HIGH SEAT LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£8,329,614
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is the retail sale of fixed and motion furniture and supporting activities. At the end of the financial year, the company operated 56 retail showrooms nationwide, as well as offering a home visit service within customers’ own homes. All turnover is within the United Kingdom.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1967-09-29
- Employees
- 408 (2024 accounts · was 379 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Units 1-3a Grange Road Industrial Estate, Grange Road, Batley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, WF17 6LN
- Postcode
- WF17 6LN
- Capital
- 9,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 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
- 2026-07-30
- Next due by
- 2027-08-13
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47599 Retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store
- 47749 Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods in specialised stores (not incl. hearing aids) not elsewhere classified
Officers 6 current · 23 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by HIGH SEAT HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2023 (period to 2022-12-31) as part of the HIGH SEAT HOLDINGS LIMITED group statement — 4 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 — Z7048024 (Tier 3), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
8.5%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 33 BRADFORD ROAD, DEWSBURY, WEST YORKSHIRE, WF13 2DU | 2013-12-20 |
| 3 VICTORIA ROAD, OFF BRADFORD ROAD, DEWSBURY, WEST YORKSHIRE WF13 2AB | 2002-01-17 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 87 similar companies in WF
2nd largest employer among its local peers (408 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1967.
Competitors Wakefield
This company ranks 1 among retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store in Wakefield.
Property in England & Wales 61 titles
- Leasehold
- 61
- Most recent registration
- 2025-10-13
- Where
- Greater London (5), Merseyside (3), West Midlands (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT184800 | Kent | Leasehold | 2025-10-13 | — |
| CH741559 | Warrington | Leasehold | 2025-06-26 | — |
| TGL635943 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2025-05-12 | — |
| LAN297406 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2025-03-31 | — |
| NK542752 | Norfolk | Leasehold | 2025-02-10 | — |
| LL432376 | Lincolnshire | Leasehold | 2024-11-27 | — |
| MS718171 | Merseyside | Leasehold | 2024-11-13 | — |
| GR485793 | Gloucestershire | Leasehold | 2024-10-18 | — |
| SL288770 | Shropshire | Leasehold | 2024-09-27 | — |
| HS414322 | City Of Kingston Upon Hull | Leasehold | 2024-08-21 | — |
| CB487930 | City Of Peterborough | Leasehold | 2024-06-28 | — |
| NYK512177 | York | Leasehold | 2024-04-19 | — |
| DT487596 | Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole | Leasehold | 2024-03-26 | — |
| MM192731 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2024-01-22 | — |
| MAN432441 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2023-12-22 | — |
| SF693258 | Staffordshire | Leasehold | 2023-11-07 | — |
| ST378531 | Bath And North East Somerset | Leasehold | 2023-04-14 | — |
| MM183009 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2023-04-11 | — |
| AGL590401 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2023-03-03 | — |
| HD616504 | Hertfordshire | Leasehold | 2023-02-24 | — |
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