Weapons & ammunition
UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.
Company snapshot
What this shows: the size and current activity of this classification, plus recent formations, company age, revenue coverage, and trade participation.
All companies
150
Active companies
106
Formed in latest 12 months
15
Median active-company age
8.7 years
Revenue known
4
Importers
27
Exporters
25
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 150 |
| Active companies | 106 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 15 |
| Importers | 27 |
| Exporters | 25 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 4 known, 102 unknown (3.8%).
Company formations
What this shows: monthly incorporations and dissolutions from 1 January 2024, including companies of every current status.
Latest ten months shown in the chart
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026-02 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-04 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-05 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-06 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-07 | 2 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026-09 | 1 | 2 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-09.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values. Companies House Active records with dormant accounts are shown as Dormant; the remaining Companies House Active records are shown as Active. Blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 88 |
| Dissolved | 43 |
| Dormant | 18 |
| Liquidation | 1 |
Active companies by UK region
What this shows: active companies with a known ITL2 region. The UK map falls back to a bar chart if map data cannot be loaded.
Top values shown in the chart
| ITL2 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| Inner London - West | 10 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 8 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | 7 |
| West Midlands | 6 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 5 |
| North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | 5 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 5 |
| Greater Manchester | 4 |
| Kent | 4 |
| East Central Scotland | 3 |
Geography coverage: 106 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
Top values shown in the chart
| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 45 |
| 1m-15m | 11 |
| 15m-54m | 5 |
| 54m+ | 5 |
Revenue-range coverage: 66 known, 40 unknown (62.3%).
Company size and employees
What this shows: active companies by published size category and by reported employee count.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 16 |
| Small | 35 |
| Medium | 4 |
| Large | 5 |
| Holding | 2 |
| Dormant | 18 |
Company-size coverage: 80 known, 26 unknown (75.5%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 17 |
| 1–9 | 32 |
| 10–49 | 5 |
| 50–249 | 2 |
Employee coverage: 56 known, 50 unknown (52.8%).
Active-company age
What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.
Top values shown in the chart
| Age band | Companies |
|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 15 |
| 1–3 years | 14 |
| 3–5 years | 9 |
| 5–10 years | 18 |
| 10–20 years | 14 |
| 20+ years | 36 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 106 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
Classification breakdown
What this shows: active companies across the next taxonomy level; direct assignments are labelled separately. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| 25400 | 106 |
International trade
What this shows: active-company participation in imports and exports, followed by the ten HS2 categories involving the most distinct companies.
Top values shown in the chart
| Trade participation | Companies |
|---|---|
| Importer only | 6 |
| Exporter only | 4 |
| Both | 21 |
| Neither | 75 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 23 | £1,371,488,861 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 93 — Weapons and Ammunition | 18 | £41,180,742 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 17 | £5,606,210,116 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 13 | £4,555,191,064 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 11 | £907,093,515 | 2016-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 10 | £292,484,637 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 9 | £117,938,367 | 2016-07-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 8 | £153,613,209 | 2019-09-01 – 2025-05-01 |
| 42 — Leather goods, travel bags, and animal harnesses | 7 | £169,845,161 | 2016-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 7 | £843,025,411 | 2019-06-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 93 — Weapons and Ammunition | 17 | £29,139,557 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 12 | £998,091,937 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 10 | £1,199,368,444 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 7 | £322,288,342 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 82 — Basic metal tools and utensils | 7 | £29,534,236 | 2017-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 7 | £1,277,375,688 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 6 | £2,278,572 | 2018-12-01 – 2025-07-01 |
| 76 — Aluminum and aluminum products | 5 | £162,162,424 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 5 | £54,926,428 | 2018-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 5 | £138,404,397 | 2020-07-01 – 2026-04-01 |
Business and digital traits
What this shows: active companies identified with selected ownership, business-model, and online-presence traits.
Values shown in the chart with data coverage
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 7 | 83 | 23 | 78.3% |
| Holding company | 0 | 83 | 23 | 78.3% |
| Solo founder | 45 | 83 | 23 | 78.3% |
| Ecommerce | 6 | 19 | 87 | 17.9% |
| Website | 22 | 24 | 82 | 22.6% |
| 17 | 24 | 82 | 22.6% |
Leading active companies
What this shows: the ten active companies with the highest non-missing revenue, with company number used as the deterministic tie-breaker.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Utm Limited | £37,642,078 |
| Hull Cartridge Company Limited | £22,404,054 |
| Gamebore Cartridge Co. Limited | £21,733,742 |
| Eley Limited | £17,699,722 |
Revenue coverage: 4 known, 102 unknown (3.8%).
Related classifications
What this shows: sibling classifications ranked by distinct active companies, excluding the current node. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Other products n.e.c. | 9,164 |
| Metal structures | 5,194 |
| Machined products | 3,086 |
| Metal doors & windows | 1,806 |
| Treated & coated products | 1,298 |
| Tools | 1,003 |
| Tubes, pipes, hollow profiles, fittings | 790 |
| Iron, steel, ferro-alloys | 779 |
| Forged, pressed, stamped products | 495 |
| Locks and hinges | 363 |
| Fasteners | 357 |
| Precious metals | 343 |
| Wire products, chain & spring | 343 |
| Chrome, manganese, nickel & their wire | 312 |
| Tanks & reservoirs | 278 |
| Central heating radiators and boilers | 228 |
| Aluminium products | 227 |
| Non-ferrous castings | 223 |
| Steel castings | 192 |
| Light metal castings | 167 |
| Other | 864 |
SIC classification
SIC 25400 — Manufacture of weapons and ammunition
Includes
manufacture of heavy weapons (artillery, mobile guns, rocket launchers, torpedo tubes, heavy machine guns), manufacture of small arms (revolvers, shotguns, light machine guns), manufacture of air or gas guns and pistols, manufacture of war ammunition, manufacture of hunting, sporting or protective firearms and ammunition, manufacture of explosive devices such as bombs, mines and torpedoes
Excludes
manufacture of percussion caps, detonators or signalling flares, see ##20.51, manufacture of cutlasses, swords, bayonets etc., see ##25.71, manufacture of armoured vehicles for the transport of banknotes or valuables, see ##29.10, manufacture of space vehicles, see ##30.30, manufacture of tanks and other fighting vehicles, see ##30.40, manufacture of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), see ##30.30