LIBRA TEXTILES LIMITED, BB8 9NW : Companies House Number 01000964

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Shareholders' funds

£33,731,821

Balance sheet as at 2026-01-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the company

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1971-01-28
Employees: 711 (2026 accounts · was 697 in 2025)
Registered office: Boundary Mill Stores Head Office, Vivary Way, Colne, Lancashire, BB8 9NW
Postcode: BB8 9NW
Capital: 125,500 GBP
Accounts category: Full
Charges: 8 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Next due by: 2027-10-31
Financial year end: 31 January

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-03-31
Next due by: 2027-04-14

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Nature of business (SIC)

47510 Retail sale of textiles in specialised stores
47710 Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
47721 Retail sale of footwear in specialised stores

Officers 6 current · 12 resigned

Director

Subscribers only Appointed 2025-11-19

Secretary

Appointed 2023-09-01

Director

Appointed 2019-04-01

Secretary

Appointed 1993-01-30

Director

Appointed 1992-05-01

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5456616 (Tier 2), registered since 2001.

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

Political donations 4

£70,000 in registered political donations since 2013.

Conservative and Unionist Party

£10,000 2024-06-10 Cash
Conservative and Unionist Party

£20,000 2017-05-13 Cash
Conservative and Unionist Party

£20,000 2015-04-10 Cash

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Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Gender pay gap

0%

Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · in the top 10% for parity

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Previous company names

Name	Date changed
BANNISTER JERSEY LIMITED	1977-12-31

Previous registered addresses 2

Address	Changed on
RB HOUSE, GREENFIELD ROAD, COLNE, LANCASHIRE, BB8 9PD	2008-04-04
BOUNDARY MILL, BURNLEY ROAD, COLNE, LANCASHIRE BB8 8LS	1998-04-24

Among its peers

Top 5%

by shareholders' funds, of 24 similar companies in BB

The largest employer among its local peers (711 staff).

The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1971.

25 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors Blackburn

2. IAN MANKIN LIMITED

£1,952,093
3. MINERVA FABRICS LIMITED

£1,807,927
4. WHALLEY WARM AND DRY LIMITED

£538,148
5. REMNANT HOUSE (HARROGATE) LIMITED

£384,816
6. CROFT MILL UK LIMITED

£238,812

This company ranks 1 among retail sale of textiles in specialised stores in Blackburn.

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The class of 1971

53%

of the 4,842 companies incorporated in 1971 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.

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

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Property in England & Wales 12 titles

Freehold: 7
Leasehold: 5
Most recent registration: 2025-12-05
Where: Lancashire (5), Tyne And Wear (3), Lincolnshire (2)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
LAN116156	Lancashire	Freehold	2025-12-05	—
TY203195	Tyne And Wear	Freehold	2025-12-05	—
TY80359	Tyne And Wear	Freehold	2025-12-05	—
MM156609	West Midlands	Leasehold	2021-07-12	—
LAN230526	Lancashire	Freehold	2019-12-17	—
SYK600489	South Yorkshire	Leasehold	2012-09-28	—
LL336384	Lincolnshire	Leasehold	2012-09-21	—
LL333959	Lincolnshire	Leasehold	2012-05-24	—
LA760971	Lancashire	Freehold	2007-06-28	—
LA845750	Lancashire	Freehold	2007-06-28	—
LAN27337	Lancashire	Freehold	2007-06-28	—
TY451377	Tyne And Wear	Leasehold	2006-09-05	—

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