STAMFORD ASSOCIATES LIMITED

Company number 01495928 ·

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Executive summary

Stamford Associates Limited is a financially deteriorating entity transitioning from an operating financial intermediation business to what appears to be a managed wind-down, having suffered a 75% decline in net assets over four years and a 77% headcount reduction. The company retains a £1.6M cash reserve and debt-free balance sheet that could support a strategic pivot, but the lease termination decision, consecutive losses, and dividend extraction during unprofitability suggest the controlling shareholder is prioritizing value extraction over business renewal. Without immediate strategic intervention—whether through business model reinvention, targeted investment, or formal restructuring—this entity is on a trajectory toward operational irrelevance within 24-36 months.

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Shareholders' funds

£605,052

Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1980-05-08
Employees
2 (2025 accounts · was 3 in 2024)
Registered office
6th Floor, 9 Appold Street, London, England, EC2A 2AP
Postcode
EC2A 2AP
Capital
260,000 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-12-31
Next due by
2027-09-30
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2025-12-31
Next due by
2027-01-14
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 64999 Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Officers 1 current · 13 resigned

Appointed 2002-01-09

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5492455 (Tier 1), registered since 2001.

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Contact details

Website
stamfordassociates.com
Phone
02076295225

Previous company names

NameDate changed
GIBA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED1995-05-31
BATEMAN EICHLER, HILL RICHARDS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED1982-06-30

Previous registered addresses 3

AddressChanged on
2/4 CAYTON STREET, LONDON, EC1V 9EH1996-10-07
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE, 1 ST KATHARINE'S WAY, LONDON, E1 9UN1995-06-19
20 COPTHALL AVENUE, LONDON EC2R 7EE1988-12-13

Among its peers

Top 25%

by shareholders' funds, of 1,279 similar companies in EC

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1980.

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Competitors London

This company ranks 235 among financial intermediation not elsewhere classified in London.

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The class of 1980

49%

of the 8,850 companies incorporated in 1980 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.

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

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This company's registered activities are in financial services. If it carries on regulated business, it should appear on the FCA's Financial Services Register — the official record of authorised firms.