HOWES MODELS LIMITED, OX5 1JD : Companies House Number 03144839

Free AI analysis

Have an AI read this company's filings and write an assessment — financial health, risks, and what the numbers say.

Get the analysis

Shareholders' funds

£97,000

Balance sheet as at 2025-02-28

View full accounts →

Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1996-01-10
Employees: 7 (2025 accounts · was 8 in 2024)
Registered office: 16b Station Field Industrial Estate, Kidlington, England, OX5 1JD
Postcode: OX5 1JD
Capital: 97,000 GBP
Accounts category: Total Exemption Full
Charges: 2 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Next due by: 2026-11-30
Financial year end: 28 February

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-01-10
Next due by: 2027-01-24

View filing history →

Nature of business (SIC)

47789 Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)

Officers 2 current · 5 resigned

MR. MARTIN CASTLE Secretary

Appointed 1996-02-29

MR. Martin, Mr. CASTLE Director

Appointed 1996-01-25

View all officers and resignations →

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA900792 (Tier 1), registered since 2021.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Contact details

Website: howesmodels.co.uk
Phone: 01865848000

We offer a great range of model railways, radio controlled cars, boats, planes, tanks and drones, as well as spares and accessories - all at the best price.

Previous company names

Name	Date changed
OFFERCHART LIMITED	1996-02-09

Previous registered addresses 4

Address	Changed on
UNIT 2C/D ROWLES WAY, KIDLINGTON, OXFORDSHIRE, OX5 1LA	2016-10-20
12 BANBURY ROAD, KIDLINGTON, OXON, OX5 2BT	2011-02-04
BOSWELL HOUSE, 1/5 BROAD STREET, OXFORD, OXFORDSHIRE OX1 3AW	1996-04-03
1 MITCHELL LANE, BRISTOL, BS1 6BU	1996-02-12

Among its peers

Top 25%

by shareholders' funds, of 68 similar companies in OX

Among the biggest employers among its local peers (7 staff).

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1996.

No.15 of the largest other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians) companies in Oxford →

37 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors Oxford

1. BURFORD GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED

£15,882,235
2. OXFORD BEARINGS LIMITED

£9,769,504
3. OXFORD CARAVAN CENTRE LIMITED

£2,588,712
4. TL JEWELLERS LIMITED

£2,499,112
5. REGINALD DAVIS(OXFORD)LIMITED

£917,523

This company ranks 15 among other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians) in Oxford.

Full league table →

The class of 1996

45%

of the 41,233 companies incorporated in 1996 are still active today; 52% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

Survival rates for every incorporation year →

Property in England & Wales 1 title

Leasehold: 1
Most recent registration: 2016-09-14
Where: Oxfordshire

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
ON328203	Oxfordshire	Leasehold	2016-09-14	—

For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).