TRI-CONTINENTAL LIMITED

Company number 02170268 ·

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Executive summary

Tri-Continental Limited operates as a resilient, asset-backed boutique straddling the UK IT services and real estate sectors, leveraging over three decades of market survival to outlast typical SME lifespans. While its substantial £500,000 share capital and property holdings provide a defensive moat against the volatility of tech cycles, the firm must navigate current macroeconomic headwinds, notably high borrowing costs impacting its real estate portfolio. Ultimately, its tight-knit, family-oriented ownership structure provides strategic agility, though it lacks the scale to compete with tier-one IT consultancies or institutional property funds.

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1987-09-29
Registered office
Tricon Plaza, Braintree Road, Ruislip, Middlesex, HA4 0EJ
Postcode
HA4 0EJ
Capital
500,000 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
3 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2024-12-31
Next due by
2026-09-30
Financial year end
31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-06-27
Next due by
2027-07-11
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 62090 Other information technology service activities
  • 68100 Buying and selling of own real estate
  • 68209 Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Officers 5 current · 3 resigned

Appointed 2021-06-21
Appointed 1991-09-30
COMPANY DIRECTOR/ENGINEER Appointed 1991-09-30
MR Israel LWANGA Director

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Group structure 1 subsidiary

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

Previous registered addresses 6

AddressChanged on
UNIT 3, BRAINTREE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SOUTH RUISLIP, MIDDLESEX HA4 0EJ2000-08-15
UNIT D3 BRAINTREE INDUSTRIAL EST, SOUTH RUISLIP, MIDDLESEX, HA4 0EJ1996-10-22
69 WATLING GARDENS, SHOOT UP HILL, LONDON, NW3 3UD1991-10-18
69 WATLING GARDENS, SHOOT-UP-HILL, LONDON, NW2 3UD1989-02-05
ACORN HOUSE, VICTORIA ROAD, LONDON, W3 6UL1989-01-04
84 STAMFORD HILL, LONDON, N16 6XS1988-12-22

Among its peers

Among the oldest 25%

of 904 similar companies in HA, trading since 1987

72 companies are registered at this postcode →

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.

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Property in England & Wales 1 title

Freehold
1
Most recent registration
2009-02-23
Where
Greater London
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
AGL40859 Greater London Freehold 2009-02-23

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