MR B'S EMPORIUM LIMITED, BA1 2JL : Companies House Number 04054398

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Shareholders' funds

£25,126

Balance sheet as at 2025-05-31

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Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 2000-08-17
Employees: 24 (2025 accounts · was 22 in 2024)
Registered office: 13-15 John Street, Bath, England, BA1 2JL
Postcode: BA1 2JL
Capital: 2,000 GBP
Accounts category: Total Exemption Full
Charges: 0 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Next due by: 2027-02-28
Financial year end: 31 May

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2025-12-01
Next due by: 2026-12-15

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Nature of business (SIC)

47610 Retail sale of books in specialised stores

Officers 3 current · 1 resigned

MR Nicholas Robert BOTTOMLEY Director

Appointed 2005-11-29

MRS JULIETTE MARIE ISABELLE BOTTOMLEY Secretary

PHOTOGRAPHER Appointed 2000-08-17

MRS Juliette Marie Isabelle BOTTOMLEY Director

Appointed 2000-08-17

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA858570 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.

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Contact details

Website: mrbsemporium.com

Mr B's is an award-winning independent book shop in the heart of Bath. Famous for our Reading Subscriptions and Reading Spa Treatments.

Previous company names

Name	Date changed
BITE ME LIMITED	2006-01-20

Previous registered addresses 4

Address	Changed on
FRESHFORD HOUSE REDCLIFFE WAY, BRISTOL, BS1 6NL, ENGLAND	2020-06-03
THE CONIFERS HAMBROOK ROAD, BRISTOL, AVON, BS16 1QG	2018-05-02
14/15 JOHN STREET, BATH, BA1 2JL	2008-08-21
KETTON GRANGE, HIGH STREET, KETTON, STAMFORD, LINCOLNSHIRE PE9 3TA	2006-04-26

Among its peers

2nd largest employer

of 12 similar companies in BA, with 24 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.

Competitors Bath

1. THOMPSON ACQUISITIONS LIMITED

£1,074,878
2. THE GLASTONBURY PRESS LTD

£177,036
3. COURTYARD BOOKS LTD

£67,035
4. WELLS CATHEDRAL ENTERPRISES LIMITED

£64,009
5. ATOMIC COMICS & GAMES LIMITED

£33,534

This company ranks 6 among retail sale of books in specialised stores in Bath.

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The class of 2000

41%

of the 75,534 companies incorporated in 2000 are still active today; 56% have since been dissolved.

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

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Property in England & Wales 5 titles

Leasehold: 5
Most recent registration: 2022-05-03
Where: Bath And North East Somerset (5)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
ST372029	Bath And North East Somerset	Leasehold	2022-05-03	—
ST348807	Bath And North East Somerset	Leasehold	2018-11-20	—
ST348815	Bath And North East Somerset	Leasehold	2018-11-20	—
ST348817	Bath And North East Somerset	Leasehold	2018-11-20	—
ST353675	Bath And North East Somerset	Leasehold	2018-11-20	—

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