RAPIER DESIGN LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£2,639,749
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1988-04-20
- Employees
- 36 (2024 accounts · was 34 in 2023)
- Registered office
- The Old Barn, Unit 1 Hillside Farm, Pepper Hill, Great Amwell, Ware, Herts, England, SG12 9FX
- Postcode
- SG12 9FX
- Capital
- 10,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 2 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
- 2026-06-22
- Next due by
- 2027-07-06
Nature of business (SIC)
- 73110 Advertising agencies
Officers 5 current · 16 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by RAPIERGROUP LIMITED — since 2025-11-20
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z236588X (Tier 2), registered since 2010.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| GRAPHICBUY LIMITED | 1988-06-27 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THE GRANGE, 15 HIGH STREET, HODDESDON, HERTFORDSHIRE EN11 8JU | 2003-03-08 |
| 105,ST.JOHN STREET, LONDON, EC1M 4AS | 1995-08-16 |
| RAPIER HOUSE, 40-46 LAMBS CONDUID STREET, LONDON, WC1N 3LJ | 1991-10-30 |
| 2 BACHES STREET, LONDON, N1 6UB | 1988-06-23 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 145 similar companies in SG
The largest employer among its local peers (36 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1988.
No.1 of the largest advertising agencies companies in Stevenage →
Competitors Stevenage
This company ranks 1 among advertising agencies in Stevenage.
The class of 1988
51%
of the 20,915 companies incorporated in 1988 are still active today; 43% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2018-01-17
- Where
- Hertfordshire (1), West Northamptonshire (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD570484 | Hertfordshire | Leasehold | 2018-01-17 | — |
| NN292433 | West Northamptonshire | Leasehold | 2012-05-01 | — |
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