Humber Bank Instruments

What Humber Bank Instruments does

Humber Bank Instruments (HBI) is a UK-based electrical, control, and instrumentation (EC&I) engineering services firm headquartered in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, operating across two divisions: HBI Field Services and HBI Functional Safety & Engineering. Founded in 2017 by Liam Blades and Ashley Greenbeck, the company delivers installation, calibration, commissioning, maintenance, hazardous-area inspection, and project management services for industrial sites, alongside functional safety lifecycle work including HAZOP/LOPA studies, SIS design, SIL determination, and IEC 61508/61511 compliance. Service delivery is on-site at client facilities across the United Kingdom, including work on COMAH-regulated hazardous-area environments for chemical, petrochemical, oil and gas, energy-from-waste, pharmaceutical, and power generation clients such as Mitsubishi Chemicals, EP SHB, INEOS Acetlys, and a Yorkshire Energy from Waste plant.

The firm's underlying technology centres on integration across DCS, PLC, SCADA, HMI, and Safety Instrumented Systems, with UKAS-traceable calibration of pressure, temperature, flow, level, and analytical instruments, supported by proprietary installation procedures and a codified functional safety methodology. Accreditations are central to the operating model: NAPIT, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 9001, CompEX, UVDB Achilles Silver Plus, ISN Networld RAVS Plus, and Alcumus Safe Contractor collectively function as gating credentials for preferred-supplier status on regulated industrial sites. The company operates from a Grimsby head office and a Saltend Chemical Park site office established in 2024, and was rebranded as HBI Group in 2025 with a new UK hub at 64 King Edward Street, Grimsby.

Revenue is generated entirely through professional services engagements: project-based contracts for shutdowns, turnarounds, and discrete scopes of work, alongside multi-year inspection and maintenance programmes such as a three-year ATEX inspection contract covering 11,000 inspections. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is delivered through quote-based bids for custom EC&I scopes. Customer acquisition is direct, enterprise field sales with no resellers or distributors, and the company markets primarily through its website, case studies, and LinkedIn presence. The firm is privately held by its co-founders and a 2024-joined shareholder-director, with no external equity funding disclosed.

Name

Humber Bank Instruments

Legal name

Humber Bank Instruments

Website

https://humberbankinstruments.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Humber Bank Instruments is a UK-based EC&I engineering services firm delivering installation, calibration, commissioning, maintenance, hazardous-area inspection, and IEC 61508/61511 functional safety services to enterprise industrial clients in chemicals, oil and gas, energy from waste, and power generation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Engineering Services

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (54138), Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance (811210)

SIC

Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Oil & Gas Field Machinery & Equipment (3533)

akta.pro primary industry

Reliability, Safety & Risk Engineering (RAMS/PSM) Consulting (BPAHAIAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Process Safety & Major Hazard Risk Management (PSM) (BPAHAJAE), Oil & Gas Midstream & Pipeline O&M (Pipelines, Compressor Stations) (EUAEAGAF), Building Automation & Controls (BAS/BMS) Contracting (IMAFALAE)

Keywords

• Instrumentation engineering services
• Functional safety services
• Hazardous area inspection
• Industrial calibration services
• Control systems installation

Headquarters

HQ city

Grimsby

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. EC&I Field Services: Core revenue stream from electrical, instrumentation, and control systems installation, maintenance, calibration, and commissioning services for industrial clients. Services are delivered by qualified technicians deployed on-site, with project-based pricing for shutdowns, turnarounds, and maintenance contracts.
2. Functional Safety & Engineering Consulting: Specialized engineering consulting services including HAZOP/LOPA studies, safety requirement specifications, SIF design, functional safety assessments, and compliance services. Delivered by qualified engineers and technical specialists.
3. Hazardous Area Installation and Inspection: Specialized installation and inspection services for classified hazardous areas complying with DSEAR and ATEX directives. Includes equipment selection, ATEX database development, and ongoing inspection contracts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Humber Bank Instruments (HBI) provides electrical, control, and instrumentation (EC&I) engineering services for industrial clients in hazardous and COMAH environments, operating through two divisions: HBI Field Services for installation, calibration, maintenance, commissioning, hazardous area inspection, and project management; and HBI Functional Safety & Engineering for SIS design, HAZOP/LOPA studies, GAP analysis, functional safety assessments, and compliance with IEC 61508, IEC 61511, ATEX, and DSEAR. Services are delivered by qualified technicians deployed directly on client sites across the UK.

Product overview

Humber Bank Instruments (HBI) is an engineering services company operating as a two-division structure: HBI Field Services and HBI Functional Safety & Engineering. HBI Field Services provides turnkey electrical, control, and instrumentation (EC&I) solutions including installation, calibration, maintenance, commissioning, and project management. HBI Functional Safety & Engineering offers specialized functional safety lifecycle services including hazard analysis (HAZOP/LOPA), SIS design, GAP analysis, and functional safety compliance. The two divisions work together to deliver integrated safety-critical engineering solutions for industrial applications across multiple sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HBI Field Services: Division responsible for all field-based operations including electrical and instrumentation installations, hazardous area installations, inspections, calibration, maintenance, and commissioning.
• HBI Functional Safety & Engineering

Products and services

• HBI Field Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Zero lost time incidents (LTI) achieved during Mitsubishi Chemicals six-week shutdown project
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• General ElectricminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHBI collaborated with General Electric during 2018 gas turbine outages for EP SHB client, providing specialized expertise for maintenance and repair of critical turbine systems.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ABB: Global industrial automation and instrumentation supplier with adjacent service offerings (control systems integration, instrumentation lifecycle services, functional safety). HBI installs and commissions ABB-class DCS/PLC/SCADA systems, making ABB a partial customer, technology supplier, and adjacent service competitor.
• SGS: World-leading TIC company with industrial inspection, calibration, and functional safety service lines serving the same COMAH-type chemical, O&G, and energy-from-waste clients; comparable in offering breadth but operating globally with much larger headcount.
• Wood Group: UK-headquartered engineering and operations services firm with deep EC&I and functional safety practices serving UK and European oil & gas, chemicals, and power clients. Overlaps with HBI in instrument support, SIS design, and TAR/shutdown delivery, though at much larger scale and broader geographies.
• Bilfinger UK: European industrial services provider with strong UK presence delivering EC&I maintenance, commissioning, shutdown support, and instrument services to chemical, O&G, and power clients — directly comparable to HBI Field Services at a much larger scale.
• Emerson (Process Automation): Major process automation and instrumentation vendor (DeltaV DCS), with services arms for SIS lifecycle, calibration, and instrument support. HBI's Emerson DeltaV integration experience and SIS work make Emerson a technology supplier and overlapping service provider.
• Siemens (Process Automation): Global automation and digital industries vendor with functional safety, process instrumentation, and lifecycle services businesses. Provides the technology and complementary services ecosystems around HBI's control system installation and instrumentation work.
• RPS Group (Tetra Tech): UK-rooted (now part of Tetra Tech) environmental, safety, and engineering consultancy with HAZOP/LOPA, PSM, functional safety, and asset integrity practices serving UK industrial clients — directly comparable to HBI's Functional Safety & Engineering division.
• Bureau Veritas: Global testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) giant with industrial asset services including ATEX/Ex inspection, IECEx functional safety assessment, and instrumentation calibration — directly comparable across HBI's calibration, hazardous area inspection, and functional safety lines, but operating at far broader scale.
• TÜV Rheinland: International testing/certification body and the original issuer of the FS Eng (TÜV Rheinland) functional safety engineer qualification held by HBI's technical director. Overlaps heavily in functional safety assessment, IEC 61508/61511, and hazardous area certification for industrial operators.

Direct peers

• Mistras Group: US-listed industrial inspection and field services provider offering ATEX inspection, instrument calibration, SIS proof testing, and on-site EC&I support to oil & gas, petrochem, and power clients — a closely comparable operational profile and customer set to HBI's field services and hazardous area work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/HBInstrumentsUK
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/humber-bank-instruments
• Instagraminstagram.com/hbinstrumentsuk

Compliance9 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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