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Ffei Limited

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FFEI is a leading integrator and manufacturer of digital inkjet and life science technology. Establish in 1947, we can take you into new growth markets.

CRN
03244452
Founded
1996
Age
29

Overview

Legal name
FFEI LIMITED
Region
East of England
Registered address
3950 CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH PARK
WATERBEACH
CAMBRIDGE
ENGLAND
CB25 9PE
Insolvency history
No

Corporate ownership

Updated 06 Jun 2026 16:52

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Company events

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14 events
11 Mar
2027

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

30 Sep
2026

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

02 Jul
2026

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Officers

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02 Jul
2026

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25 Feb
2026

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Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 Dec
2024

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

21 Nov
2024

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21 Nov
2024

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16 Sep
2024

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Confirmation-statement

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14 Aug
2024

Accounts With Accounts Type Audit Exemption Subsiduary

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2024

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2024

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2024

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02 Sep
1996

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

4 awards
First funded
2004
Funded years
2004, 2011, 2013, 2019
Age at first award
8 years

Projects

2019 Collaborative R&D

NPIC: National Pathology Imaging Co-Operative

1 Feb 2019 to 31 Mar 2023

Awarded
£34,228
Total cost £57,047

"Pathologists are the **doctors who diagnose disease**. To do this, we examine samples (""biopsies"") using a microscope, to decide if a sample shows cancer, and what type of cancer it is. New scanners allow us to create digital images of microscope slides, so we can look at them on computers, and share them between hospitals more easily. This is called *...

2013 GRD Development of Prototype Lead participant

SIERRA - Bringing Colour Fidelity to Biomedical Imaging

1 Jan 2013 to 31 Dec 2014

Awarded
£250,000
Total cost £717,322

The diagnosis of cancer and many other serious diseases is very often carried out by microscopic examination of stained tissue sections taken as biopsies from a patient. For many years this has been done using light microscopes and the trained eye of a pathologist; a doctor specialising in examining tissue with a microscope. Recently image scanners have b...

2011 EU-Funded Lead participant

LEGATO

1 Nov 2011 to 30 Apr 2013

Awarded
£263,158
Total cost £526,316

Awaiting Public Project Summary

2004 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Laser Assisted Inkjet Printing For High Definition Structuring

1 Dec 2004 to 30 Nov 2006

Awarded
£411,217
Total cost £822,434

Awaiting Public Summary

Product types

Collaborative R&D EU-Funded GRD Development of Prototype