CONTRACT CANDLES & DIFFUSERS LTD, NE9 5BF : Companies House Number 05075959

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Shareholders' funds

£2,761,475

Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the company is manufacturing specialist candles and diffusers.

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 2004-03-17
Employees: 209 (2024 accounts · was 291 in 2023)
Registered office: 1 Mcmillan Close Saltwell Business Park, Low Fell, Gateshead, Tyne And Wear, United Kingdom, NE9 5BF
Postcode: NE9 5BF
Capital: 150 GBP
Accounts category: Full
Charges: 3 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Next due by: 2026-09-30
Financial year end: 30 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-05-20
Next due by: 2027-06-03

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Nature of business (SIC)

20590 Manufacture of other chemical products not elsewhere classified

Officers 9 current · 8 resigned

Lawrence Maurice SYMES Director

Appointed 2025-08-13

Lucy GRAY Secretary

Appointed 2024-04-16

Richard GRIEVESON Director

Appointed 2024-01-16

Lucy Elizabeth GRAY Director

Appointed 2024-01-16

MR Steven THOMPSON Director

Accountant Appointed 2017-11-17

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB925441 (Tier 2), registered since 2025.

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Gender pay gap

5.2%

Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2023/24

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Contact details

Website: contractcandles.co.uk

Contract Candles & Diffusers Ltd are an Award-Winning British family-owned business specialising in the manufacture of home fragrance products, hand-poured and packed in our factories in Fernhurst, Surrey and Chichester, West Sussex.

Previous company names

Name	Date changed
CONTRACT CANDLES LIMITED	2018-11-01

Previous registered addresses 2

Address	Changed on
LOWER LODGE, VANN ROAD, FELNHURST HASLEMERE, SURREY GU27 3NH	2007-09-05
42 CAERNARVON ROAD, CHICHESTER, WEST SUSSEX, PO19 7YE	2005-08-18

Among its peers

Top 10%

by shareholders' funds, of 12 similar companies in NE

The largest employer among its local peers (209 staff).

Trading since 2004.

45 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors Newcastle Upon Tyne

2. AGMA LIMITED

£2,430,457
3. BONDCHEM LIMITED

£2,234,033
4. LIQUIFORM LIMITED

£1,637,556
5. 2PURE PRODUCTS (DISTRIBUTION) LIMITED

£797,750
6. TWENTY FOUR SEVEN GLOBAL COATINGS LIMITED

£732,703

This company ranks 1 among manufacture of other chemical products not elsewhere classified in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

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The class of 2004

37%

of the 135,818 companies incorporated in 2004 are still active today; 60% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 3 titles

Leasehold: 3
Most recent registration: 2019-05-24
Where: West Sussex (3)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
WSX409199	West Sussex	Leasehold	2019-05-24	—
WSX393353	West Sussex	Leasehold	2017-09-04	—
WSX392770	West Sussex	Leasehold	2017-08-11	—

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