PREMIER FARNELL UK LIMITED, LS12 2QQ : Companies House Number 00860093

Executive summary

Premier Farnell UK Limited represents a strategically significant UK node within the global Avnet distribution network, combining multi-decade market incumbency with the scale advantages of multinational parentage. The company's growth trajectory hinges on capturing reshoring demand, digital commerce transformation, and value-added service expansion, while navigating cyclical margin pressures and the inherent strategic constraints of subsidiary governance. Positioning the UK entity as a high-service, digitally-enabled distribution platform—rather than a transactional logistics function—will be the defining strategic imperative for the next decade.

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Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1965-09-28
Registered office: 150 Armley Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS12 2QQ
Postcode: LS12 2QQ
Capital: 250,000 GBP
Accounts category: Full

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-06-28
Next due by: 2027-03-31
Financial year end: 30 June

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-09-15
Next due by: 2027-09-29

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Nature of business (SIC)

46520 Wholesale of electronic and telecommunications equipment and parts

Officers 3 current · 52 resigned

Daniel Richard Patrick FORD Director

Appointed 2025-05-26

Gavin Peter HODGSON-SILKE Director

Appointed 2021-03-01

MR Darrel Scott JACKSON Director

Appointed 2019-04-30

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Group structure 2 subsidiaries

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Public contracts won 5

£260,258 total awarded value where published.

BE25017 - Signal generator

UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED 2025-01-29 £10,085
National Instruments Data Acquisition Hardware

UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED 2023-10-03 £29,805
BE23004 - Vector Network Analyzer

UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED 2023-01-11 £16,737
PXIe-8881 Xeon 8 Core Controller

UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED 2022-10-18 £22,329
1355 - Framework for the ongoing supply of Electronic Components and Parts for Medical Device Projects

CENTRE FOR PROCESS INNOVATION LIMITED 2019-12-13 £181,302

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5711905 (Tier 3), registered since 2001.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Gender pay gap

4.1%

Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity

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Contact details

Website: http://www.premierfarnell.co.uk

Previous company names

Name	Date changed
BUCK & HICKMAN LIMITED	2004-04-05

Previous registered addresses 2

Address	Changed on
SISKIN PARKWAY EAST, MIDDLEMARCH BUSINESS PARK, COVENTRY, CV3 4FJ	2004-04-08
BANK HOUSE, 100 QUEEN ST., SHEFFIELD, S1 2DW	1997-03-18

Among its peers

2nd oldest

of 43 similar companies in LS, trading since 1965

Property in England & Wales 4 titles

Leasehold: 4
Most recent registration: 2019-03-20
Where: West Yorkshire (3), Lancashire (1)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
YY118743	West Yorkshire	Leasehold	2019-03-20	—
LAN138518	Lancashire	Leasehold	2013-03-25	—
YY16477	West Yorkshire	Leasehold	2013-03-25	—
YY16478	West Yorkshire	Leasehold	2013-03-25	—

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