STAX TRADE CENTRES LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£37,526,628
Balance sheet as at 2025-08-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company and group continued to be that of DIY and hardware wholesalers.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1988-03-25
- Employees
- 449 (2025 accounts · was 467 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Holloway Drive, Wardley Industrial Estate, Worsley, Manchester, M28 2LA
- Postcode
- M28 2LA
- Capital
- 105,176 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 11 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-08-30
- Next due by
- 2027-05-31
- Financial year end
- 31 August
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-27
- Next due by
- 2026-12-11
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade
Officers 5 current · 11 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by SM WRIGHT FAMILY VENTURES LIMITED — since 2025-11-13
Controlled by FOLIE DOUCE LIMITED — since 2025-11-13
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2025 (period to 2024-08-31) — 4 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gender pay gap
2%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the top quarter for parity
Contact details
- Website
- staxtradecentres.co.uk
- Phone
- 01215697000, 01133936600, 01179590003
Stax is the largest non-food wholesaler in the UK, with six branches located nationally. Register for your free trade account today!
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| STAX TRADE CENTRES PLC | 2018-06-18 |
| THE STAX GROUP OF COMPANIES LIMITED | 1996-01-26 |
| READYGLOW LIMITED | 1988-05-09 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNITS 1-4 HOLLOWAY DRIVE, WARDLEY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, WORSLEY, MANCHESTER, M28 2LA | 2010-05-07 |
| 17 ST ANNES SQUARE, MANCHESTER, M2 7PN | 1989-07-27 |
| 17 ST ANNES SQUARE, MANCHESTER, M2 7PN | 1989-07-27 |
| 7TH FLOOR, THE GRAFTONS, STAMFORD NEW ROAD, ALTRINCHAM, WA14 1DQ | 1988-05-23 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 1,013 similar companies in M
The largest employer among its local peers (449 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1988.
No.1 of the largest non-specialised wholesale trade companies in Manchester →
Competitors Manchester
This company ranks 1 among non-specialised wholesale trade in Manchester.
The class of 1988
44%
of the 230 companies in this sector incorporated in 1988 are still active today; 54% 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
- 2021-03-05
- Where
- West Midlands (1), City Of Bristol (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MM151169 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2021-03-05 | — |
| BL153928 | City Of Bristol | Leasehold | 2019-10-03 | — |
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