H FOSTER 1875 LIMITED, RG8 7SX : Companies House Number 01065423

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Shareholders' funds

£729,450

Balance sheet as at 2025-11-30

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What it does

Wholesale of chemical products

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1972-08-11
Employees: 9 (2025 accounts · was 7 in 2024)
Registered office: Stuart Cottage Blackbirds Bottom, Goring Heath, Reading, England, RG8 7SX
Postcode: RG8 7SX
Capital: 500 GBP
Accounts category: Total Exemption Full
Charges: 2 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Next due by: 2027-08-31
Financial year end: 30 November

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-06-19
Next due by: 2027-07-03

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Nature of business (SIC)

46750 Wholesale of chemical products
46760 Wholesale of other intermediate products
70100 Activities of head offices

Officers 4 current · 2 resigned

Thomas Stuart EGGAR Director

Appointed 2020-12-01

MRS MARGARET ANN EGGAR Secretary

Appointed 1991-06-19

MRS MARGARET ANN EGGAR Director

MARRIED WOMAN Appointed 1991-06-19

MR Simon Stuart EGGAR Director

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Group structure 2 subsidiaries

Controlled by EGGAR & COMPANY (1972) LIMITED — since 2016-04-06

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

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA314592 (Tier 1), registered since 2018.

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Contact details

Website: hfoster.co.uk
Phone: 01132439016

H Foster is the trusted chemical supplier in the UK offering high-quality products for industries. Explore our wide range of chemicals and expert services.

Previous company names

Name	Date changed
EGGAR HOLDINGS LIMITED	2016-07-15
H FOSTER & CO (STEARINES) LIMITED	2012-06-13
EGGAR HOLDINGS LIMITED	2012-01-18
EGGAR AND CO.(CHEMICALS)LIMITED	1988-11-25

Previous registered addresses 5

Address	Changed on
78-80 HIGH STREET, THEALE, READING, BERKSHIRE, RG7 5AR	2019-05-08
STUART COTTAGE BLACKBIRDS BOTTOM, GORING HEATH, READING, BERKSHIRE, RG8 7SX	2012-07-23
STUART COTTAGE GORING HEATH, READING, BERKSHIRE, RG8 7SX	2008-05-06
HIGH STREET, THEALE, READING, BERKSHIRE,, RG7 5AR	2008-04-23
STUART COTTAGE, GORING HEATH, NEAR READING, BERKS.	1988-11-16

Among its peers

3rd largest employer

of 9 similar companies in RG, with 9 staff. 2nd oldest of its local peers.

Competitors Reading

1. ALFA CHEMICALS LIMITED

£4,576,204
2. WESSINGTON GROUP LIMITED

£1,363,907
3. BOBBY BASRA LIMITED

£980,630
4. THE MAZWELL GROUP LIMITED

£825,288
6. LIQUID ENGINEERING (UK) LIMITED

£20,095

This company ranks 5 among wholesale of chemical products in Reading.

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The class of 1972

53%

of the 6,034 companies incorporated in 1972 are still active today; 40% have since been dissolved.

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Property in England & Wales 2 titles

Freehold: 1
Leasehold: 1
Most recent registration: 2025-03-28
Where: Oxfordshire (2)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
ON392798	Oxfordshire	Leasehold	2025-03-28	—
ON81415	Oxfordshire	Freehold	2022-09-07	—

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