CLARES OFFICE SUPPLIES LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£2,058,745
Balance sheet as at 2022-03-31
What it does
The Company's principal activity is managed procurement services that offers clients reduced lifetime cost
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1972-04-06
- Employees
- 56 (2022 accounts · was 57 in 2021)
- Registered office
- Unit D1 Voyager Park, Portfield Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO3 5FN
- Postcode
- PO3 5FN
- Capital
- 10,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Audit Exemption Subsidiary
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-28
- Next due by
- 2027-06-11
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47620 Retail sale of newspapers and stationery in specialised stores
Officers 3 current · 12 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by THE BUSINESS SUPPLIES GROUP HOLDINGS LTD — since 2022-04-01
Controlled by CLARES BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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EUROPEAN OFFICE PRODUCTS LTD Dissolved
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GEORGE ROSE OFFICE PRODUCTS LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 4
£80,000,001 total awarded value where published.
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Contact details
- Website
- clares.co.uk
- Phone
- 03334561508, 03334561501, 03334561503
As one of the UK’s largest providers of business supplies and services, we are able to offer a multitude of solutions. From office supplies to branded products, print to office interiors, we’ve got all bases covered.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| CLARE'S WATERLOOVILLE STATIONERS LIMITED | 1981-12-31 |
| CLARE'S COMMERCIAL STATIONERS LIMITED | 1976-12-31 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 1 ACCESS POINT, NORTHARBOUR ROAD, COSHAM, HAMPSHIRE, PO6 3TE | 2008-03-05 |
| 43 & 44 ASTON ROAD, WATERLOOVILLE, HAMPSHIRE PO7 7XJ | 2003-04-23 |
| THE OFFICE CENTRE, UNIT 18, ASTON ROAD, WATERLOOVILLE, HANTS PO7 7XG | 1994-11-04 |
| 6 LONDON ROAD, PURBROOK, HANTS | 1987-09-21 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 14 similar companies in PO
The largest employer among its local peers (56 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1972.
Competitors Portsmouth
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4. KROMME LTD.
This company ranks 1 among retail sale of newspapers and stationery in specialised stores in Portsmouth.
The class of 1972
53%
of the 6,034 companies incorporated in 1972 are still active today; 40% 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
- 2021-10-13
- Where
- Brighton And Hove (1), Portsmouth (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESX414843 | Brighton And Hove | Leasehold | 2021-10-13 | — |
| PM29143 | Portsmouth | Leasehold | 2015-02-27 | — |
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