ASTON & FINCHER LIMITED

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Shareholders' funds

£15,649,969

Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of wholesale trade.

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1970-01-26
Employees
300 (2024 accounts · was 303 in 2023)
Registered office
Pavilion Drive, Off Holford Drive, Birmingham, West Midlands, B6 7BB
Postcode
B6 7BB
Capital
712,492 GBP
Accounts category
Full
Charges
3 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2024-12-31
Next due by
2026-09-28
Financial year end
28 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-06-29
Next due by
2027-07-13
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade

Officers 4 current · 9 resigned

Appointed 2021-04-21
Appointed 2003-10-20
Appointed 1999-06-03
Appointed 1999-06-03

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Group structure 8 subsidiaries

Controlled by FINCHER HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-06-30

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Modern slavery statement

Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2026-04-05) — 6 years on the registry.

Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Gender pay gap

10%

Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity

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Contact details

Website
http://www.astonandfincher.co.uk

Previous registered addresses 1

AddressChanged on
8 HOLYHEAD ROAD,, HANDSWORTH,, BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS B21 0LT2005-07-10

Among its peers

Top 1%

by shareholders' funds, of 677 similar companies in B

2nd largest employer among its local peers (300 staff).

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1970.

No.5 of the largest non-specialised wholesale trade companies in Birmingham →

Competitors Birmingham

This company ranks 5 among non-specialised wholesale trade in Birmingham.

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The class of 1970

54%

of the 3,725 companies incorporated in 1970 are still active today; 40% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

Property in England & Wales 29 titles

Leasehold
29
Most recent registration
2025-03-06
Price paid, where recorded
£75,000
Where
West Midlands (3), Merseyside (2), Swansea (2)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
MS720246 Merseyside Leasehold 2025-03-06
CYM876827 Swansea Leasehold 2023-10-09
DN763140 Devon Leasehold 2023-09-20
NT576649 Nottinghamshire Leasehold 2022-11-15
WT467366 Swindon Leasehold 2022-10-03
CYM843664 Wrexham Leasehold 2022-04-14
SF677354 Staffordshire Leasehold 2022-04-12
WS96860 Somerset Leasehold 2022-04-12
GR463529 Gloucestershire Leasehold 2022-04-06
DN754066 City Of Plymouth Leasehold 2022-03-23
MM167700 West Midlands Leasehold 2022-03-23
LT535656 Leicester Leasehold 2022-02-03
NK508305 Norfolk Leasehold 2021-03-03
WS90769 Somerset Leasehold 2020-03-16
MM130180 West Midlands Leasehold 2019-09-02
CL335895 Cornwall Leasehold 2017-11-21
CYM723400 Wrexham Leasehold 2017-10-10 £75,000
AGL422963 Greater London Leasehold 2017-09-13
CYM705831 Cardiff Leasehold 2017-03-16
DN682199 City Of Plymouth Leasehold 2017-03-14

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