COUNTY STATIONERY LIMITED
Company number 04165321 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
County Stationery Limited presents a paradox: a theoretically solvent wholesale business with £3.33M in net assets, yet one experiencing alarming cash deterioration and significant capital extraction by its controlling shareholder. The 77% cash decline since 2018 and the £981K director's loan outstanding represent interconnected risks that, if unaddressed, threaten operational viability within 18 months. Strategic renewal requires immediate working capital discipline, a credible digital transformation roadmap, and governance reform to restore confidence that the business is being positioned for sustainable value creation rather than gradual asset realisation.
Shareholders' funds
£3,334,844
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2001-02-21
- Employees
- 17 (2024 accounts · was 19 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Brandon Way, West Bromwich, West Midlands, England, B70 8JN
- Postcode
- B70 8JN
- Capital
- 8 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 3 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
- 2026-02-21
- Next due by
- 2027-03-07
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade
Officers 2 current · 2 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB128723 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- countystationery.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| COUNTY PAPER UK LIMITED | 2006-07-26 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 4 PENNINGTON CLOSE, WEST BROMWICH, WEST MIDLANDS, B70 8BG, ENGLAND | 2016-02-25 |
| 30 PARK ROSE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MIDDLEMORE ROAD, SMETHWICK, WEST MIDLANDS, B66 2DZ | 2015-05-12 |
| 30 PARK ROSE, INDUSTRIAL ESTATE MIDDLEMORE, ROAD, SMETHWICK, WEST MIDLANDS B66 2DZ | 2007-04-04 |
| 8-10 SAFE HARBOUR INDUSTRIAL EST, MOOR LANE WITTON, BIRMINGHAM, B6 7AE | 2006-08-02 |
| CENTRAL HOUSE 582-586 KINGSBURY, ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, B24 9ND | 2001-03-07 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 679 similar companies in B
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (17 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2001.
Competitors Birmingham
This company ranks 29 among non-specialised wholesale trade in Birmingham.
The class of 2001
39%
of the 449 companies in this sector incorporated in 2001 are still active today; 59% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Freehold
- 1
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2005-03-11
- Where
- West Midlands (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WM464249 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2005-03-11 | — |
| WM464250 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2005-03-11 | — |
| WM416792 | West Midlands | Freehold | 2002-05-17 | — |
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