ENTERTAINMENT MAGPIE LIMITED
Company number 06277562 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Entertainment Magpie Limited operates as a established player in the UK's online recommerce sector, leveraging the musicMagpie brand within a group structure under Entertainment Magpie Holdings Limited. The company benefits from structural tailwinds in circular economy retail but faces intensifying competition from platform-scale competitors and manufacturer-direct trade-in programmes that threaten margin sustainability. The group structure and mature board governance suggest a business of significant scale, though the secular decline in physical media categories necessitates continued strategic pivot toward higher-value electronics and services to maintain competitive positioning against better-capitalised rivals.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2007-06-13
- Registered office
- 5a The Parklands, Lostock, Bolton, England, BL6 4SD
- Postcode
- BL6 4SD
- Capital
- 205 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-18
- Next due by
- 2027-08-01
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47910 Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Officers 7 current · 14 resigned
Group structure 4 subsidiaries
Controlled by ENTERTAINMENT MAGPIE HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-07-29
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BRADLEY STREET LIMITED Dissolved
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THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT RETAIL LIMITED Dissolved
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ZOVERSTOCKS LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Gender pay gap
1%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the top quarter for parity
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| GALLEON HOUSE NEWBY ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, NEWBY ROAD, HAZEL GROVE, STOCKPORT, CHESHIRE, SK7 5DA | 2018-02-13 |
| BLACK AND WHITE HOUSE HURDSFIELD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, HULLEY ROAD, MACCLESFIELD, CHESHIRE, SK10 2AF | 2015-02-11 |
| 1 LYME ROAD, HAZEL GROVE, STOCKPORT, SK7 6JX | 2010-03-16 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 1,471 similar companies in BL, trading since 2007
The class of 2007
34%
of the 996 companies in this sector incorporated in 2007 are still active today; 62% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2022-08-02
- Where
- Greater Manchester
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAN405410 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2022-08-02 | — |
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