SPECIALIST CRAFTS LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£5,230,316
Balance sheet as at 2025-06-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of wholesaling of arts and crafts materials, by mail order and via the internet.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2000-10-23
- Employees
- 72 (2025 accounts · was 66 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 21 Mountain Road, Leicester, LE4 9HQ
- Postcode
- LE4 9HQ
- Capital
- 2,000,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-06-30
- Next due by
- 2027-03-31
- Financial year end
- 30 June
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-08-22
- Next due by
- 2026-09-05
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47910 Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Officers 4 current · 5 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by DRYAD LEICESTER LIMITED — since 2019-05-31
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- specialistcrafts.co.uk
Dryad Education, home of Specialist Crafts is a leading supplier of Art, Textiles and D&T resources to educational institutions, students and artists worldwide.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| SPECIALIST CRAFTS HOLDINGS LIMITED | 2001-04-11 |
| NO. 431 LEICESTER LIMITED | 2001-03-22 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 2, WANLIP ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SYSTON, LEICESTER, LE7 1PD | 2011-03-28 |
| UNIT 1M HARAMEAD ROAD, HUMBERSTONE ROAD INDUSTRIAL PARK, LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE LE1 2JW | 2001-05-16 |
| 20 NEW WALK, LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE LE1 6TX | 2001-04-23 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 1,161 similar companies in LE
3rd largest employer among its local peers (72 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2000.
No.3 of the largest retail sale via mail order houses or via internet companies in Leicester →
Competitors Leicester
This company ranks 3 among retail sale via mail order houses or via internet in Leicester.
The class of 2000
43%
of the 270 companies in this sector incorporated in 2000 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2015-04-09
- Where
- Leicester
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LT468680 | Leicester | Leasehold | 2015-04-09 | — |
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