FRANCHI PLC
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Shareholders' funds
£1,208,800
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
Overview
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1986-01-16
- Employees
- 73 (2025 accounts · was 75 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 278 Holloway Road, London, England, N7 6NE
- Postcode
- N7 6NE
- Capital
- 1 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-03-31
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-13
- Next due by
- 2027-07-27
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47520 Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores
Officers 5 current · 4 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by FRANCHI GROUP LIMITED — since 2024-12-03
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z7502590 (Tier 2), registered since 2003.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- franchi.co.uk
- Phone
- 01689 387900, 020 7267 3138, 020 7607 2200
Situated in London, UK, Franchi Locks and Tools stock DIY, ironmongery, trade paint, architectural and building supplies, hand and power tools and more
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| FRANCHI LOCKS & TOOLS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 2010-06-08 |
| FRANCHI LOCKS & TOOLS LIMITED | 2010-06-08 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 698 PO BOX 2ND FLOOR TICHFEILD, HOUSE 69/85 TABERNACLE STREET LO, LONDON EC2A 4RR | 2007-07-04 |
| 9-13 (2ND FLOOR) CURSITOR STREET, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON, EC4A 1LL | 2000-08-01 |
| INIGO HOUSE, 29 BEDFORD STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON WC2E 9RT | 1999-01-04 |
| INIGO HOUSE, 29 BEDFORD STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON WC2E 9RT | 1999-01-04 |
| 22 LITTLE RUSSELL STREET, LONDON, WC1A 2HN | 1990-11-22 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 35 similar companies in N
The largest employer among its local peers (73 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1986.
Competitors London
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6. SEF (UK) LTD
This company ranks 2 among retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores in London.
The class of 1986
50%
of the 18,365 companies incorporated in 1986 are still active today; 42% 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
- 2016-07-05
- Where
- Greater London
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SGL771947 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2016-07-05 | — |
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