EMMA BRIDGEWATER LIMITED, ST1 3EJ : Companies House Number 01943787

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Shareholders' funds

-£888,294

Balance sheet as at 2025-04-26

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Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1985-09-03
Employees: 345 (2025 accounts · was 409 in 2024)
Registered office: Lichfield Street, Hanley, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, ST1 3EJ
Postcode: ST1 3EJ
Capital: 2 GBP
Accounts category: Full
Charges: 2 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-04-26
Next due by: 2027-01-31
Financial year end: 30 April

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2025-11-30
Next due by: 2026-12-14

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Nature of business (SIC)

23410 Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles
46440 Wholesale of china and glassware and cleaning materials
47789 Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)

Officers 4 current · 17 resigned

Mark John ROSS Director

Appointed 2024-04-09

Iain Stuart, Mr MARTIN Director

Appointed 2024-01-22

MICHELMORES SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary

Appointed 2021-10-20

Emma Mary BRIDGEWATER Director

Appointed 1986-03-03

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Group structure

Controlled by ELEPHANT DESIGN LIMITED — since 2016-04-06

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z7512259 (Tier 1), registered since 2002.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Gender pay gap

10.4%

Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity

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Contact details

Website: emmabridgewater.com

Beautiful pottery handmade and hand decorated in Britain. Iconic homewares, tableware & personalised gifts for all the family.

Previous company names

Name	Date changed
BRIDGEWATER POTTERY LIMITED	2004-05-07
BRIXTON SPONGEWARE LIMITED	1991-07-16
NEONGUARD LIMITED	1985-10-15

Previous registered addresses 4

Address	Changed on
JUBILEE BARN HAM COURT, BAMPTON, OXFORDSHIRE, OX18 2HG	2020-02-26
739 FULHAM ROAD, LONDON, SW6 5UL	2015-04-29
ST CLARE HOUSE, 30-33 MINORIES, LONDON, EC3N 1DU	1991-03-18
WORTON HALL, WORTON ROAD, ISLEWORTH, MIDDLESEX TW7 6ER	1988-02-16

Among its peers

The largest employer

of 17 similar companies in ST, with 345 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.

Competitors Stoke-On-Trent

1. EDWARDS & LOCKETT LIMITED

£638,224
2. ROY KIRKHAM & CO. LIMITED

£541,635
3. 1882 LIMITED

£304,277
4. JUST MUGS LIMITED

£210,078
5. FINSBURY CHINA LIMITED

£156,422

This company ranks 21 among manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles in Stoke-On-Trent.

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The class of 1985

49%

of the 15,386 companies incorporated in 1985 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.

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Property in England & Wales 8 titles

Leasehold: 8
Most recent registration: 2023-10-17
Where: Stoke-On-Trent (7), Oxfordshire (1)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
SF692722	Stoke-On-Trent	Leasehold	2023-10-17	—
ON373398	Oxfordshire	Leasehold	2022-06-08	—
SF675977	Stoke-On-Trent	Leasehold	2022-03-04	—
SF675978	Stoke-On-Trent	Leasehold	2022-03-04	—
SF669310	Stoke-On-Trent	Leasehold	2021-07-30	—
SF663694	Stoke-On-Trent	Leasehold	2021-01-08	—
SF656535	Stoke-On-Trent	Leasehold	2020-01-29	—
SF593987	Stoke-On-Trent	Leasehold	2014-01-08	—

For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).