ARCHWAY TRADERS LIMITED
Company number 03237762 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Archway Traders Limited presents a financially robust but operationally modest position within the UK property development sector. Its exceptionally low gearing (4.4% liabilities-to-assets) and substantial cash reserves provide significant resilience against market volatility – a competitive advantage that most leveraged developers lack – but the static £842k stock position and minimal trading activity suggest the company may be in a holding pattern rather than actively pursuing development opportunities. The aggressive dividend extraction (£146k against £48k profit) indicates shareholder returns are prioritised over capital reinvestment, positioning this entity more as a mature property investment vehicle than a growth-oriented developer, which may limit its competitiveness for new site acquisitions against better-capitalised and more active competitors.
Shareholders' funds
£1,007,189
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1996-08-14
- Employees
- 1 (2024 accounts · was 0 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 58 Chelsham Road, London, SW4 6NP
- Postcode
- SW4 6NP
- Capital
- 1,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 5 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-14
- Next due by
- 2027-08-28
Nature of business (SIC)
- 41100 Development of building projects
Officers 1 current · 4 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA645775 (Tier 1), registered since 2020.
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Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 3RD FLOOR, 124-130 TABERNACLE STREET, LONDON, EC2A 4SD | 1997-03-03 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 1,551 similar companies in SW
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1996.
Competitors London
This company ranks 147 among development of building projects in London.
The class of 1996
47%
of the 877 companies in this sector incorporated in 1996 are still active today; 50% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 5 titles
- Freehold
- 4
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2012-04-11
- Price paid, where recorded
- £656,000
- Where
- Greater London (5)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LN202489 | Greater London | Freehold | 2012-04-11 | — |
| EGL337042 | Greater London | Freehold | 2007-08-29 | £577,500 |
| EGL283843 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2000-03-21 | £78,500 |
| AGL283416 | Greater London | Freehold | — | — |
| EGL283844 | Greater London | Freehold | — | — |
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