ELGAR WORKS LIMITED

Company number 06040208 ·

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Executive summary

ELGAR WORKS LIMITED represents a financially stable but strategically stagnant cultural enterprise, with a respectable £248k net asset base that has plateaued over the past five years while liabilities have nearly doubled. The organization's guarantee structure, heritage brand, and governance depth are underleveraged assets; realizing their potential requires addressing the fundamental scale mismatch between governance ambition and operational capacity, prioritizing digital transformation, and actively pursuing mission-aligned revenue diversification before reserve erosion accelerates.

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Shareholders' funds

£247,510

Balance sheet as at 2026-01-03

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Overview

Company type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated
2007-01-03
Employees
0 (2026 accounts)
Registered office
20 High Street, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 1ER
Postcode
WD3 1ER
Accounts category
Micro

Accounts

Last made up to
2026-01-03
Next due by
2027-10-03
Financial year end
3 January

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-01-03
Next due by
2027-01-17
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 58110 Book publishing
  • 58190 Other publishing activities
  • 90020 Support activities to performing arts

Officers 7 current · 5 resigned

Appointed 2024-08-31
Appointed 2020-09-03
Appointed 2013-09-05
Appointed 2009-01-03
Appointed 2007-01-03

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Registered charity

ELGAR WORKS LIMITED — charity number 1156953

Registered 2014-05-07 Income £23,753 Spending £26,774 FY to 2025-01-02

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Among its peers

Top 10%

by shareholders' funds, of 46 similar companies in WD

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2007.

No.4 of the largest book publishing companies in Watford →

69 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors Watford

This company ranks 4 among book publishing in Watford.

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The class of 2007

36%

of the 269 companies in this sector incorporated in 2007 are still active today; 61% have since been dissolved.

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

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