MATtest Laboratories
Materials Testing Group LabsDerby
The MATtest website publishes a construction materials laboratory at Unit 5, Draycott Mills, Off Market Street, Draycott, Derby, DE72 3NB. Companies House identifies its published company number 07689065 as Materials Testing Group Labs, previously MATTEST LABORATORIES LIMITED from 30 June 2011 to 26 November 2025. Direct UKAS schedule 7806, issue 022 dated 24 April 2026, names the current operator and assigns Derby laboratory activities to A and off-site sampling/testing to X. The website enquiry number is 03333 20 25 21. Confirm the current scope and testing arrangements directly.
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Key facts
- Derby laboratory and enquiry route
- The current website publishes Unit 5, Draycott Mills, Off Market Street, Draycott, Derby, DE72 3NB and 03333 20 25 21. The dated UKAS 7806 schedule identifies the same Derby laboratory and gives Mr C Oxley, c.oxley@mattestmidlands.co.uk, as its local contact.
- Website name and legal operator
- The website uses MATtest Laboratories Ltd and publishes company number 07689065. Companies House lists that number as Materials Testing Group Labs, with MATTEST LABORATORIES LIMITED as the previous name from 30 June 2011 to 26 November 2025. The April 2026 UKAS schedule uses the current legal name.
- Dated laboratory scope
- Direct UKAS schedule 7806 is issue 022 dated 24 April 2026, four pages, under ISO/IEC 17025:2017. A identifies Derby laboratory activities and X identifies off-site sampling and testing. A includes aggregate, bituminous mixture, concrete and soil methods, with further pavement-core and hydraulically bound material rows. Live register status and later scope changes were not independently established.
Testing capabilities
Aggregate laboratory testing
The dated A scope lists particle-size distribution by sieving to BS EN 933-1:2012 and water content to BS EN 1097-5:2008. Aggregate sampling is coded X. The broader website offer is narrowed here to those Derby laboratory rows.
Bituminous mixtures and pavement cores
A-coded bituminous rows cover particle-size distribution, volumetric maximum density, dry/SSD/sealed-specimen bulk density, air voids and sample preparation. The scope also lists vibratory laboratory compaction, bituminous pavement thickness and road-pavement core logging to DMRB CS 229, Revision 0, March 2020. Both conventional and percentage refusal-density rows cite BS EN 12697-9:2002 marked withdrawn. Site temperature, sampling and surface measurements are allocated separately to X.
Concrete laboratory testing
A-coded entries include making cubic strength specimens, cube compressive strength with curing, shape and dimensions, flexural strength, tensile strength and density. The scope also assigns concrete-pavement thickness from cores to A. Fresh-concrete sampling and slump are X-coded site activities.
Soil water and moisture content
The Derby A rows list geotechnical soil water content to BS EN ISO 17892-1:2014+A1:2022 and moisture content by oven drying to BS 1377-2:1990. Dynamic cone penetrometer testing and calculation of nominal CBR from DCP are X-coded. Other laboratory soil methods are not inferred from the website’s general soil-testing wording.
Hydraulically bound and stabilised materials
The dated scope assigns compressive strength of specimens to BS EN 13286-41:2021 at A. Sampling, nuclear-gauge compliance density and manufacture of cubic specimens by vibrating hammer are separate X-coded activities. This allocation does not make the vibrating-hammer specimen-manufacturing method a Derby laboratory activity.
Equipment and published limits
| Specification | Published value | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| Bituminous laboratory compaction | Vibratory compaction | The dated A method is BS EN 12697-32:2019. Separate conventional/percentage refusal-density methods cite BS EN 12697-9:2002 marked withdrawn. These references do not establish a machine model, specimen envelope or present capacity. |
| Bituminous bulk-density variants | Dry, saturated surface dry (SSD) and sealed specimen | These are separate procedures listed under BS EN 12697-6:2020 at A. They are method variants, not combined conditioning requirements for every test. |
| Concrete cubic specimens | Making, curing and cube compressive-strength testing | The A rows use BS EN 12390-2:2019 and BS EN 12390-3:2019, with shape/dimensions to BS EN 12390-1:2021. Specimen dimensions, load range and equipment ratings are not published in the reviewed schedule. |
Access and contact
The current website publishes 03333 20 25 21 and asks readers to contact MATtest for assistance and a quotation. The dated schedule lists Mr C Oxley and c.oxley@mattestmidlands.co.uk as the Derby laboratory local contact. Confirm that email route, the required material, method, testing location, applicable current scope, sample quantities and lead time before arranging tests.
Facility contact
- Address
- Unit 5, Draycott Mills, Off Market Street, Draycott
Derby, DE72 3NB - Telephone
- 03333 20 25 21
- Website
- Official test house website
Standards and accreditation
- UKAS 7806, dated Derby scope
- The directly retrieved schedule names Materials Testing Group Labs, number 7806, issue 022 dated 24 April 2026, accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 for its listed scope. Derby laboratory A and off-site X are distinct. The website’s BS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017 statement does not extend accreditation to every advertised service. Live register status was not independently established.
- Method references and withdrawn editions
- Aggregate, bituminous, concrete, soil and hydraulically bound material references apply to their individual dated rows and location codes. The schedule marks BS EN 12697-9:2002 refusal-density references withdrawn and BS 598-105:2000 sand-patch texture depth withdrawn. The latter is X-coded. Confirm the intended method and required edition directly.
What to confirm with the facility
- The reviewed official scope is dated 24 April 2026. It does not independently establish live register status or later changes. Confirm the applicable current schedule before specifying accredited testing.
- A is the Derby laboratory and X is off-site sampling/testing. Aggregate sampling, fresh-concrete sampling/slump, DCP and nominal CBR calculation, and hydraulically bound material sampling/nuclear density/vibrating-hammer cube manufacture are X. Broader site services are not transferred to the laboratory.
- The website names MATtest Laboratories Ltd and separately describes MATtest Midlands Ltd site services. Company number 07689065 links the laboratory’s previous and current legal names. Companies House registered-office information does not replace the published Derby laboratory address, and company status does not establish test accreditation.
- Refusal-density and sand-patch references are marked withdrawn in the dated scope. Published compaction and density variants are method descriptors, not general facility capacity or specimen limits. Confirm method suitability and edition.
- Confirm sample preparation, conditioning, test method, uncertainty, reporting, availability, price and turnaround with the laboratory.
Before requesting a test
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Frequently asked questions
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Further reading
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Sources and review
Arc retrieved the MATtest pages, direct UKAS 7806 schedule and company 07689065 record on 1 October 2026 in Europe/London. The company record resolves the previous MATtest Laboratories name and current Materials Testing Group Labs operator. All four schedule pages were extracted and visually checked for Derby A versus off-site X and method conditions. Issue 022 is dated 24 April 2026. The guide retains that dated scope and its withdrawn references without independently establishing live register status or transferring other operators’ services.
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MATtest Laboratories Ltd – Specialists in Material Testing Services
The homepage publishes laboratory testing, quotation assistance, the Derby address and laboratory company number 07689065. It separately describes MATtest Midlands Ltd site services. The wider service list is narrowed using Derby A rows.
About Us – MATtest Laboratories Ltd
The page assigns laboratory testing to MATtest Laboratories Ltd and site testing to MATtest Midlands Ltd. These descriptions remain separate from the specific location allocation in UKAS 7806.
Contact – MATtest Laboratories Ltd
The current page publishes Unit 5 at Draycott Mills, Off Market Street, Draycott, Derby, DE72 3NB and 03333 20 25 21. The laboratory email used here is specifically the local contact in the dated UKAS schedule.
Downloads – MATtest Laboratories Ltd
The page lists UKAS schedule documents. The dated Derby laboratory allocation in this guide comes from the direct official UKAS 7806 download.
Materials Testing Group Labs | Company 07689065
Company 07689065 is Materials Testing Group Labs. The record lists MATTEST LABORATORIES LIMITED as its previous name from 30 June 2011 to 26 November 2025. This resolves the website/schedule naming difference. Registered office and company status are not used as laboratory-location or accreditation evidence.
UKAS 7806 | Issue 022, 24 April 2026
The four-page schedule names Materials Testing Group Labs at the Derby laboratory, with local contact Mr C Oxley. A laboratory and X site allocations, individual methods and withdrawn references are retained as dated published scope. Live register status was not independently established.