CALUMET PHOTOGRAPHIC LTD
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Executive summary
Calumet Photographic Ltd operates as a niche player within the UK specialist photographic retail sector, a market that has undergone fundamental structural change through digital disruption, e-commerce shift, and smartphone cannibalisation. Backed by Aurelius Phi Ltd's majority ownership, the company benefits from corporate stability but faces the inherent challenges of a consolidating sector where online-first competitors and second-hand platforms continue to reshape competitive dynamics. The company's long heritage and brand recognition provide a foundation, but its single-officer governance structure and legacy of financial restructuring suggest a business focused on stabilisation rather than market leadership expansion.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1946-12-12
- Registered office
- 13 Frensham Road, Norwich, England, NR3 2BT
- Postcode
- NR3 2BT
- Capital
- 12,042,127 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-28
- Next due by
- 2027-09-11
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47789 Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)
Officers 2 current · 39 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by WEX PHOTO VIDEO HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2017-09-22
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 5
£184,372 total awarded value where published.
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Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2020 (period to 2020-12-31) as part of the WAREHOUSE EXPRESS LIMITED group statement.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| KEITH JOHNSON & PELLING LIMITED | 2000-08-29 |
| PELLING & CROSS LIMITED | 1987-08-03 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| PROMANDIS HOUSE BRADBOURNE DRIVE, TILBROOK, MILTON KEYNES, BUCKS, MK7 8AJ | 2017-10-30 |
| ENTERPRISE HOUSE 5 ROUNDWOOD LANE, HARPENDEN, HERTFORDSHIRE, AL5 3BW | 2010-08-04 |
| PROMANDIS HOUSE, 19/21 CONWAY STREET, LONDON, W1P 6JD | 1990-06-14 |
Among its peers
2nd oldest
of 104 similar companies in NR, trading since 1946
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2018-04-10
- Where
- Greater Manchester
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAN312350 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2018-04-10 | — |
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