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E.H.Thorne(Beehives)Limited

UK company 00676617, incorporated on 1 December 1960.

Beekeeping Equipment | EH Thorne (Beehives) Ltd

Manufacturing and retailing beekeeping and candlemaking equipment for over 100 years at our factory in Rand, Lincolnshire. We use Red Western Cedar to make the best beehives in the business and pride ourselves on the quality of all our equipment.

Company number
00676617
Incorporated
1 Dec 1960
Companies House status
Active

Company identity

Founded / incorporated
1 December 1960

Company number 00676617

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Legal name
E.H.THORNE(BEEHIVES)LIMITED
Company type
Private Limited Company
Region
East Midlands
Registered address
BEEHIVE BUSINESS PARK RAND
WRAGBY
MARKET RASEN
LINCOLNSHIRE
LN8 5NJ
Insolvency history
No

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

11 events
09 Oct
2026

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

30 Sep
2026

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

29 Jul
2026

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29 Jul
2026

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29 Jul
2026

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2026

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2026

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2026

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25 Sep
2025

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 Dec
2024

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

01 Dec
1960

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

1 award
First funded
2019
Funded years
2019
Age at first award
58 years

Projects

2019 Collaborative R&D

Innovative PCM Heat Storage Device for Control of Varroa Mites in Beehives (BeeSave)

1 Apr 2019 to 30 Jun 2021

Awarded
£73,200
Total cost £122,000

The proposed project aims to develop an innovative BeeSave device to kill Varroa mites in beehives. The device uses a phase change material (PCM) pack. Research shows that Varroa mites can be killed during all development stages if they are exposed to temperatures ranging between 40°C to 47°C for ~ 150 minutes. These temperatures are safely tolerated by h...

Product types

Collaborative R&D