BCL NUMEDIA LIMITED

Company number 04702666 ·

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Executive summary

BCL NUMEDIA LIMITED is a diversified digital business operating in the highly competitive UK e-commerce and software sectors, but its financial position is critically weak. The company is technically insolvent with negative shareholders' funds of over £1 million and has experienced a catastrophic deterioration in working capital, driven by an intercompany debt issue. While it has a diversified model and long-standing leadership, its severe liquidity constraints and lack of financial firepower place it in a very precarious competitive position compared to industry norms.

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Shareholders' funds

-£1,567,361

Balance sheet as at 2026-03-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2003-03-19
Employees
2 (2026 accounts · was 7 in 2025)
Registered office
20-22 Venture West Greenham Business Park, Newbury, England, RG19 6HX
Postcode
RG19 6HX
Capital
140 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
1 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2026-03-31
Next due by
2027-12-31
Financial year end
31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-09-28
Next due by
2027-10-12
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 47910 Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
  • 58290 Other software publishing
  • 62012 Business and domestic software development
  • 62090 Other information technology service activities

Officers 1 current · 13 resigned

Subscribers only Director
Subscribers only Appointed 2005-03-01

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Group structure 1 subsidiary

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

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z2161073 (Tier 1), registered since 2010.

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Previous registered addresses 5

AddressChanged on
C/O WILKINS KENNEDY LLP, ANGLO HOUSE BELL LANE OFFICE VILLAGE, BELL LANE, AMERSHAM, BUCKS, HP6 6FA2020-09-25
OVERDENE HOUSE 49 CHURCH STREET, THEALE, READING, BERKSHIRE, RG7 5BX2012-11-21
1 HIGH STREET, THATCHAM, BERKSHIRE, RG19 3JG2010-02-23
BCL HOUSE 30 BARTHOLOMEW STREET, NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE, RG14 5LL2009-01-23
75 WESTBURY ROAD, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK, IP4 4RE2004-04-13

Among its peers

Among the biggest employers

of 348 similar companies in RG, with 2 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.

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Competitors Reading

This company ranks 711 among retail sale via mail order houses or via internet in Reading.

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The class of 2003

42%

of the 622 companies in this sector incorporated in 2003 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.

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

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