FRANK WILKINSON CAMERAS LIMITED, PR5 6PS : Companies House Number 01945826

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Shareholders' funds

£2,280,675

Balance sheet as at 2025-02-28

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Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1985-09-10
Employees: 44 (2025 accounts)
Registered office: Unit 25, Charnley Fold Estate, School Lane Bamber Bridge, Preston Lancashire, PR5 6PS
Postcode: PR5 6PS
Capital: 1,733 GBP
Accounts category: Total Exemption Full
Charges: 2 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Next due by: 2026-11-30
Financial year end: 28 February

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-01-06
Next due by: 2027-01-20

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Nature of business (SIC)

47789 Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)

Officers 7 current · 3 resigned

Jon COOKE Director

Appointed 2024-03-01

MISS Alexandra Louise WILKINSON Director

Appointed 2016-02-01

MR Paul Maurice EDMONDSON Director

Appointed 2013-10-04

MR David Kenneth PARKINSON Secretary

Appointed 1992-02-01

MR DAVID PARKINSON Director

DIRECTOR/SECRETARY Appointed 1991-06-19

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Group structure 1 subsidiary

Controlled by FRANK WILKINSON CAMERAS HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2024-08-07

WILKINSON CAMERAS (LIVERPOOL) LIMITED

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Previous company names

Name	Date changed
RIBBLE CAMERAS LIMITED	1986-01-06
CLUBVENT LIMITED	1985-11-11

Previous registered addresses 3

Address	Changed on
1,UNION COURT,UNION STREET, PRESTON LANCS, PR1 2HD	2003-08-22
10 FISHERGATE WALK, ST GEORGES CENTRE, PRESTON, PR1 2NR	1991-07-03
47 BRUNSWICK PLACE, LONDON, N1 6EE	1987-12-03

Among its peers

Top 5%

by shareholders' funds, of 75 similar companies in PR

2nd largest employer among its local peers (44 staff).

3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1985.

No.2 of the largest other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians) companies in Preston →

Competitors Preston

1. MERLIN CYCLES LIMITED

£15,985,483
3. LUXUS DESIGN LTD

£1,363,029
4. BURNING DESIRES LIMITED

£1,342,076
5. HUNKYDORY GROUP LIMITED

£1,017,742
6. DISCOUNT D.I.Y. AND BATHROOMS LIMITED

£758,931

This company ranks 2 among other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians) in Preston.

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The class of 1985

49%

of the 15,386 companies incorporated in 1985 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

Property in England & Wales 7 titles

Leasehold: 7
Most recent registration: 2024-01-08
Where: Westmorland And Furness (2), Lancashire (2), Cumberland (1)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
CU341367	Westmorland And Furness	Leasehold	2024-01-08	—
CU331424	Cumberland	Leasehold	2022-03-17	—
CH687092	Cheshire West And Chester	Leasehold	2019-09-16	—
LAN216931	Lancashire	Leasehold	2019-02-15	—
MS656021	Merseyside	Leasehold	2018-05-15	—
CU272025	Westmorland And Furness	Leasehold	2013-03-12	—
LA431382	Lancashire	Leasehold	1997-04-29	—

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