LIFEMARQUE LIMITED
Company number 02531239 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Lifemarque Limited is a financially stable, long-established multi-brand wholesaler with a strong equity base and growing brand portfolio, but its strategic trajectory is constrained by thin cash reserves and inventory-heavy working capital that limits agility. The company's most compelling growth path lies in selective DTC channel development and international expansion, funded through working capital optimization that could release £350K-£500K from inventory efficiencies. Immediate priority must be addressing the liquidity gap (0.04x cash coverage) and formalizing succession planning to protect the enterprise value built over 35 years of operation.
Shareholders' funds
£4,975,167
Balance sheet as at 2024-10-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is sale of products relating to the outdoor and nursery industries.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1990-08-15
- Employees
- 40 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- Units 1 & 8 Bacchus House, Calleva Park, Aldermaston, Berkshire, RG7 8EN
- Postcode
- RG7 8EN
- Capital
- 88 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-10-31
- Next due by
- 2027-07-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-15
- Next due by
- 2027-08-29
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade
Officers 5 current · 5 resigned
Public contracts won 1
£457,000 total awarded value where published.
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z2479976 (Tier 2), registered since 2011.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- lifemarque.com
Lifemarque is a family of brands that creates high quality products for the outdoor, travel, and nursery industries.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| LIFESYSTEMS LIMITED | 2003-02-03 |
| AFYA CONSULTANCY LIMITED | 1991-03-07 |
| ARCSHIELD LIMITED | 1990-09-21 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 4 MERCURY HOUSE, CALLEVA PARK, ALDERMASTON, BERKSHIRE RG7 8PN | 2003-01-29 |
| 27, JOHN STREET,, LONDON,., WC1N 2BL. | 1996-04-16 |
| CLASSIC HOUSE, 174-180 OLD STREET, LONDON, EC1V 9BP | 1990-09-05 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 211 similar companies in RG
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (40 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1990.
No.7 of the largest non-specialised wholesale trade companies in Reading →
Competitors Reading
This company ranks 7 among non-specialised wholesale trade in Reading.
The class of 1990
39%
of the 263 companies in this sector incorporated in 1990 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
- Leasehold
- 4
- Most recent registration
- 2021-04-12
- Price paid, where recorded
- £230,000
- Where
- West Berkshire (3), Hampshire (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP855039 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2021-04-12 | — |
| BK278512 | West Berkshire | Leasehold | 2016-04-04 | £230,000 |
| BK276436 | West Berkshire | Leasehold | 2003-01-15 | — |
| BK276534 | West Berkshire | Leasehold | 2003-01-15 | — |
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