Officers
2 active · 9 resigned
People with significant control
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Serving officers
Change history
Reconstructed from the dated records Companies House publishes
| Date | Change | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30/06/2023 | Director resigned | BADDER, Philip Andrew | — |
| 05/12/2022 | Director resigned | SOWERSBY, David Bremner | — |
| 05/12/2022 | Secretary resigned | SOWERSBY, David Bremner | — |
| 29/07/2022 | Charge registered | — | A registered charge |
| 09/11/2021 | Director appointed | — | CAIN, Daniel Alan |
| 01/05/2016 | Person with significant control added | — | Mr Maurice Maxwell Howieson |
| 30/11/2013 | Director resigned | HOWIESON, Dianne Marion | — |
| 01/07/2011 | Director appointed | — | HOWIESON, Dianne Marion |
| 25/03/2009 | Director resigned | NISBET, Alan | — |
| 14/12/2004 | Director appointed | — | BADDER, Philip Andrew |
| 01/05/2002 | Corporate-secretary resigned | BLACK & CO | — |
| 01/05/2002 | Secretary appointed | — | SOWERSBY, David Bremner |
| 26/10/1998 | Charge registered | — | Bond & floating charge |
| 28/03/1998 | Secretary resigned | SOWERSBY, David Bremner | — |
| 28/03/1998 | Corporate-secretary appointed | — | BLACK & CO |
| 01/08/1997 | Director appointed | — | HOWIESON, Maurice Maxwell |
| 26/09/1995 | Director appointed | — | SOWERSBY, David Bremner |
| 03/03/1995 | Nominee-director resigned | TRAINER, Peter | — |
| 03/03/1995 | Nominee-secretary resigned | TRAINER, Diane | — |
| 03/03/1995 | Nominee-director appointed | — | TRAINER, Peter |
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About HELICA INSTRUMENTS LIMITED (SC156347)
HELICA INSTRUMENTS LIMITED is a private limited company incorporated on 3 March 1995 and registered in the United Kingdom under company number SC156347. Its registered office is at 222 Lanark Road West, Currie, EH14 5NW, Scotland. The recorded nature of business is other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering (SIC 72190). The company is currently active , with statutory accounts last made up to 30 September 2025. 11 active officers are on record , and the person with significant control is Mr Maurice Maxwell Howieson. 2 outstanding charges are registered against it. This profile is provided by opendata.bot by Noetikos, aggregating official data from Companies House , last refreshed 7 September 2026.
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