WASHINGTON GREEN RETAIL LIMITED
Company number 06910082 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Washington Green Retail Limited is a well-established art retailer with a strong equity base of £18.1M and a track record of consistent profitability and asset growth. However, the latest financial year shows significant deterioration: turnover down 8.3%, pre-tax profit halved to £1.06M, and cash reserves declining 69% over two years to just £1.8M. The discretionary nature of art retail and thin margins of approximately 2.2% make this business vulnerable to further economic headwinds. Credit approval is recommended on a conditional basis, with quarterly monitoring of profitability, cash position, and group intercompany arrangements being essential safeguards.
Shareholders' funds
£18,147,710
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2009-05-19
- Employees
- 248 (2024 accounts · was 254 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Castle Fine Art Head Office 29-31 The Mailbox, 5 Wharfside Street, Birmingham, United Kingdom, B1 1RD
- Postcode
- B1 1RD
- Capital
- 10,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 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
- 2026-05-19
- Next due by
- 2027-06-02
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47781 Retail sale in commercial art galleries
Officers 3 current · 3 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by WASHINGTON GREEN FINE ART GROUP LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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UNITED ART LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
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Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ACRE 1127 LIMITED | 2009-05-29 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 44 UPPER GOUGH STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B1 1JL | 2017-01-23 |
| ACRE HOUSE 11/15 WILLIAM ROAD, LONDON, NW1 3ER | 2009-08-27 |
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 27/08/2009 FROM, ACRE HOUSE 11/15 WILLIAM ROAD, LONDON, NW1 3ER | 2009-08-27 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 27 similar companies in B
The largest employer among its local peers (248 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 2009.
No.1 of the largest retail sale in commercial art galleries companies in Birmingham →
Competitors Birmingham
-
4. ARTOBOX LTD
This company ranks 1 among retail sale in commercial art galleries in Birmingham.
The class of 2009
21%
of the 315,094 companies incorporated in 2009 are still active today; 77% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 38 titles
- Leasehold
- 38
- Most recent registration
- 2024-04-02
- Price paid, where recorded
- £356,000
- Where
- West Midlands (4), Kent (3), York (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NK535663 | Norfolk | Leasehold | 2024-04-02 | — |
| TY603546 | Tyne And Wear | Leasehold | 2024-04-02 | — |
| HP885189 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2024-03-28 | — |
| ST385002 | Bath And North East Somerset | Leasehold | 2022-06-10 | — |
| CH713885 | Cheshire West And Chester | Leasehold | 2022-05-11 | — |
| YY164415 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2022-02-21 | — |
| MM164646 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2022-01-17 | £213,000 |
| NYK489058 | York | Leasehold | 2021-09-27 | — |
| ESX406788 | Brighton And Hove | Leasehold | 2020-08-05 | — |
| MM134388 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2019-11-25 | — |
| BL154587 | City Of Bristol | Leasehold | 2019-11-22 | — |
| BB2156 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2019-11-06 | — |
| BK502775 | Windsor And Maidenhead | Leasehold | 2019-09-02 | £96,000 |
| NYK469025 | North Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2019-08-20 | — |
| DY534575 | City Of Derby | Leasehold | 2019-06-05 | — |
| TT97043 | Kent | Leasehold | 2019-05-14 | — |
| MM123498 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2019-04-15 | — |
| ON347777 | Oxfordshire | Leasehold | 2019-03-07 | — |
| ON347782 | Oxfordshire | Leasehold | 2019-03-07 | — |
| TGL519134 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2019-02-12 | — |
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