FLYING TRADE GROUP LIMITED
Company number 02407688 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Flying Trade Group is a seasoned, family-controlled enterprise that leverages a vertically integrated real estate model to capture value across the property lifecycle. The recent transition from a PLC to a private structure strategically prioritizes governance agility and operational privacy over public market capital. To sustain long-term growth, the group must balance its concentrated family control with robust succession planning while capitalizing on financial services synergies to diversify its macroeconomic risk.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1989-07-25
- Registered office
- Dragonfly Hotel Old Ipswich Road, Ardleigh, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom, CO7 7QY
- Postcode
- CO7 7QY
- Capital
- 287,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 12 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
- 2026-08-12
- Next due by
- 2027-08-26
Nature of business (SIC)
- 41100 Development of building projects
- 64205 Activities of financial services holding companies
- 68209 Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
- 70100 Activities of head offices
Officers 5 current · 4 resigned
Group structure 11 subsidiaries
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2025 (period to 2024-12-31) — 5 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.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| FLYING TRADE GROUP PLC | 2026-03-30 |
| ACACIACROWN DEVELOPMENTS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 1990-06-01 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| GRIFFINS COURT, 24-32 LONDON ROAD, NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE, RG14 1JX | 2014-12-17 |
| HARWICH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE EUROPA WAY, HARWICH, ESSEX, CO12 4PT, ENGLAND | 2014-12-17 |
| WINCHCOMBE HOUSE, 123/126 BARTHOLEMEW STREET, NEWBURY, BERKS MV14 5BN | 1999-08-05 |
| UNIT 2,, HAWTHORNE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MIDDLEMORE ROAD SMETHWICK WARLEY, WEST MIDLANDS B21 0BH | 1992-11-27 |
| 26 BESSBOROUGH ROAD, HARROW, MIDDX, HA1 3DL | 1990-12-18 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 658 similar companies in CO, trading since 1989
The class of 1989
47%
of the 564 companies in this sector incorporated in 1989 are still active today; 51% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 56 titles
- Freehold
- 54
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2026-04-15
- Price paid, where recorded
- £25,123,895
- Where
- Essex (36), Suffolk (7), Greater London (6)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX104661 | Essex | Freehold | 2026-04-15 | — |
| SK270379 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2026-04-13 | £250,000 |
| EX41083 | Greater London | Freehold | 2026-03-05 | — |
| EX495573 | Essex | Freehold | 2026-01-26 | £540,000 |
| SK441627 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2026-01-19 | £450,000 |
| EX936508 | Essex | Freehold | 2025-10-02 | £6,010,000 |
| EX491346 | Essex | Freehold | 2025-07-18 | £2,820,000 |
| AA84936 | Essex | Freehold | 2025-07-10 | — |
| AA77733 | Essex | Freehold | 2024-12-06 | — |
| AA77447 | Essex | Freehold | 2024-11-29 | — |
| AA6441 | Essex | Freehold | 2024-09-12 | — |
| AGL626063 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2024-07-11 | — |
| EX602130 | Essex | Freehold | 2023-10-10 | — |
| SK424521 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2023-07-12 | — |
| EX800862 | Essex | Freehold | 2023-07-06 | — |
| SK419446 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2022-11-09 | £522,500 |
| AA44919 | Essex | Freehold | 2022-06-24 | — |
| EX992739 | Essex | Freehold | 2019-07-19 | — |
| CB109387 | City Of Peterborough | Freehold | 2019-06-11 | £2,702,989 |
| EX426414 | Essex | Freehold | 2019-06-11 | £1,455,456 |
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