TONROSE LIMITED
Company number 00793823 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Tonrose Limited operates as a small, specialist textile wholesaler within the 1897 Group, leveraging six decades of sector heritage from its Burnley base. While the company emerged from significant restructuring around 2019-2020 with a deleveraged balance sheet, FY2024's return to loss-making status and the 20% headcount reduction signal renewed trading pressures. The company's competitive position as a niche operator is increasingly challenged by sector consolidation, direct sourcing trends, and working capital constraints evidenced by thin cash reserves of just £74k against £914k of current liabilities. Sustained viability will likely depend on group-level support and the ability to defend specialist market positioning against larger, better-capitalised wholesale competitors.
Shareholders' funds
£780,865
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1964-02-28
- Employees
- 12 (2024 accounts · was 15 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Duke Mill, Martin Street, Burnley, Lancashire, England, BB10 1SH
- Postcode
- BB10 1SH
- Capital
- 1,664 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 30 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-21
- Next due by
- 2027-08-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46410 Wholesale of textiles
Officers 4 current · 2 resigned
Group structure 5 subsidiaries
Controlled by THE 1897 GROUP LIMITED — since 2022-09-12
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.tonrose.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ACRONYL LIMITED | 2002-09-03 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 1 PETRE ROAD, CLAYTON LE MOORS, ACCRINGTON, LANCS, BB5 5TZ | 2008-07-24 |
| 65-89 OXFORD STREET, MANCHESTER M1 6HT | 1995-07-10 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 47 similar companies in BB
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (12 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1964.
No.11 of the largest wholesale of textiles companies in Blackburn →
Competitors Blackburn
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4. VALDECO LTD
This company ranks 11 among wholesale of textiles in Blackburn.