PAN ARTISAN LTD.
Company number 05674697 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Pan Artisan Ltd. is a niche artisan food manufacturer in severe financial distress, with net liabilities of £327,543, shareholders' funds of negative £617,543, and critically low cash of just £394. While the business has an established operating history and shareholder commitment, its competitive position as a mid-scale specialist producer leaves it exposed to input cost inflation, consumer downtrading, and interest rate pressures that have systemically eroded profitability since 2016. The company's survival depends entirely on continued creditor and shareholder support, making it one of the more vulnerable participants in the UK food manufacturing sector.
Shareholders' funds
-£617,543
Balance sheet as at 2024-08-03
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2006-01-13
- Employees
- 57 (2024 accounts · was 53 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Units 25/26 Holmbush Industrial Estate, Midhurst, West Sussex, England, GU29 9HX
- Postcode
- GU29 9HX
- Capital
- 290 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-08-03
- Next due by
- 2026-10-16
- Financial year end
- 30 July
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10890 Manufacture of other food products not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 10 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA716026 (Tier 2), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- panartisan.com
- Phone
- 01730 811 490, 01730 811 491
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| LA PIZZA COMPANY LIMITED | 2012-03-09 |
| FORUM 285 LIMITED | 2006-08-04 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| C/O WARD MACKENZIE LTD, OXFORD HOUSE, 15-17 MOUNT EPHRAIM ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN1 1EN, ENGLAND | 2017-08-03 |
| EQUITY HOUSE 4-6 SCHOOL ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, BERKSHIRE, RG31 5AL | 2016-02-18 |
| UNITS 25 & 26 HOLMBUSH, INDUSTRIAL ESTATE HOLMBUSH WAY, MIDHURST, WEST SUSSEX, GU29 9HX | 2011-05-03 |
| 6 DRAKES MEADOW, PENNY LANE, SWINDON, WILTSHIRE SN3 3LL | 2006-09-04 |
Among its peers
The largest employer
of 24 similar companies in GU, with 57 staff. 3rd oldest of its local peers.
Competitors Guildford
This company ranks 38 among manufacture of other food products not elsewhere classified in Guildford.
The class of 2006
32%
of the 182,205 companies incorporated in 2006 are still active today; 65% 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
- 2024-11-04
- Where
- West Sussex (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSX450147 | West Sussex | Leasehold | 2024-11-04 | — |
| WSX450149 | West Sussex | Leasehold | 2024-11-04 | — |
| WSX450150 | West Sussex | Leasehold | 2024-11-04 | — |
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