{"name":"HAMLEYS (FRANCHISING) LIMITED","company_number":"05639053","status":"Active - Proposal to Strike off","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2005-11-29","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"7 Howick Place, 2nd Floor, London, England, SW1P 1BB","postcode":"SW1P 1BB","sic_codes":[{"code":47650,"description":"Retail sale of games and toys in specialised stores"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"DWSCO 2653 LIMITED","changed_on":"2006-05-10"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 December","last_made_up_to":"2025-12-31","next_due":"2027-09-30"},"employees":null,"financials":[],"officers":{"current":3,"resigned":20,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":1,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Hamleys (Franchising) Limited operates in UK specialist toy retail (SIC 47650), but its £100 capital base, corporate secretariat and Reliance-controlled ownership chain indicate a group franchising or IP-holding vehicle rather than a store operator, so it should be benchmarked against asset-light brand licensors rather than against Smyths or The Entertainer. The brand occupies a defensible niche in experiential and tourism-led toy retail with credible international franchise optionality, but faces structural pressure from value-led competitors, online penetration and UK cost inflation, and disclosed financials are too limited to substantiate ratio-level peer comparison. The \"proposal to strike off\" status is the standout signal and, alongside otherwise clean filing compliance, points to group rationalisation or relocation of the franchising function — a continuity question that warrants clarification before any credit or strategic judgement is formed.","website":"https://www.hamleys.com/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/hamleys-(franchising)","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/hamleys-(franchising)/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/hamleys-(franchising)/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05639053","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/hamleys-(franchising)/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/hamleys-(franchising)/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/hamleys-(franchising)/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/hamleys-(franchising)"}