HISTORY & HERALDRY LIMITED
Company number 03230109 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
History & Heraldry Limited occupies a leading niche position within the UK giftware and souvenir wholesale sector, with a differentiated branded product portfolio that supports margins above typical non-specialised wholesale norms. The company has transformed its balance sheet over the past six years, reducing liabilities from £12.1M to £2.6M and growing shareholders' funds from £3.1M to £15.7M, creating exceptional financial resilience. However, revenue plateau at approximately £15.6M across 2022-2024, combined with acknowledged high street headwinds and freight cost volatility, signals that the current wholesale-centric model faces growth constraints, making the strategic pivot toward direct-to-consumer channels critical to future value creation.
Shareholders' funds
£15,707,475
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
the manufacture and sale of fancy goods in the tourist and leisure industries.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1996-07-26
- Employees
- 82 (2024 accounts)
- Registered office
- 2 Denby Way, Hellaby Industrial Estate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S66 8HR
- Postcode
- S66 8HR
- Capital
- 9,889 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 4 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
- 2026-07-26
- Next due by
- 2027-08-09
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade
Officers 2 current · 4 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by HISTORY & HERALDRY HOLDINGS 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 — Z9504522 (Tier 2), registered since 2006.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- historyheraldry.com
The H&H GROUP A leading global innovatorof gifting and lifestyle brands. We create products and brands that reliably deliver confidence for retailers and consumers worldwide. Impulse Gifting Home fragrance E-Commerce Wine hotel and events Who are H&H? The H&H Group is an international group of companies and lifestyle brands. We have an eye for quality […]
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| FORDOCES FARMHOUSE MARSH HILL, MICKLEBRING, ROTHERHAM, SOUTH YORKSHIRE S66 7RN | 2000-04-18 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 248 similar companies in S
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (82 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1996.
No.6 of the largest non-specialised wholesale trade companies in Sheffield →
Competitors Sheffield
This company ranks 6 among non-specialised wholesale trade in Sheffield.
The class of 1996
38%
of the 278 companies in this sector incorporated in 1996 are still active today; 58% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 4 titles
- Freehold
- 4
- Most recent registration
- 2024-03-19
- Price paid, where recorded
- £3,200,000
- Where
- South Yorkshire (4)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYK110154 | South Yorkshire | Freehold | 2024-03-19 | — |
| SYK369703 | South Yorkshire | Freehold | 2024-03-19 | £1,600,000 |
| SYK370448 | South Yorkshire | Freehold | 2024-03-19 | £1,600,000 |
| SYK459374 | South Yorkshire | Freehold | 2024-03-19 | — |
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