TRI-CONTINENTAL LIMITED
Company number 02170268 · Monitor this company
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.
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
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
Group structure 1 subsidiary
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TRICON ACADEMY LTD Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 3, BRAINTREE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SOUTH RUISLIP, MIDDLESEX HA4 0EJ | 2000-08-15 |
| UNIT D3 BRAINTREE INDUSTRIAL EST, SOUTH RUISLIP, MIDDLESEX, HA4 0EJ | 1996-10-22 |
| 69 WATLING GARDENS, SHOOT UP HILL, LONDON, NW3 3UD | 1991-10-18 |
| 69 WATLING GARDENS, SHOOT-UP-HILL, LONDON, NW2 3UD | 1989-02-05 |
| ACORN HOUSE, VICTORIA ROAD, LONDON, W3 6UL | 1989-01-04 |
| 84 STAMFORD HILL, LONDON, N16 6XS | 1988-12-22 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 904 similar companies in HA, trading since 1987
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 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2009-02-23
- Where
- Greater London
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGL40859 | Greater London | Freehold | 2009-02-23 | — |
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