F. PETER ROBINSON LIMITED
Company number 00587315 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
F. Peter Robinson Limited is a long-running (founded 1957) family-owned regional auctioneer and property investment business based in Darlington, operating firmly within the Small Companies regime with 7 staff and £2.65M in net assets. Its financial trajectory over the past decade reveals a deliberate deleveraging strategy, with total liabilities cut by 74% since 2016 alongside a corresponding fall in total assets, while investment property (£3.55M) anchors the balance sheet. Despite sector-wide pressures on traditional regional auctioneers from online disruption and margin compression, the firm maintains a stable niche position through diversified income (auction commissions, agency, rental, management fees), multi-generational family stewardship, and reduced gearing — making it a resilient but geographically constrained sub-scale operator.
Shareholders' funds
£2,704,870
Balance sheet as at 2026-05-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1957-07-16
- Employees
- 8 (2026 accounts · was 7 in 2025)
- Registered office
- Northumberland Street, Darlington, DL3 7HJ
- Postcode
- DL3 7HJ
- Capital
- 8 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 12 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-05-31
- Next due by
- 2028-02-29
- Financial year end
- 31 May
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-04
- Next due by
- 2027-05-18
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46180 Agents specialized in the sale of other particular products
- 46190 Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
- 68209 Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Officers 3 current · 7 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z8106435 (Tier 1), registered since 2003.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| FRED.W.ROBINSON & SONS LIMITED | 1991-07-01 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 21 similar companies in DL
2nd largest employer among its local peers (8 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1957.
Competitors Darlington
This company ranks 1 among agents specialized in the sale of other particular products in Darlington.
Property in England & Wales 7 titles
- Freehold
- 7
- Most recent registration
- 2007-12-21
- Where
- Darlington (7)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DU221884 | Darlington | Freehold | 2007-12-21 | — |
| DU99063 | Darlington | Freehold | 2007-10-23 | — |
| DU54720 | Darlington | Freehold | 2007-01-25 | — |
| DU209342 | Darlington | Freehold | 2006-09-21 | — |
| DU223617 | Darlington | Freehold | 1998-10-20 | — |
| DU106400 | Darlington | Freehold | 1988-11-01 | — |
| DU133068 | Darlington | Freehold | 1988-01-25 | — |
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