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.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA380564 (Tier 3), registered since 2018.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
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 1,029 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 3 titles
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2025-12-02
- Where
- Greater Manchester (1), West Midlands (1), City Of Bristol (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAN465586 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2025-12-02 | — |
| MM151169 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2021-03-05 | — |
| BL153928 | City Of Bristol | Leasehold | 2019-10-03 | — |
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