MAPLIN ELECTRONICS LIMITED
Company number 01264385 · Monitor this company
The annual accounts for this company are overdue.
The confirmation statement for this company is overdue.
Executive summary
Maplin Electronics represents a cautionary tale of legacy retail disruption, where a 40-year brand heritage failed to offset the strategic and financial pressures of e-commerce competition, ultimately resulting in administration. The ongoing entity possesses no operational runway, rendering its future entirely dependent on the monetization of its intellectual property and brand equity by its holding company or a third-party acquirer. Any strategic revival will require a purely digital, asset-light model that completely discards the physical retail infrastructure that led to the company's insolvency.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1976-06-22
- Registered office
- 8th Floor Central Square, 29 Wellington Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 4DL
- Postcode
- LS1 4DL
- Capital
- 420,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2017-03-18
- Next due by
- 2018-12-22 Overdue
- Financial year end
- 22 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2017-09-02
- Next due by
- 2018-09-16 Overdue
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47789 Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)
Officers 3 current · 60 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by MAPLIN ELECTRONICS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Gender pay gap
1.7%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2017/18
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.maplin.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| MAPLIN ELECTRONIC SUPPLIES LIMITED | 1988-11-03 |
Previous registered addresses 9
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| BROOKFIELDS WAY MANVERS, WATH UPON DEARNE, ROTHERHAM, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, S63 5DL | 2018-03-15 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 13/05/2008 FROM, BROOKFIELDS WAY MANVERS, WATH UPON DEARNE, ROTHERHAM, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, S63 5DL | 2008-05-13 |
| BROOKFIELDS WAY MANVERS, WATH UPON DEARNE, ROTHERHAM, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, S63 5DL | 2008-05-13 |
| VALLEY ROAD, WOMBWELL, BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, S73 0BS | 2008-04-23 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 23/04/2008 FROM, VALLEY ROAD, WOMBWELL, BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKSHIRE, S73 0BS | 2008-04-23 |
| MAPLIN HOUSE, 274/288 LONDON ROAD, HADLEIGH, BENFLEET ESSEX SS7 2DE | 2000-03-05 |
| PLIN HOUSE, 274/288 LONDON ROAD, HADLEIGH, BENFLEET ESSEX SS7 2DE | 2000-03-05 |
| MAPLIN COMPLEX, OAK ROAD SOUTH, BENFLEET, ESSEX SS7 2BB | 1996-03-24 |
| PLIN COMPLEX, OAK ROAD SOUTH, BENFLEET, ESSEX SS7 2BB | 1996-03-24 |
The class of 1976
51%
of the 7,066 companies incorporated in 1976 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 21 titles
- Leasehold
- 21
- Most recent registration
- 2018-01-05
- Price paid, where recorded
- £144,000
- Where
- Greater London (5), Greater Manchester (3), Luton (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BGL138019 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2018-01-05 | £144,000 |
| MAN298966 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2017-09-11 | — |
| BD311834 | Luton | Leasehold | 2016-11-23 | — |
| ESX357619 | East Sussex | Leasehold | 2014-04-11 | — |
| ND176309 | Northumberland | Leasehold | 2014-03-25 | — |
| MAN209586 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2013-06-03 | — |
| WK467640 | Warwickshire | Leasehold | 2013-02-26 | — |
| SGL736855 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2013-02-15 | — |
| BL125131 | City Of Bristol | Leasehold | 2011-04-21 | — |
| BGL75974 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2010-06-25 | — |
| ST264874 | Bath And North East Somerset | Leasehold | 2008-04-11 | — |
| WR114666 | Worcestershire | Leasehold | 2008-01-08 | — |
| MAN95832 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2007-09-21 | — |
| SY761706 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2007-05-09 | — |
| EGL520595 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2007-04-26 | — |
| LAN47277 | Blackburn With Darwen | Leasehold | 2007-02-27 | — |
| HP683653 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2007-01-30 | — |
| WT250829 | Swindon | Leasehold | 2006-07-19 | — |
| SK259435 | Suffolk | Leasehold | 2005-01-06 | — |
| TGL76362 | Greater London | Leasehold | 1992-08-13 | — |
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