ABRA WHOLESALES LTD
Company number 04676700 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
ABRA Wholesales operated as a mid-tier UK wholesale distributor across food/beverage and pharmaceutical channels, generating approximately £45.7m revenue in its final reported year. While management demonstrated commercial acuity through a strategic pivot toward higher-margin products that improved gross profit despite a 4.7% revenue decline, the company's competitive position was structurally challenging — lacking the scale advantages of sector leaders while facing increasing working capital pressure evidenced by a 47% decline in cash reserves. The company's ultimate dissolution reflects the broader consolidation pressures facing mid-tier wholesalers in an increasingly polarised market where scale, working capital efficiency, and supply chain resilience are prerequisites for sustainable operation.
Shareholders' funds
£2,291,758
Balance sheet as at 2022-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2003-02-24
- Dissolved
- 2026-08-11
- Registered office
- Floor 2 110 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6EU
- Postcode
- EC4N 6EU
- Capital
- 500,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2023-03-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2023-02-24
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46390 Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
- 46460 Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods
Officers 3 current · 5 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
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ABRA EXPORT UK LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- abrawholesales.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ABRA WHOLESALE LIMITED | 2004-04-29 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 9P KYNOCH ROAD, ELEY ESTATE, EDMONTON, LONDON, N18 3BD | 2011-09-12 |
| UNIT 9P KYNOCH ROAD, ELEY ESTATE, EDMONTON, LONDON N18 3BH | 2006-03-27 |
| 238 HIGH RD, LONDON, N22 4HH | 2005-04-08 |
The class of 2003
38%
of the 163,090 companies incorporated in 2003 are still active today; 59% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2012-05-02
- Where
- Greater London
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGL255330 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2012-05-02 | — |
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