ARCHWAY TRADERS LIMITED

Company number 03237762 ·

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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.

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Shareholders' funds

£1,007,189

Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31

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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
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 41100 Development of building projects

Officers 1 current · 4 resigned

Appointed 1997-02-24

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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

AddressChanged on
3RD FLOOR, 124-130 TABERNACLE STREET, LONDON, EC2A 4SD1997-03-03

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.

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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.

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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 numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice 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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