FANATICS (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED
Company number 05933624 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Fanatics (International) Limited serves as the critical UK and international digital retail arm of the global Fanatics ecosystem, leveraging its heritage as Kitbag and exclusive global licensing rights to dominate the direct-to-consumer sports merchandise market. While the company is strategically positioned to capture European market share and expand into high-margin fan verticals, it must actively manage the margin constraints of licensed retail and its financial dependency on the parent entity to sustain long-term growth.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2006-09-13
- Registered office
- Stubbs Mill, 3 Upper Kirby Street, Manchester, United Kingdom, M4 6FN
- Postcode
- M4 6FN
- Capital
- 3 GBP
- Accounts category
- 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
- 2026-09-13
- Next due by
- 2027-09-27
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47910 Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Officers 4 current · 24 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by FANATICS UK HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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DIAMOND ASSET HOLDINGS LTD. Dissolved
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KITBAG SPORTS LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2022 (period to 2021-12-31) — 2 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z9946150 (Tier 3), registered since 2007.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
24.56%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the bottom quarter for parity
Contact details
- Website
- fanatics.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| KITBAG LIMITED | 2016-04-05 |
| HAMSARD 3017 LIMITED | 2006-10-16 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 2 GREGORY ST, HYDE, CHESHIRE, S14 4TH | 2016-04-04 |
| 2 GREGORY STREET, HYDE, CHESHIRE, ENGLAND | 2010-12-30 |
| CHURCH BRIDGE HOUSE HENRY STREET, CHURCH, ACCRINGTON, LANCASHIRE, BB5 4EH, UNITED KINGDOM | 2010-12-30 |
| BURLEY HOUSE, BRADFORD ROAD, BURLEY IN WHARFEDALE, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS29 7DZ | 2010-07-12 |
| RUTLAND HOUSE, 148 EDMUND STREET, BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS B3 2JR | 2006-11-27 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 5,923 similar companies in M, trading since 2006
The class of 2006
35%
of the 844 companies in this sector incorporated in 2006 are still active today; 61% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 4 titles
- Leasehold
- 4
- Most recent registration
- 2025-12-10
- Where
- Greater Manchester (2), Greater London (1), Merseyside (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BB30644 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2025-12-10 | — |
| MAN413028 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2022-12-14 | — |
| MAN286185 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2017-02-06 | — |
| MS583041 | Merseyside | Leasehold | 2011-03-25 | — |
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