HAWTHORN THEATRICAL LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£13,614
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the period under review was that of design and installation of temporary lighting, sound, video, rigging, staging, drapes and associated special effects for the commercial theatre market; ranging from corporate conferences, hospitality and exhibitions through to the domestic market of large scale weddings and parties and then to true theatre work and the entertainment industry, education, places of worship and theatre and amateur theatre customers.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1981-12-07
- Employees
- 115 (2024 accounts · was 124 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 1 Florence Way, Uxbridge, England, UB8 2LS
- Postcode
- UB8 2LS
- Capital
- 26,681 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-01
- Next due by
- 2026-12-15
Nature of business (SIC)
- 74100 specialised design activities
- 77291 Renting and leasing of media entertainment equipment
- 90020 Support activities to performing arts
Officers 4 current · 16 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by AVC LIVE LIMITED — since 2017-10-02
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ANAGRAM PRODUCTION SERVICES LIMITED Dissolved
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REX HOWARD (DRAPES) LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 1
£51,243 total awarded value where published.
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Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2025 (period to 2024-12-31) as part of the AVSC EUROPE LIMITED group statement — 6 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.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA184294 (Tier 2), registered since 2016.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| RAXCREST THEATRICAL LIMITED | 1996-09-26 |
| GILBEY, WARREN (WHOLESALE) LIMITED | 1990-03-15 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 40 PATE ROAD, LEICESTER ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MELTON MOWBRAY, LEICESTERSHIRE LE13 0RG | 1999-08-16 |
| 144 HIGH STREET, EPPING, ESSEX, CM16 4AS | 1996-09-23 |
| 141, HIGH STREET,, EPPING,, ESSEX., CM16 4BD. | 1995-04-30 |
| RANELAGH HOUSE, 72 RANELAGH ROAD, EAST HAM, LONDON E6 2SH | 1989-03-31 |
Among its peers
The largest employer
of 63 similar companies in UB, with 115 staff. The oldest of its local peers.
Competitors Hayes
This company ranks 26 among specialised design activities in Hayes.
The class of 1981
65%
of the 14,515 companies incorporated in 1981 are still active today; 29% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 4 titles
- Leasehold
- 4
- Most recent registration
- 2013-05-15
- Where
- Leicestershire (3), Cambridgeshire (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LT451691 | Leicestershire | Leasehold | 2013-05-15 | — |
| LT451693 | Leicestershire | Leasehold | 2013-05-15 | — |
| LT451695 | Leicestershire | Leasehold | 2013-05-15 | — |
| CB324494 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2013-04-16 | — |
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