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Hpl Prototypes Limited

HPL Prototypes | Commercial & Bespoke Automotive Prototyping

HPL | Automotive | Design & Engineering

CRN
03585860
Founded
1998
Age
28

Overview

Legal name
HPL PROTOTYPES LIMITED
Region
East Midlands
Registered address
C/O RSM UK RESTRUCTURING ADVISORY LLP
RIVERMEAD HOUSE, 7 LEWIS COURT, GROVE PARK
LEICESTER
LE19 1SD
Insolvency history
Yes

Corporate ownership

Updated 06 Jun 2026 16:52

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Hpl Prototypes Limited
CRN 03585860
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H Developments Limited
CRN 11616377

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

5 events
30 Jun
2026

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

17 May
2026

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

03 May
2025

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

30 Sep
2024

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

23 Jun
1998

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

2 awards
First funded
2017
Funded years
2017, 2021
Age at first award
18 years

Projects

2021 BIS-Funded Programmes

6-minute EV - an EV battery that can be charged in 6-minutes

1 May 2021 to 30 Apr 2022

Awarded
£197,657
Total cost £282,367

Electric vehicles are great -- but they take time to charge up. A typical overnight charge takes 6-10 hours, whilst the very fastest state-of-the-art EV charges take between 30-45 minutes to complete. Our vision is to create a revolutionary electric vehicle battery that can charge from flat to full in just 6-minutes. The project will carry out a series of...

2017 Collaborative R&D

HALO Hybrid Automotive Lightweight Optimisation

1 Mar 2017 to 31 Dec 2019

Awarded
£92,228
Total cost £131,754

The is a great pressure on the UK vehicle manufacturers to reduce fuel consumption and lower CO2 emissions. Great improvements in these requirements have taken place over recent years mostly by the development of highly fuel efficient engines. This trend of improved engines will not be sufficient to meet impending legislative requirements on carbon emissi...

Product types

BIS-Funded Programmes Collaborative R&D