BLUE BANANA RETAIL LTD.
Company number 02831473 · Monitor this company
This company is in liquidation.
Executive summary
Blue Banana Retail Ltd. presents a paradox: exceptionally strong financial metrics that significantly outperform typical SME clothing wholesalers and retailers, yet operating under a liquidation status that introduces material uncertainty. The business has grown net assets by 190% over seven years, maintains £1.4M in cash with minimal long-term debt, and carries a current ratio of 2.5x — all indicators of a well-managed, profitable niche operator. However, the liquidation flag, £373k in provisions, and £2.56M in capital commitments suggest this may be a solvent members' voluntary liquidation undertaken as part of a broader group restructuring by parent BB Holdings (UK) Limited, rather than an indicator of financial distress. The alternative fashion niche provides defensive positioning, but the company's ultimate trajectory depends entirely on the parent's strategic intentions.
Shareholders' funds
£1,871,244
Balance sheet as at 2023-01-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1993-06-29
- Registered office
- Eden House Saltash Business Centre, Forge Lane, Saltash, Cornwall, United Kingdom, PL12 6LX
- Postcode
- PL12 6LX
- Capital
- 536 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-01-31
- Next due by
- 2026-10-31
- Financial year end
- 31 January
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-31
- Next due by
- 2027-06-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46420 Wholesale of clothing and footwear
Officers 4 current · 12 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by BB HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB204257 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- bluebanana.com
- Phone
- 01618349166, 01392274884, 01782444694
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BLUE BANANA BODY PIERCING LIMITED | 2001-06-15 |
| HURON SERVICES LIMITED | 2000-12-11 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| PRISKS HOUSE, THE QUAY, EAST LOOE, CORNWALL PL13 1AQ | 2002-03-12 |
| SCORPIO HOUSE, 102 SYDNEY STREET, CHELSEA, LONDON SW3 6NJ | 1993-08-22 |
| SCORPIO HOUSE, 102 SYDNEY STREET, CHELSEA, LONDON SW3 6NJ | 1993-08-22 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 22 similar companies in PL
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1993.
Competitors Plymouth
This company ranks 5 among wholesale of clothing and footwear in Plymouth.
The class of 1993
49%
of the 25,069 companies incorporated in 1993 are still active today; 48% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 17 titles
- Leasehold
- 17
- Most recent registration
- 2025-11-07
- Where
- West Midlands (3), Cardiff (2), Devon (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYM916506 | Cardiff | Leasehold | 2025-11-07 | — |
| MM211242 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2025-07-29 | — |
| SYK724337 | South Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2025-03-13 | — |
| YY203064 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2025-02-19 | — |
| NT584320 | City Of Nottingham | Leasehold | 2023-10-06 | — |
| DN761801 | Devon | Leasehold | 2023-07-28 | — |
| MM175019 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2022-09-21 | — |
| CYM838516 | Newport | Leasehold | 2022-01-26 | — |
| CYM818164 | Swansea | Leasehold | 2021-03-25 | — |
| DN719695 | Devon | Leasehold | 2019-10-08 | — |
| DN708661 | City Of Plymouth | Leasehold | 2019-01-18 | — |
| CYM716585 | Cardiff | Leasehold | 2017-07-21 | — |
| LT483176 | Leicester | Leasehold | 2016-08-26 | — |
| CYM625138 | Newport | Leasehold | 2014-08-12 | — |
| CYM531498 | Swansea | Leasehold | 2011-07-04 | — |
| WM973387 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2010-09-14 | — |
| BL110769 | City Of Bristol | Leasehold | 2008-10-20 | — |
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