# Powair Automation Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [00457017](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00457017)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 30 Jun 1948
- **Registered office:** POWAIR, NEST ROAD, FELLING INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, GATESHEAD, NE10 0ES
- **Nature of business:** [28220](/sic/28220) Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment
- **Corporate group:** [The Automation Group Limited](/group/16343) (2 companies)


## Previous names

- Lerche Engineering Limited (until 21 Jun 1990)
- Lerche Machine Tools Limited (until 8 Aug 1983)




## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Christopher Smith | significant-influence-or-control | 30 Sep 2016 | 25 Mar 2026 |
| The Automation Group Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 6 Apr 2016 |  |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2024 | £75,612 | - | 0 |
| 31 Dec 2023 | £76,777 | £2,807 | 0 |
| 31 Dec 2021 | £79,474 | £34,379 | 5 |
| 31 Dec 2020 | £62,708 | £40,305 | 5 |
| 31 Dec 2019 | £71,579 | £31,895 | 5 |



## Owned by

Powair Automation Limited → [The Automation Group Limited](/company/03827271)