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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
Private Limited Company
Region
South East England
Registered address
CENTURY HOUSE
MAYLANDS AVENUE
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD
HERTFORDSHIRE
UNITED KINGDOM
HP2 7DE
Insolvency history
No

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

5 events
04 Jul
2027

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

30 Apr
2027

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

20 Jun
2026

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 Jul
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

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