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Roke Manor Research Limited

At Roke, we conceive, design and secure the worlds most technically advanced data and communications systems for governments and industry.

CRN
00267550
Founded
1932
Age
93

Overview

Legal name
ROKE MANOR RESEARCH LIMITED
Region
South East England
Registered address
ROKE MANOR
OLD SALISBURY LANE
ROMSEY
HAMPSHIRE
SO51 0ZN
Insolvency history
No

Corporate ownership

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Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

5 events
31 Jul
2027

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

15 Feb
2027

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

01 Feb
2026

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 Oct
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

06 Aug
1932

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

8 awards
First funded
2005
Funded years
2005, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020
Age at first award
73 years

Projects

2020 BIS-Funded Programmes

REINSTATE: Repair, Enhanced Inspection, and Novel Sensing Techniques for increased Availability and reduced Through life Expense

1 Oct 2020 to 31 Mar 2024

Awarded
£397,699
Total cost £795,399

The ATI estimates that through-life engineering services in civil aerospace will be worth $2.5 trillion over the next 20 years. Within the widebody aeroengine market, airliners continue to use long-term service agreements such as Rolls-Royce's TotalCare package. In order to maximise engine uptime and product availability, and to keep the UK at the forefro...

2018 Collaborative R&D

INSPECT (In-situ optical inspection of engine components)

1 Jan 2018 to 31 Mar 2021

Awarded
£250,138
Total cost £500,276

With the civil aviation sector continuing to grow year-on-year, an ever increasing number of routine in-situ gas turbine inspections are undertaken by both gas turbine providers and their customers. Whilst these are critical for ensuring a high-level of aeroengine safety, they are time intensive, vary between inspectors, and offer limited data capture and...

2017 Collaborative R&D

5*StarS: Automotive Cyber Security through Assurance

1 Jul 2017 to 30 Jun 2019

Awarded
£114,272
Total cost £228,545

The rapidly proliferating wireless connectivity & automation of road vehicles offers many benefits to society, and significant commercial opportunity, but also brings a potential explosion of Cyber Security threats. 5*StarS partners HORIBA MIRA, Ricardo, Roke, Thatcham Research with Axillium support will deliver an innovative assurance methodology to assu...

2016 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

Road Accident 3D Reconstruction

1 Apr 2016 to 31 Jul 2016

Awarded
£17,273
Total cost £34,546

Who is responsible for a road accident involving driverless cars? The answer to this question, and many like it, is the motivation for this proposal: To study the feasibility of producing a highly precise 3D reconstruction of a vehicle’s trajectory, in the build-up to a road accident and the accident itself, by advancing event data recorders such as dashc...

2012 Collaborative R&D

Passive Radar Operational Viability Evaluation (PROVE)

1 Dec 2012 to 28 Feb 2015

Awarded
£93,851
Total cost £93,851

The Passive Radar Operational Viability Evaluation (PROVE) project consortium consists of NATS, Thales ATM and Roke Manor Research. The purpose of the project is to develop the operational capability of Multi-Static Primary Surveillance Radar (MSPSR) to support the UK's future Air Traffic Management surveillance strategy. MSPSR has the potential to revolu...

2011 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

Evaluating AutoLand for vision based spacecraft rendez-vous

1 May 2011 to 31 Jul 2011

Awarded
£16,607
Total cost £25,549

Awaiting Public Summary

2011 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

The Integrated Communications and Navigation 'SpaceApp'

1 May 2011 to 31 Jul 2011

Awarded
£8,313
Total cost £12,244

Awaiting Public Summary

2005 Collaborative R&D

Deminstration of 3-D Imaging Using Short-renge Ultrawideband (UWB) Radar (UWB3D)

1 Oct 2005 to 30 Sep 2008

Awarded
£100,000
Total cost £250,000

Awaiting Public Summary

Product types

BIS-Funded Programmes Collaborative R&D Feasibility Studies