STUBBINS MARKETING LIMITED
Company number 02142565 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Stubbins Marketing Limited presents a financially robust profile characterised by strong net assets, minimal leverage, and substantial cash reserves that have improved markedly over recent years. The primary risks are operational—specifically gross margin pressure from energy costs and labour availability—rather than solvency or liquidity concerns. However, the family-dominated governance structure, incomplete PSC transparency, and historical litigation against former directors warrant careful ongoing monitoring. The transition to self-operation of the Waltham Abbey nursery in 2025 introduces near-term execution risk that should be tracked.
Shareholders' funds
£12,194,906
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of growing fresh produce.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1987-06-26
- Employees
- 70 (2025 accounts · was 60 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 147a High Street, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, England, EN8 7AP
- Postcode
- EN8 7AP
- Capital
- 300,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 13 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-21
- Next due by
- 2027-01-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46310 Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
Officers 6 current · 14 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA848336 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 24 CASTLE STREET, HERTFORD, SG14 1HP, ENGLAND | 2017-12-05 |
| FAULKNER HOUSE VICTORIA STREET, ST. ALBANS, HERTFORDSHIRE, AL1 3SE | 2016-09-15 |
| 147A HIGH STREET, WALTHAM CROSS, HERTS, EN8 7AP | 2015-07-29 |
| 50 LINCOLNS INN FIELDS, LONDON, WC2A 3PF | 1987-08-04 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 37 similar companies in EN
The largest employer among its local peers (70 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1987.
No.1 of the largest wholesale of fruit and vegetables companies in Enfield →
Competitors Enfield
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4. CAPTASH LTD
This company ranks 1 among wholesale of fruit and vegetables in Enfield.
The class of 1987
51%
of the 20,107 companies incorporated in 1987 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 8 titles
- Freehold
- 8
- Most recent registration
- 2001-05-18
- Where
- Cambridgeshire (7), Essex (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB80850 | Cambridgeshire | Freehold | 2001-05-18 | — |
| CB219642 | Cambridgeshire | Freehold | 1999-12-02 | — |
| CB146780 | Cambridgeshire | Freehold | 1999-11-22 | — |
| CB105038 | Cambridgeshire | Freehold | 1998-06-29 | — |
| CB213946 | Cambridgeshire | Freehold | 1998-06-29 | — |
| CB213947 | Cambridgeshire | Freehold | 1998-06-29 | — |
| CB215475 | Cambridgeshire | Freehold | — | — |
| EX291949 | Essex | Freehold | — | — |
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