DISTINCTLY BRITISH LIMITED
Company number 04052384 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Distinctly British Limited is in critical financial condition, suffering from chronic insolvency with liabilities exceeding assets by over £121,000. The company has virtually no pulse in terms of cash (£487) and minimal trade activity, relying entirely on the grace of its parent company and related parties not to call in over £134,000 in long-term debts. Without a significant debt-to-equity restructuring or a cash transfusion from its shareholders, the business remains fundamentally unviable as an independent commercial entity.
Shareholders' funds
-£264,799
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2000-08-14
- Employees
- 0 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- Unit 2a Bowles Well Gardens, Folkestone, England, CT19 6PQ
- Postcode
- CT19 6PQ
- Capital
- 3,594 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 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
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-04-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 62090 Other information technology service activities
Officers 4 current · 7 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by ANCESTORS LIMITED — since 2022-03-14
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5153268 (Tier 1), registered since 2000.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- distinctlybritish.co.uk
- Phone
- 0063332676, 0360479253626, 039573265
At the heart of Distinctly British lies an unwavering commitment to quality. We've chosen to collaborate predominantly with small, often family-operated businesses that reflect the very essence of British craftsmanship. These are passionate teams of 2-5 individuals.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| COUNTRYSHOPPING LTD | 2000-09-21 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| MUNRO HOUSE PORTSMOUTH ROAD, COBHAM, SURREY, KT11 1PP | 2016-11-09 |
| 78 PORTSMOUTH ROAD, COBHAM, SURREY, KT11 1PP, UNITED KINGDOM | 2013-12-02 |
| 78 PORTSMOUTH ROAD, COBHAM, SURREY, KT11 1PP, UNITED KINGDOM | 2013-12-02 |
| THE OLD RECTORY SOUTH WALKS ROAD, DORCHESTER, DORSET, DT1 1DT, UNITED KINGDOM | 2013-03-14 |
| 1 GOLDCROFT, YEOVIL, SOMERSET, BA21 4DX | 2012-09-21 |
| 20/22 BEDFORD ROW, LONDON, WC1R 4JS | 2002-02-20 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 242 similar companies in CT, trading since 2000
Competitors Canterbury
This company ranks 191 among other information technology service activities in Canterbury.
The class of 2000
30%
of the 2,083 companies in this sector incorporated in 2000 are still active today; 68% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.