BETTER BOX COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
Company number 02321771 · Monitor this company
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.
Shareholders' funds
£94,202
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
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
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46510 Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
Officers 3 current · 2 resigned
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
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| PROSPECT HOUSE, 2 ATHENAEUM ROAD, WHETSTONE, LONDON N20 9YU | 2004-03-30 |
| 95 HIGH STREET, NEWPORT PAGNELL, BUCKS, MK16 8EN | 1991-05-23 |
| 56 MARKET PLACE, THIRSK, NORTH YORKS, YO7 1LW | 1990-06-25 |
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.
Competitors Milton Keynes
This company ranks 6 among wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software in Milton Keynes.
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.