HOBSONS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Company number 01984724 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Hobsons International possesses valuable heritage and market positioning in voice-over representation, but faces an existential strategic challenge: eight consecutive years of net asset erosion have reduced the equity base by 82%, while recent debt refinancing addresses short-term liquidity but adds long-term servicing obligations. The imperative is clear—management must stabilise profitability and reverse the value destruction trajectory within the next 18-24 months, potentially through talent roster expansion into high-growth digital content verticals and rigorous cost discipline, before reserves are exhausted.
Shareholders' funds
£97,239
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1986-01-31
- Employees
- 6 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 19 Berghem Mews Blythe Road, London, England, W14 0HN
- Postcode
- W14 0HN
- Capital
- 65 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-15
- Next due by
- 2027-07-29
Nature of business (SIC)
- 78109 Other activities of employment placement agencies
Officers 2 current · 7 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by LO HOLDINGS (LONDON) LTD — since 2025-10-07
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- hobsons-international.com
- Phone
- +44 2089953628, 02089953628
Hobsons International is a leading London voice-over agency that represents talented artists across the UK and internationally. With collective experience in all aspects of the media business, our reputation is built on a friendly, flexible and knowledgeable service. We're always on hand to help, so call us to talk through your next project, no matter how big or small.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| BOSUNBROOK LIMITED | 1989-04-04 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 62 CHISWICK HIGH ROAD, LONDON, W4 1SY | 2012-09-25 |
| 64 CHISWICK HIGH ROAD, BURLINGTON HOUSE, LONDON, W4 1SY | 1993-11-26 |
| 64 THORNTON AVENUE, CHISWICK, LONDON, W4 1QQ | 1991-01-16 |
| 2 BOW STREET, LONDON, WC2E 7BA | 1990-08-17 |
| 183-185 BERMONDSEY STREET, LONDON, SE1 3UW | 1986-07-14 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 653 similar companies in W
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (6 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1986.
Competitors London
This company ranks 122 among other activities of employment placement agencies in London.
The class of 1986
51%
of the 18,365 companies incorporated in 1986 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2024-08-22
- Where
- Greater London
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BGL185235 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2024-08-22 | — |
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