THE CHARACTER GROUP PLC, EC2Y 9AW : Companies House Number 03033333

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Overview

Company type: Public Limited Company
Incorporated: 1995-03-15
Registered office: Citypoint 16th Floor, One Ropemaker Street, London, England, EC2Y 9AW
Postcode: EC2Y 9AW
Capital: 1,241,080 GBP
Accounts category: Group
Charges: 5 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Next due by: 2027-02-28
Financial year end: 31 August

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-01-24
Next due by: 2027-02-07

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Nature of business (SIC)

64209 Activities of other holding companies not elsewhere classified
70100 Activities of head offices

Officers 9 current · 17 resigned

Kevin Charles WALL Director

Appointed 2025-10-01

Hamun SHAH Director

Appointed 2025-02-01

Jonathan Paul David SHEARMAN Director

Appointed 2022-06-01

Carmel Elizabeth Elinor WARREN Director

Appointed 2021-04-19

MR KIRANKUMAR PREMCHAND SHAH Secretary

Appointed 2017-09-14

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Group structure 12 subsidiaries

Controlled by HENRY SPAIN INVESTMENT SERVICES LIMITED — since 2025-04-03

CHARACTER GAMES LIMITED
CHARACTER GIFTS LIMITED
CHARACTER NORDIC LIMITED
CHARACTER OPTIONS LIMITED
CHARACTER PROMOTIONS LIMITED
Q-STAT LIMITED
TOY OPTIONS (FAR EAST) LIMITED
TOY OPTIONS GROUP PLC
TOY OPTIONS LIMITED
PRELUDE WORLDWIDE LIMITED Dissolved
UNIVERSAL CONCEPTS (UK) LIMITED Dissolved
WWL (UK) LIMITED Dissolved

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Modern slavery statement

Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-08-31) — 7 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 — ZA872102 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Contact details

Website: thecharacter.com

Previous company names

Name	Date changed
TOY OPTIONS GROUP PLC	1997-09-17

Previous registered addresses 9

Address	Changed on
2ND FLOOR 10 CHISWELL STREET, LONDON, EC1Y 4UQ	2018-04-09
GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 24/06/2008 FROM, 5TH FLOOR 4 CHISWELL STREET, LONDON, EC1Y 4UP	2008-06-24
5TH FLOOR 4 CHISWELL STREET, LONDON, EC1Y 4UP	2008-06-24
80 FLEET STREET, LONDON, EC4Y 1NA	2003-11-27
FLEET STREET, LONDON, EC4Y 1NA	2003-11-27
80 FLEET STREET, LONDON, EC4Y 1EL	1999-04-13
FLEET STREET, LONDON, EC4Y 1EL	1999-04-13
84 TEMPLE CHAMBERS, TEMPLE AVENUE, LONDON, EC4Y 0HP	1995-05-09
TEMPLE CHAMBERS, TEMPLE AVENUE, LONDON, EC4Y 0HP	1995-05-09

Among its peers

Among the oldest 25%

of 7,289 similar companies in EC, trading since 1995

54 companies are registered at this postcode →

The class of 1995

45%

of the 34,000 companies incorporated in 1995 are still active today; 52% have since been dissolved.

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

Survival rates for every incorporation year →

Property in England & Wales 3 titles

Freehold: 1
Leasehold: 2
Most recent registration: 1997-05-08
Where: Greater Manchester (3)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
GM567652	Greater Manchester	Freehold	1997-05-08	—
GM749520	Greater Manchester	Leasehold	1997-05-08	—
LA7215	Greater Manchester	Leasehold	1997-05-08	—

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