WHITSTABLE OYSTER COMPANY LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£4,705,291
Balance sheet as at 2025-05-31
What it does
The company's principal activity continues to be that of the Purveyors of Sea Food Products and Brewery products through commercial outlets and Property Estate Managers.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2005-03-16
- Employees
- 196 (2025 accounts · was 216 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Harbour Office, Whitstable Harbour, Whitstable, Kent, United Kingdom, CT5 1AB
- Postcode
- CT5 1AB
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-05-31
- Next due by
- 2027-02-28
- Financial year end
- 31 May
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-16
- Next due by
- 2027-03-30
Nature of business (SIC)
- 55100 Hotels and similar accommodation
- 56101 Licenced restaurants
- 56210 Event catering activities
Officers 4 current · 1 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA617315 (Tier 2), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| CASTLE HOUSE, CASTLE HILL AVENUE, FOLKESTONE, KENT, CT20 2TQ | 2013-04-10 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 87 similar companies in CT
The largest employer among its local peers (196 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2005.
No.4 of the largest hotels and similar accommodation companies in Canterbury →
Competitors Canterbury
This company ranks 4 among hotels and similar accommodation in Canterbury.
The class of 2005
37%
of the 458 companies in this sector incorporated in 2005 are still active today; 60% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 19 titles
- Freehold
- 11
- Leasehold
- 8
- Most recent registration
- 2025-06-25
- Price paid, where recorded
- £2,033,000
- Where
- Kent (19)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT181193 | Kent | Leasehold | 2025-06-25 | — |
| TT139084 | Kent | Leasehold | 2022-04-27 | — |
| TT137804 | Kent | Freehold | 2022-03-25 | £420,000 |
| TT119300 | Kent | Leasehold | 2021-01-26 | — |
| K380024 | Kent | Freehold | 2020-10-14 | — |
| K670007 | Kent | Freehold | 2020-10-14 | — |
| K757813 | Kent | Freehold | 2020-10-14 | — |
| K869485 | Kent | Freehold | 2020-10-14 | — |
| TT104867 | Kent | Leasehold | 2019-11-12 | — |
| TT97192 | Kent | Freehold | 2019-05-17 | £37,000 |
| K362848 | Kent | Freehold | 2019-01-23 | £320,000 |
| K661786 | Kent | Freehold | 2018-10-31 | £705,000 |
| K678782 | Kent | Freehold | 2018-10-31 | — |
| K315636 | Kent | Freehold | 2015-12-18 | £551,000 |
| K921061 | Kent | Freehold | 2007-05-08 | — |
| K920272 | Kent | Leasehold | 2007-04-23 | — |
| K901962 | Kent | Leasehold | 2006-05-15 | — |
| K869035 | Kent | Leasehold | 2006-04-25 | — |
| K885838 | Kent | Leasehold | 2006-04-25 | — |
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