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Smiths Detection-Watford Limited

UK company 00480992, incorporated on 14 April 1950.

Threat detection and security screening | Making the world a safer place | Smiths Detection

A global leader in threat detection and security screening technologies, everyday Smiths Detection makes the world a safer place.

Company number
00480992
Incorporated
14 Apr 1950
Companies House status
Active

Company identity

Founded / incorporated
14 April 1950

Company number 00480992

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Legal name
SMITHS DETECTION-WATFORD LIMITED
Company type
LTD
Region
South East England
Registered address
Unknown
Insolvency history
No

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

1 event
14 Apr
1950

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

5 awards
First funded
2005
Funded years
2005, 2006, 2010, 2023
Age at first award
54 years

Projects

2023 EU-Funded Lead participant

Rapid, portable and reliable cargo screener - New concept of vapour screening technology - Ion Mobility Chemical Fingerprint Detector (METEOR)

1 Oct 2023 to 30 Sep 2026

Awarded
£142,062
Total cost £142,062

Safe and legal global transport is essential to human welfare, but it demands that customs authorities implement security regulations with a special focus on illicit goods. To enable enforcement of regulations tackling illicit goods trafficking, customs authorities have expressed their need for portable, affordable, non-intrusive, reliable screening techn...

2010 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

Development and Verification of a Novel Technology to Detect and Monitor Multi-Drug Resistant Tubercolosis: Implementation onto a Point-of-Care Instrument

1 Aug 2010 to 31 Oct 2011

Awarded
£15,244
Total cost £55,244

Awaiting Public Summary

2010 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

Use of a novel PCR methodology for identifying a panel of ESBL producing bacteria in a single tube assay for Implementation onto a Point-of-Care Instrument

1 Aug 2010 to 31 Oct 2011

Awarded
£8,634
Total cost £48,634

The public description for this project has been requested but has not yet been received.

2006 Collaborative R&D

Multi Wavelength Biosensors

1 Jan 2006 to 31 Mar 2008

Awarded
£30,000
Total cost £80,000

Awaiting Public Summary

2005 Collaborative R&D

Synthetic Biomimetic Binding Sites

1 Apr 2005 to 31 Mar 2008

Awarded
£49,427
Total cost £98,854

Awaiting Public Summary

Product types

Collaborative R&D EU-Funded Feasibility Studies