CHAMPION EUROPE LIMITED
Company number 04488695 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Champion Europe Limited is exhibiting acute financial distress, characterized by a 64% drop in net assets due to a hidden £330,900 loss during the year ended July 2025. While cash improved marginally, it was achieved by liquidating over £500,000 of stock at a loss, and the business remains heavily reliant on £2.75m in short-term creditor financing. Immediate intervention is required to restore profitability, recover £1.78m in long-term debtors, and inject capital to stabilize the severely eroded equity base.
Shareholders' funds
£743,427
Balance sheet as at 2021-07-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-07-17
- Registered office
- 3 Regal Way, Unit C, Watford, WD24 4YJ
- Postcode
- WD24 4YJ
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-07-31
- Next due by
- 2027-04-29
- Financial year end
- 29 July
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-17
- Next due by
- 2027-07-31
Nature of business (SIC)
- 45112 Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles
Officers 2 current · 2 resigned
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 40-44 WESTERN AVENUE, LONDON, W3 7TZ | 2015-05-28 |
| 3 UNIT C, 3 REGAL WAY, WATFORD, WD24 4YJ, ENGLAND | 2015-05-28 |
| 40-44 WESTERN AVENUE, LONDON, W3 7TZ | 2002-08-23 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 147 similar companies in WD
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2002.
No.12 of the largest sale of used cars and light motor vehicles companies in Watford →
Competitors Watford
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2. JZM LIMITED
This company ranks 12 among sale of used cars and light motor vehicles in Watford.
The class of 2002
53%
of the 348 companies in this sector incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 44% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2025-12-18
- Price paid, where recorded
- £250,000
- Where
- Hertfordshire (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD331916 | Hertfordshire | Leasehold | 2025-12-18 | £250,000 |
| HD623667 | Hertfordshire | Leasehold | 2024-01-17 | — |
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