MERLIN CYCLES LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£15,985,483
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of retailing of cycles and accessories.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1993-06-11
- Employees
- 37 (2024 accounts · was 36 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Unit A4 Buckshaw Link, Ordnance Road Buckshaw Village, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 7EL
- Postcode
- PR7 7EL
- Capital
- 500 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-07
- Next due by
- 2027-06-21
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47789 Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)
- 47910 Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Officers 4 current · 2 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by ABSOLUT BIKES UK LIMITED — since 2016-08-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA115699 (Tier 1), registered since 2015.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- merlincycles.co.uk
Browse our range of road & mountain bikes, bike components & cycle clothing at incredibly low prices. With FREE UK and worldwide delivery available on most orders.
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT A1, BUCKSHAW LINK, ORDNANCE ROAD BUCKSHAW VILLAGE, CHORLEY, LANCASHIRE, PR7 7EL, UNITED KINGDOM | 2013-07-15 |
| UNIT A1, BUCKSHAW LINK, ORDNANCE ROAD BUCKSHAW VILLAGE, CHORLEY, LANCASHIRE, PR7 7EL, UNITED KINGDOM | 2013-07-15 |
| MERLIN HOUSE, ORCHARD STREET, LEYLAND PRESTON, LANCS, PR25 3SL | 2008-09-16 |
| THE MALT HOUSE, GREEN LANE, ORMSKIRK LANCASHIRE, L39 1QR | 1997-06-08 |
| 68 CHORLEY OLD ROAD, WHITTLE-LE-WOODS, CHORLEY, LANCS PR6 7LD | 1993-12-08 |
| 372 OLD STREET, LONDON. EC1V 9LT. | 1993-09-21 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 75 similar companies in PR
3rd largest employer among its local peers (37 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1993.
Competitors Preston
This company ranks 1 among other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians) in Preston.
The class of 1993
49%
of the 25,070 companies incorporated in 1993 are still active today; 48% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2023-04-27
- Where
- Lancashire (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN274147 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2023-04-27 | — |
| LAN143989 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2013-09-19 | — |
| LAN141495 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2013-07-01 | — |
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