MOSLEY TRADING COMPANY LIMITED
Company number 03617523 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Mosley Trading Company presents an unusual profile for a furniture wholesale business, with its £8.2M net asset base, minimal liabilities, and dominant cash position (£4.8M) suggesting it operates more as an investment vehicle with a legacy trading operation than a conventional sector participant. The dramatic £3.5M shift from investments to cash in FY2024 indicates deliberate de-risking, likely motivated by market uncertainty and the attractive risk-free returns available at current interest rates. While the business lacks the scale and trading momentum to compete as a mainstream distributor, its fortress balance sheet provides resilience and strategic optionality that few sector peers can match, positioning it well to acquire distressed assets or competitors should the ongoing sector consolidation create opportunities.
Shareholders' funds
£3,655,831
Balance sheet as at 2025-08-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1998-08-18
- Employees
- 7 (2025 accounts · was 9 in 2024)
- Registered office
- The Piggeries, Hollyberry Hall Farm Clay Lane, Allesley, Coventry, England, CV5 9DH
- Postcode
- CV5 9DH
- Capital
- 122,500 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-08-31
- Next due by
- 2027-05-31
- Financial year end
- 31 August
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-18
- Next due by
- 2027-09-01
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46470 Wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
Officers 2 current · 3 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA431653 (Tier 2), registered since 2018.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| RINGWAY HOUSE, HILL STREET, COVENTRY, CV1 4AN | 2018-07-10 |
| PARK HOUSE, STATION SQUARE, COVENTRY, WARWICKSHIRE CV1 2NS | 2007-04-26 |
| 381 KINGSWAY, HOVE, EAST SUSSEX BN3 4QD | 1998-08-24 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 25 similar companies in CV
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1998.
No.1 of the largest wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment companies in Coventry →
Competitors Coventry
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2. ENERGILE LTD
This company ranks 1 among wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment in Coventry.
The class of 1998
43%
of the 55,901 companies incorporated in 1998 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.