WHAT STORES LIMITED
Company number 05458586 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
WHAT STORES Limited is a long-established family-run variety retailer with substantial net assets of £3.66M and minimal long-term debt, presenting a fundamentally strong balance sheet. However, the 87% decline in cash to £121,667, combined with heavy stock concentration (61% of total assets) and a gradual five-year erosion of net assets, introduces meaningful liquidity and valuation risks that require mitigation through appropriate covenants and ongoing monitoring. A conditional approval is warranted, subject to satisfactory explanation of cash flow dynamics and stock realisability.
Shareholders' funds
£3,664,605
Balance sheet as at 2025-06-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2005-05-20
- Employees
- 27 (2025 accounts · was 24 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Units 1-5 Blackfriars Road, Westend Trading Estate, Nailsea, Bristol, England, BS48 4DJ
- Postcode
- BS48 4DJ
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-06-30
- Next due by
- 2027-03-31
- Financial year end
- 30 June
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-20
- Next due by
- 2027-06-03
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47190 Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Officers 4 current · 3 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA911626 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- whatstores.net
- Phone
- 01685700650, 01633893541, 01633841899
Variety, Value, Choice! What! stores have everything you need from craft materials to furniture, from garden tools to homeware and more - all under one roof at value prices.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| PRINCE STREET NUMBER 61 LIMITED | 2005-07-05 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 507 NEWPORT ROAD, CARDIFF, CF23 9AD | 2019-06-20 |
| FOURTH FLOOR, ONE VICTORIA STREET, BRISTOL BS1 6AA | 2007-07-24 |
| FOURTH FLOOR, ONE VICTORIA STREET, BRISTOL BS1 6AA | 2007-07-24 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 182 similar companies in BS
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (27 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2005.
No.5 of the largest other retail sale in non-specialised stores companies in Bristol →
Competitors Bristol
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3. BUYOLOGY LTD
This company ranks 5 among other retail sale in non-specialised stores in Bristol.
The class of 2005
32%
of the 558 companies in this sector incorporated in 2005 are still active today; 64% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Freehold
- 1
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2019-08-19
- Where
- Cardiff (1), Newport (1), North Somerset (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYM781441 | Cardiff | Leasehold | 2019-08-19 | — |
| WA906543 | Newport | Freehold | 2013-10-07 | — |
| ST298911 | North Somerset | Leasehold | 2012-05-11 | — |
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