TRUTEX LIMITED
Company number 07132787 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Trutex is a heritage brand-owner in UK schoolwear with a defensible trust-based position, a dual wholesale-and-direct channel model, and the backing of a controlling corporate parent — a solid platform whose core market is nonetheless contracting as UK pupil numbers fall. The value creation path is to export brand equity into international schools, adjacent categories, and consolidation of a fragmented supply base faster than domestic volumes decline, while managing channel conflict and seasonal working capital with discipline. Executed well, this is a business that can convert brand heritage into a broader, more resilient, and internationally diversified schoolwear platform.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2010-01-21
- Registered office
- Jubilee Mill, Taylor Street, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 1NL
- Postcode
- BB7 1NL
- Capital
- 165 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-21
- Next due by
- 2027-02-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46420 Wholesale of clothing and footwear
Officers 6 current · 24 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by TRUTEX INVESTMENTS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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SPORTS AND SCHOOLWEAR SUPPLIERS LIMITED Dissolved
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Public contracts won 1
£100,000,000 total awarded value where published.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z3612986 (Tier 2), registered since 2013.
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Contact details
- Website
- trutex.com
- Phone
- 0473197572289
Trutex Provide the Highest Standard Schoolwear & Sportswear for School Children. Shop for Your Children's School Uniform Online Here.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| EXPRESSED AS LIMITED | 2010-03-04 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 3 WHITEHALL QUAY, LEEDS, LS1 4BF, UNITED KINGDOM | 2010-03-12 |
| 3RD FLOOR, WHITE ROSE HOUSE, 28A YORK PLACE, LEEDS, LS1 2EZ, UNITED KINGDOM | 2010-02-09 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 102 similar companies in BB, trading since 2010
The class of 2010
23%
of the 524 companies in this sector incorporated in 2010 are still active today; 74% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2021-01-04
- Where
- Lancashire (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN242221 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2021-01-04 | — |
| LAN24322 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2010-04-06 | — |
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