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Ultima Forma Ltd

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Ultima Forma Ltd is a UK company with status active founded in 2017 based in South East England.

CRN
10691747
Founded
2017
Age
9

Overview

Legal name
ULTIMA FORMA LTD
Region
South East England
Registered address
UNIT 9 CUFAUDE BUSINESS PARK CUFAUDE LANE
BRAMLEY
TADLEY
ENGLAND
RG26 5DL
Insolvency history
No

Latest accounts

Financial period: 1 Apr 2024 to 31 Mar 2025

FILLETEDACCOUNTS
Turnover
Unknown
Profit / Loss
Unknown
Employees
8

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

5 events
05 May
2027

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

31 Dec
2026

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

21 Apr
2026

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 Mar
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

27 Mar
2017

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

10 awards
First funded
2020
Funded years
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Age at first award
3 years

Projects

2025 Legacy Department of Trade & Industry Lead participant

AMELE - Advanced Manufacturing of Electroformed Leading Edges

1 Nov 2025 to 31 Jul 2027

Awarded
£599,624
Total cost £856,606

AMELE (Advanced Manufacturing of Electroformed Leading Edges) is a novel and patentable electroforming process able to produce nickel erosion protection guards for composite aerofoils. The process is highly automated with each AMELE system able to produce up to 5000 leading edge guards per year. The process involves electrodepositing nickel from a solutio...

2025 Legacy Department of Trade & Industry Lead participant

MEFSVS - Multi-functional Electroformed Fuel System Vacuum Structure

1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2027

Awarded
£617,685
Total cost £882,407

The MEFSVS project is led by SME Ultima Forma in collaboration with leading tier 1 supplier GKN Aerospace. Liquid hydrogen has been identified in the FlyZero programme and ATI Technology roadmaps as the future fuel for zero-carbon aviation by 2050\. Hydrogen provides high energy density with minimal environmental impact on combustion and zero CO2 emission...

2024 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

LEEF - Leading Edge Electro-Forms

1 Sep 2024 to 28 Feb 2026

Awarded
£225,706
Total cost £322,436

Ultima Forma and Polar technologies expand the adoption of carbon fibre composite (CFRP) materials for aerospace applications through improvements in their ability to withstand the thermal and erosion requirements of the most demanding environmental conditions. The UK has outstanding expertise in composite materials, from academia, the National Composites...

2024 Collaborative R&D

Modular Energy Storage with Clean Hydrogen (MESCH)

1 May 2024 to 30 Apr 2026

Awarded
£148,130
Total cost £211,615

**MODULAR ENERGY STORAGE WITH CLEAN HYDROGEN (MESCH).** The MESCH project will develop and deploy a new category of battery and hydrogen production technology (a battolyser) within a modularised hybrid energy storage system. MESCH can be used for electricity supply, cooking, or to support education and employment. During our 2-year project, project partne...

2023 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Functionally graded material - Electroformed component robotic manufacturing

1 Oct 2023 to 30 Sep 2024

Awarded
£97,148
Total cost £160,178

In this project advanced robotics and automation are used to unlock an innovative manufacturing process. Ultima Forma has a patented technology using electro-deposition to manufacture metallic engineering components to net-shape, in a low energy, low waste process. The process allows microscopic layers of dissimilar metals to be deposited sequentially. Th...

2023 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

ECPS - Electroformed composite protection system

1 May 2023 to 30 Sep 2023

Awarded
£53,519
Total cost £76,456

The aim of ECPS is to determine feasibility of a process which will upgrade lightweight carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) products for extreme environments by adding an integral metal matrix composite (MMC) at the surface. The MMC surface will enable the lightweight CFRP part to withstand high particle erosion and high working temperature (target up ...

2022 BIS-Funded Programmes Lead participant

Electroformed Hydrogen Containment Tank - Pilot Line

1 Nov 2022 to 29 Feb 2024

Awarded
£341,804
Total cost £525,852

This project brings closer to market a key hydrogen barrier containment technology with funding the installation of an electroforming pilot line for the manufacture of thin, lightweight metallic liners for pressurised hydrogen storage vessels. These liners are then over wrapped with carbon fibre for structural integrity. The project builds on successes fr...

2022 Collaborative R&D

Hydrogen Barrier Coatings for Gas Network Assets

1 Mar 2022 to 30 Apr 2022

Awarded
£35,844
Total cost £35,844
2021 BIS-Funded Programmes Lead participant

HYSTOR - Composite Electroformed Hydrogen Tank

1 Apr 2021 to 30 Sep 2022

Awarded
£167,073
Total cost £238,676

The market for hydrogen powered vehicles now has greater emphasis due to its low carbon potential and is predicted to grow substantially by 2040\. The recent launch of advanced hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles from Toyota and Hyundai have showcased the potential of the technology and refuelling infrastructure is gradually being rolled out especially in...

2020 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Assessment of electroformed hydrogen tank liner

1 Oct 2020 to 31 Mar 2021

Awarded
£82,667
Total cost £118,095

The market for hydrogen powered vehicles now has greater emphasis due to its low carbon potential and is predicted to grow substantially by 2040\. The recent launch of advanced hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicles from Toyota and Hyundai have showcased the potential of the technology and refuelling infrastructure is gradually being rolled out especially in...

Product types

BIS-Funded Programmes Collaborative R&D Legacy Department of Trade & Industry