H.B.H. WOOLACOTTS LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£24,041,976
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
What it does
The principal activities of the group in the year under review were those of electrical retailing and kitchen design and sales.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1973-08-28
- Employees
- 180 (2025 accounts · was 181 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 30 Queen St, Bude, Cornwall., EX23 8BB
- Postcode
- EX23 8BB
- Capital
- 56,075 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 7 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-02
- Next due by
- 2027-02-16
Nature of business (SIC)
- 43210 Electrical installation
- 47540 Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores
- 77291 Renting and leasing of media entertainment equipment
- 95220 Repair of household appliances and home and garden equipment
Officers 8 current · 3 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5980255 (Tier 1), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- hbh-woolacotts.co.uk
- Phone
- 01726222970, 01579347400, 01409253280
HBH Woolacotts is Cornwall and Devon's Premier Independent Electrical Retailer, specialising in household appliances, Plasma and LCD television, DVD and Blu-Ray and audio equipment
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| H.B.H. (WOOLACOTTS) T.V. & ELECTRICAL LIMITED | 1978-12-31 |
| R.B. FIFTY-SIX COMPANY LIMITED | 1976-12-31 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 288 similar companies in EX
2nd largest employer among its local peers (180 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1973.
No.1 of the largest electrical installation companies in Exeter →
Competitors Exeter
This company ranks 1 among electrical installation in Exeter.
The class of 1973
52%
of the 7,318 companies incorporated in 1973 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 14 titles
- Freehold
- 14
- Most recent registration
- 2025-09-05
- Price paid, where recorded
- £7,040,000
- Where
- Cornwall (11), Devon (2), City Of Plymouth (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL391233 | Cornwall | Freehold | 2025-09-05 | — |
| DN780142 | Devon | Freehold | 2025-07-11 | — |
| DN777941 | Devon | Freehold | 2025-04-10 | — |
| CL64981 | Cornwall | Freehold | 2018-12-19 | £300,000 |
| DN240575 | City Of Plymouth | Freehold | 2016-07-27 | £6,250,000 |
| CL125532 | Cornwall | Freehold | 2011-08-30 | — |
| CL185509 | Cornwall | Freehold | 2011-08-30 | — |
| CL24454 | Cornwall | Freehold | 2011-08-30 | — |
| CL263678 | Cornwall | Freehold | 2009-04-01 | — |
| CL215277 | Cornwall | Freehold | 2005-05-09 | — |
| CL111400 | Cornwall | Freehold | 2003-03-14 | — |
| CL73940 | Cornwall | Freehold | 2003-03-14 | £250,000 |
| CL75502 | Cornwall | Freehold | 2001-02-09 | £240,000 |
| CL95006 | Cornwall | Freehold | 1994-01-20 | — |
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