CARTRIDGE SAVE LIMITED
Company number 04983326 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Cartridge Save Limited is a market-leading UK online retailer of print consumables facing significant structural headwinds, with revenue declining 29% over three years from £46M (2021) to £32.7M (2024) due to post-pandemic demand normalisation, intensifying e-commerce competition, and the secular decline in print volumes. Despite these top-line pressures, the company demonstrates commendable margin resilience with a 21.8% gross margin and 13.5% PBT margin, though its aggressive dividend policy (87% payout ratio) risks underinvesting in the very capabilities needed to reverse the revenue trajectory. The business remains profitable and asset-efficient but must address its strategic positioning within a contracting market segment to sustain long-term value creation.
Shareholders' funds
£5,007,369
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of the sale of computer consumables.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2003-12-03
- Employees
- 64 (2024 accounts · was 65 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 5-6 Gregson Road, Stockport, SK5 7SS
- Postcode
- SK5 7SS
- Capital
- 1,175 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-29
- Next due by
- 2026-12-13
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47910 Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Officers 5 current · 4 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by CS EOT LTD — since 2026-07-23
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2024 (period to 2023-12-31) — 5 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z9242022 (Tier 2), registered since 2005.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- cartridgesave.co.uk
- Phone
- 01619685994
Buy ink and toner cartridges from the UK's biggest cartridge shop. Free next-day delivery and lowest online price guaranteed.
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| CARTRIDGE SAVE ROLAND ROAD, STOCKPORT, CHESHIRE, SK5 6TJ, ENGLAND | 2012-12-20 |
| UNITS 1& 2 OADBY PLACE, LEICESTER STREET, STOCKPORT, CHESHIRE, SK5 6NS | 2009-11-19 |
| 418 GORTON ROAD, REDDISH, STOCKPORT SK5 6RS | 2007-01-22 |
| CARTRIDGE SAVE LIMITED, MINSHULL HOUSE, 67 WELLINGTON ROAD NORTH,, STOCKPORT, CHESHIRE SK4 2LP | 2003-12-10 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 637 similar companies in SK
2nd largest employer among its local peers (64 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2003.
No.5 of the largest retail sale via mail order houses or via internet companies in Stockport →
Competitors Stockport
This company ranks 5 among retail sale via mail order houses or via internet in Stockport.
The class of 2003
42%
of the 620 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.
Property in England & Wales 5 titles
- Freehold
- 5
- Most recent registration
- 2017-04-19
- Price paid, where recorded
- £1,391,000
- Where
- Greater Manchester (5)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM195424 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2017-04-19 | £180,000 |
| MAN20890 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2017-04-19 | — |
| GM726699 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2016-08-05 | £336,000 |
| GM370843 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2011-03-04 | — |
| GM438897 | Greater Manchester | Freehold | 2009-05-14 | £875,000 |
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