CEWE LIMITED
Company number 00485715 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
CEWE LIMITED is a strategically well-positioned UK subsidiary of Europe's leading photo services group, executing a significant business model transition that has delivered 84.9% gross margins and £1.115m profit on £29.5m revenue. The company's growth trajectory—22.5% organic growth alongside a restructured major retail partnership—provides credible expansion potential through brand investment, product portfolio extension, and operational efficiency. However, the near-zero cash position and absolute dependency on parent company liquidity support represent a material strategic vulnerability that must be addressed through retained earnings or renegotiated group treasury arrangements as the business scales.
Shareholders' funds
£7,316,409
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1950-08-26
- Employees
- 81 (2025 accounts · was 79 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Unit 4 Spartan Close, Tachbrook Park, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 6RR
- Postcode
- CV34 6RR
- Capital
- 5,044,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 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
- 2025-10-18
- Next due by
- 2026-11-01
Nature of business (SIC)
- 17290 Manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard not elsewhere classified
Officers 2 current · 20 resigned
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Contact details
- Website
- cewe.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 7398 316410, 01926 463 107
CEWE is the UK's leading provider of bespoke photo books, canvas prints, photo printing and personalised photo gifts for all occasions.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| CEWE COLOR LIMITED | 2014-04-04 |
| A.R.BOTT & SONS LIMITED | 2007-01-17 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 11 HIGHDOWN ROAD, SYDENHAM INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LEAMINGTON SPA, CV31 1XT | 2003-04-09 |
| WEST HILL, BLACKDOWN, LEAMINGTON SPA, CV32 6QU | 1992-04-10 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 36 similar companies in CV — measured against the wider sector
2nd largest employer among its local peers (81 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1950.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2025-04-11
- Where
- Warwickshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WK544680 | Warwickshire | Leasehold | 2025-04-11 | — |
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