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Datum Tool Design Ltd

UK company NI033661, incorporated on 19 February 1998.

Datum Design: aerospace / automotive tool engineering

Datum Tool Design Ltd is a UK company with status Active founded in 1998 based in Northern Ireland.

Company number
NI033661
Incorporated
19 Feb 1998
Companies House status
Active

Company identity

Founded / incorporated
19 February 1998

Company number NI033661

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Legal name
DATUM TOOL DESIGN LTD
Company type
Private Limited Company
Region
Northern Ireland
Registered address
UNIT 1 FACTORY 1 MCGRATHS BUILDINGS
LISSUE WALK, LISSUE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
LISBURN
CO ANTRIM
NORTHERN IRELAND
BT28 2SU
Insolvency history
No

Corporate ownership

Updated 07 Jul 2026 09:49

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Company Active LTD
Datum Tool Design Ltd
CRN NI033661
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Direct and ultimate controller Active LTD

Latest accounts

Financial period: 1 Apr 2023 to 31 Mar 2024

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Turnover
Unknown
Profit / Loss
Unknown
Employees
67

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

7 events
11 Feb
2027

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

31 Dec
2026

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

19 Aug
2026

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Officers

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19 Aug
2026

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Officers

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28 Jan
2026

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

31 Mar
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

19 Feb
1998

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

6 awards
First funded
2014
Funded years
2014, 2018, 2020, 2024, 2025
Age at first award
16 years

Projects

2025 Legacy Department of Trade & Industry Lead participant

LATCAP3

1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2028

Awarded
£2,911,810
Total cost £5,823,621

LATCAP3 is an ambitious project aimed at establishing a regional 22 meter simultaneous 5-axis CNC Tooling facility, providing the UK with unique capability and capacity to deliver and support innovation in tooling for large composite structures. In pursuit of the net-zero 2050 goal, the UK aims secure global leadership in the design and manufacture of the...

2024 BEIS-Funded Programmes

IVI (Isothermal Variable-volume Infusion)

1 Jul 2024 to 30 Jun 2028

Awarded
£247,800
Total cost £354,000

The project will research a novel Isothermal Variable-volume (IVI) resin infusion technique to produce single shot, ultra-light weight, damage tolerant, multi-spar wing type torque boxes, at very high build rates. Enhanced composite material properties, automated preforming and innovative design methods will be investigated. A demonstrated automated manuf...

2020 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

Opticomp-continuation

1 Jun 2020 to 31 Mar 2021

Awarded
£47,130
Total cost £47,130

no public description

2018 BIS-Funded Programmes

OptiComp (Wing Project)

1 Oct 2018 to 30 Sep 2023

Awarded
£114,716
Total cost £191,194

Optimised Composite Wings and Aerostructures (OptiComp) is a four year, ATI grant funded R&D project, scheduled to commence in July 2018. It is led by Bombardier, and includes participation and investment by the following consortium partners: Datum Tool Design Ltd, Loop Technology Ltd and Maher Ltd. The aim is to help ensure that Bombardier Belfast, and U...

2018 BIS-Funded Programmes

FANTASTIC (Nacelle Project)

1 Oct 2018 to 30 Sep 2023

Awarded
£84,070
Total cost £140,116

Future Advance Nacelle Technologies And Structural Integration Concepts (FANTASTIC) is a five year, ATI grant funded R&D project, which commenced on 01 October 2018. It is led by Short Brothers PLC (t/a Spirit AeroSystems Belfast, formerly t/a Bombardier Aerospace Belfast), and includes participation and investment by the following consortium partners: Da...

2014 BIS-Funded Programmes

Factory of the Future for Aircraft Wing Manufacture and Assembly

1 Apr 2014 to 30 Jun 2017

Awarded
£121,726
Total cost £202,876

This is a two year programme of work that is aligned to the ATI strategy to Protect, Exploit and Position UK key Aerostructures companies that brings together a consortium of Prime and leading supply chain companies within the civil aerospace sector with the following aim: “To maintain and strengthen UK Aerostructures manufacturing capability for conventi...

Product types

BEIS-Funded Programmes BIS-Funded Programmes Feasibility Studies Legacy Department of Trade & Industry