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Surrey Nanosystems Limited

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Vantablack Black light absorbing coatings - for use in ADAS sensors, space craft optical baffles and infrared calibration systems

CRN
03781545
Founded
1999
Age
27

Overview

Legal name
SURREY NANOSYSTEMS LIMITED
Region
South East England
Registered address
EAST SIDE BUSINESS PARK
BEACH ROAD
NEWHAVEN
ENGLAND
BN9 0FB
Insolvency history
No

Latest accounts

Financial period: 1 Jul 2024 to 30 Jun 2025

FULLACCOUNTS
Turnover
Unknown
Profit / Loss
Unknown
Employees
29

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

5 events
31 Mar
2027

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

31 Jul
2026

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

17 Jul
2025

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

30 Jun
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

02 Jun
1999

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

2 awards
First funded
2012
Funded years
2012, 2022
Age at first award
12 years

Projects

2022 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Customer Applied Super-black Coating for Space and Defence

1 Sep 2022 to 29 Feb 2024

Awarded
£278,665
Total cost £398,093

Surrey NanoSystems was the first company in the world to develop and commercialise spray applied super-black coatings that survive the environment found in low earth orbit (LEO) and deep space. In Space, Vantablack coatings are important as their unique ability to trap light efficiently from all angles allows space instrument designers to build more compa...

2012 Fast Track

Growth of NanoBlack for Space Sensing

1 Jun 2012 to 31 Aug 2013

Awarded
£34,130
Total cost £68,260

This project will utilise advances in nanotechnology to develop and characterise new concepts for space instrumentation applications. Many space instruments use black finishes for high emissivity performance across the infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum. However, these finishes suffer from several issues, including ITAR, thus restricting UK tra...

Product types

Collaborative R&D Fast Track