BETTER BOX COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

Company number 02321771 ·

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Executive summary

Better Box Communications Limited presents a profile of a long-established but now contracting micro-distributor within the UK IT wholesale sector. The 55.8% decline in net assets year-on-year, driven by an implied operating loss of approximately £119,000 and a 74% depletion of cash reserves, signals acute financial stress that significantly underperforms typical sector benchmarks. While the company's niche focus on cabling and connectivity infrastructure and its 36-year trading history provide some defensive characteristics, the combination of zero net book value across all fixed assets, new bank borrowings, and a 22% headcount reduction suggests a business in managed decline rather than strategic repositioning. Without a clear path to restored profitability and cash generation, the company's position as an independent operator in a consolidating market looks increasingly untenable.

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Shareholders' funds

£94,202

Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1988-11-25
Employees
7 (2025 accounts · was 9 in 2024)
Registered office
29 Clarke Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, MK1 1LG
Postcode
MK1 1LG
Capital
100 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
0 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-03-31
Next due by
2026-12-31
Financial year end
31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-03-31
Next due by
2027-04-14
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 46510 Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software

Officers 3 current · 2 resigned

Alan BULLEN Director
Appointed 2025-03-31
Appointed 2025-03-31
Appointed 2025-03-31

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Contact details

Website
betterbox.co.uk
Phone
01908633815

Home . Betterbox Communications Ltd. IT cables, equipment and expertise, supplied quickly to wherever you are. Hundreds of products in stock and more available to order. Contact now!

Previous registered addresses 3

AddressChanged on
PROSPECT HOUSE, 2 ATHENAEUM ROAD, WHETSTONE, LONDON N20 9YU2004-03-30
95 HIGH STREET, NEWPORT PAGNELL, BUCKS, MK16 8EN1991-05-23
56 MARKET PLACE, THIRSK, NORTH YORKS, YO7 1LW1990-06-25

Among its peers

Top 25%

by shareholders' funds, of 32 similar companies in MK

Among the biggest employers among its local peers (7 staff).

2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1988.

No.6 of the largest wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software companies in Milton Keynes →

43 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors Milton Keynes

This company ranks 6 among wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software in Milton Keynes.

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The class of 1988

51%

of the 20,917 companies incorporated in 1988 are still active today; 43% have since been dissolved.

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