# Spherea Test & Services Ltd

## Details

- **Company number:** [04279438](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04279438)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 31 Aug 2001
- **Registered office:** BUILDING 400 AVIATION BUSINESS PARK, BOURNEMOUTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 6NW
- **Nature of business:** [27900](/sic/27900) Manufacture of other electrical equipment, [71200](/sic/71200) Technical testing and analysis
- **Corporate group:** [Rig (Number 2) Limited](/group/36668) (3 companies)


## Previous names

- Racal Instruments Group Limited (until 1 Mar 2006)
- Rig Limited (until 9 Apr 2003)
- Cassidian Test & Services Limited (until 31 Dec 2014)
- Eads Test & Services (UK) Limited (until 19 Nov 2010)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STROVER, Matthew John Christian | director | 17 Jul 2023 |  |
| GORRINGE, Christopher Charles | director | 7 Jul 2017 |  |
| BENNETT, Richard Ian | director | 6 Oct 2015 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spherea Ltd | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 6 Apr 2016 |  |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Turnover | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2025 | £3,739,846 | £809,023 | £692,008 | 32 |
| 31 Dec 2024 | £3,310,133 | - | £674,626 | 35 |
| 31 Dec 2023 | - | - | £230,989 | 33 |
| 31 Dec 2022 | - | - | £596,143 | 27 |
| 31 Dec 2021 | £2,280,826 | - | £484,105 | 23 |
| 31 Dec 2018 | £1,743,888 | - | £216,004 | 23 |
| 31 Dec 2017 | £2,082,791 | - | £338,687 | 23 |



## Owned by

Spherea Test & Services Ltd → [Spherea Ltd](/company/04302154) → [Rig (Number 2) Limited](/company/04301983)



## Controls

- [Spherea Technology Ltd](/company/04656204) (04656204)



## Directors' other companies

- [STROVER, Matthew John Christian](/person/7875270) - director at [Spherea Ltd](/company/04302154)



## Companies at the same address

- [Rig (Number 2) Limited](/company/04301983) (04301983)
- [Spherea Ltd](/company/04302154) (04302154)
- [Spherea Technology Ltd](/company/04656204) (04656204)