Rapid Electronics
Sourcing and distributing electronic parts and workshop materials with ease
Rapid Electronics drops electronic elements, test kit arrays, hand tools, education science kits, and connector blocks directly to tech institutions and manufacturing firms.
- Type
- distributor (our classification of the record, not a statement by the company)
- Role
- Distributor
- Location
- Colchester, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1979
- Website
- rapidonline.com
- Categories
- Consumer Electronics, Electrical & Power Equipment, Office Supplies & Equipment
- Markets
- United Kingdom, Ireland
What is established and what is not
No facet of this company has been investigated yet. The facts below are collected records, not an assessment: nothing here confirms manufacturing, ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.
Verified facts
- debarment-clear (green), checked 2026-09-03 OpenSanctions
- sanctions-clear (green), checked 2026-09-03 OpenSanctions
- ch-active (green), checked 2026-09-03 Companies House
- directors-on-file (green), checked 2026-09-03 Companies House
- domain-registered (green), checked 2026-09-03 Domain registry record
- corporate-mail-on-domain (green), checked 2026-09-03 Mail server of the company domain
- officer-appointed (green), checked 2026-09-03 Companies House (officers)
- leadership-on-record (green), checked 2026-09-03 Companies House (officers)
- ownership-on-record (green), checked 2026-09-03 Companies House (PSC)
- annual-accounts-filed (green), checked 2026-09-03 Companies House (accounts)
- registry-active-global (green), checked 2026-09-07 Environment Agency public registers (England)
- certificate-page-on-site (amber), checked 2026-09-03 Company's own certification page
- registered-since (green), effective since 1980-07-28 Companies House free company data product (UK)
- registered-trade-role (green), effective since 2026-08-01 Companies House free company data product (UK)
Claimed certifications, not confirmed by us
- ISO 9001, Quality Management IAF CertSearch
Import rules for these goods
- Electronics for the EU need CE marking incl. RoHS substance limits, and producers must register for WEEE take-back in each member state of sale. European Commission (CE)
- Electronics for the US market need FCC equipment authorization under 47 CFR Part 15, which covers unintentional radiators such as switch-mode power supplies, not only radio devices. US FCC (Part 15)