Leicester Circuits

What Leicester Circuits does

Leicester Circuits Ltd. is a UK-based printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer established in 1961, headquartered at Omni House, Sheene Road, Gorse Hill Industrial Estate, Leicester (LE4 1BF). The company is a private limited company with headcount in the 11–50 range. After approximately 25 years at an East Goscote site, the business relocated to a larger facility in the Beaumont Leys area of Leicester around 2011–2016, an early indicator of capacity investment.

The company's core offering spans PCB fabrication (including offshore brokerage from audited overseas manufacturers used for cost-sensitive volumes) and PCB assembly services covering surface mount technology (SMT), through-hole assembly, mixed-technology assembly, and box-build. Stated lead times are 5–7 working days for small-to-medium volumes and 10–15 days for larger volumes. Quality and compliance posture includes IPC Class 2 and Class 3 manufacturing, ISO 9001:2015 (recertified for the January 2025–December 2027 cycle), ISO 14001, UL approval, and REACH/RoHS/Conflict Minerals compliance — a stack oriented toward regulated end-markets.

The business operates a B2B direct sales model via phone, email, and web enquiry. Pricing is order-based with engineering NRE charges, populated boards quoted per square centimetre, and turnkey assembly packages. Disclosed customer segments are aerospace, military, oil & gas, motorsport, medical, fire & security, and leisure — a diversified regulated-sector mix typical of UK independent PCB shops serving long-tail industrial demand.

Name

Leicester Circuits

Legal name

Leicester Circuits Ltd.

Website

https://leicestercircuits.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Leicester Circuits Ltd. is a UK PCB manufacturer (founded 1961) serving aerospace, military, oil & gas, medical, and industrial customers with PCB fabrication, offshore brokerage, and SMT/through-hole assembly from its Leicester facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

PCB Manufacturing

NAICS

Bare Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing (334412), Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing (334418)

SIC

Printed Circuit Boards (3672), Electronic Components, Nec (3679)

akta.pro primary industry

PCB Fabrication (Rigid PCBs) (HDAHAOAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

PCB Assembly (PCBA/EMS) (HDAHAOAI), PCB Fabrication (Flex & Rigid-Flex PCBs) (HDAHAOAH), Printed Electronics & Advanced Substrates (HDI, IC Substrates, Embedded Components) (HDAHAOAK)

Keywords

• PCB manufacturing
• PCB assembly
• Circuit board fabrication
• Box-build assembly
• Offshore PCB sourcing

Headquarters

HQ city

Leicester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. PCB Manufacturing: Custom PCB manufacturing services from one-off prototypes to full production volumes. Services include single-sided boards, plated through-hole technology, multi-layered boards, and metal-backed PCBs.
2. PCB Assembly: Precision PCB assembly services including surface mount technology (SMT), component placement, and box-build assembly services. Customers may supply free-issue kits or request component sourcing.
3. Offshore Brokerage: Supply of high-quality PCBs from trusted, fully audited offshore manufacturing facilities alongside UK production capabilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Leicester Circuits designs, manufactures, and imports printed circuit boards (PCBs) ranging from single-sided boards to 24-layer multi-layered boards, including FR4, polyimide, flexible, metal cored, and metal backed variants. The company also provides precision PCB assembly services using surface mount technology (SMT) and offers turnkey box-build assembly incorporating wiring, cabling, and enclosures for finished products.

Product overview

Leicester Circuits is a PCB manufacturer offering two core product lines: PCB Manufacturing (producing printed circuit boards from single-sided through to 24-layer multilayer boards including metal-backed and flexible PCBs) and PCB Assembly (precision SMT assembly services with box-build turnkey solutions). The company has over 60 years of experience serving aerospace, military, oil & gas, motorsport, and medical sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PCB Manufacturing Custom printed circuit board manufacturing from one-off prototypes to full production volumes, ranging from basic single-sided boards through plated through-hole technology to multi-layered boards up to 24 layers, including FR4, polyimide, flexible, metal cored, and metal backed materials. Designed for sectors including fire & security, medical, military, and leisure, with offshore brokerage supply from audited manufacturing facilities.
• PCB Assembly

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Custom Interconnect Ltd: UK-based contract electronics manufacturer offering PCB assembly, box-build, and cable harness assembly to aerospace, defence, medical, and industrial customers — directly comparable to Leicester's PCBA and box-build offering.
• Trackwise Designs: UK-based manufacturer of printed circuit boards with specialization in flex and rigid-flex and multilayer boards, serving aerospace, medical, and industrial customers — a direct fit with Leicester Circuits' UK PCB fabrication model.
• Graphic PLC: Long-established UK PCB manufacturer offering prototype through production volumes with offshore sourcing options, serving similar industrial verticals (aerospace, defence, medical) as Leicester Circuits.
• Eurocircuits: European PCB manufacturer (Hungary/Belgium) focused on prototype and small-batch PCB fabrication and assembly with online quoting — overlaps with Leicester's prototype-to-volume proposition and European customer base.
• NCAB Group: Sweden-headquartered PCB sourcing specialist that brokers production across audited factories globally — directly comparable to Leicester Circuits' offshore brokerage revenue stream and similar customer verticals.
• Beta LAYOUT: German PCB prototype and small-series manufacturer with assembly services — comparable in serving European design engineers needing quick-turn, low-to-medium volume PCBs.

Broad incumbents

• AT&S (Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik): Austrian Tier 1 PCB and IC substrate manufacturer focused on HDI, substrate-like PCBs, and high-end modules for automotive and industrial — broader incumbent in the same substrate category.
• TTM Technologies: Large US-headquartered PCB fabricator serving aerospace/defence, automotive, medical and industrial — the global incumbent counterpart for the regulated verticals Leicester Circuits targets.
• Würth Elektronik (Circuit Board division): Large German electronics group with a PCB and EMS division offering fabrication, assembly and components — overlaps with Leicester but at materially larger scale and broader portfolio.

Others

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Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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