WILLIAM SMITH GROUP 1832 LIMITED, DL12 8JQ : Companies House Number 00844451

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Shareholders' funds

£9,205,278

Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the company continued to be that of a sign manufacturer and vinyl distributor.

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1965-04-05
Employees: 104 (2025 accounts · was 123 in 2024)
Registered office: Grove Works, Queen Street, Barnard Castle, County Durham, United Kingdom, DL12 8JQ
Postcode: DL12 8JQ
Capital: 10,000 GBP
Accounts category: Full
Charges: 0 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Next due by: 2026-12-31
Financial year end: 31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-04-14
Next due by: 2027-04-28

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Nature of business (SIC)

25990 Manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified

Officers 7 current · 3 resigned

Nicola SMITH Director

Appointed 2016-03-24

Robert James SMITH Director

Appointed 2014-03-01

LESLEY SMITH Secretary

DIRECTOR Appointed 2000-08-04

Lesley SMITH Director

Appointed 1994-08-01

MRS NORMA LILIAN SMITH Director

COMPANY SECRETARY Appointed 1992-10-31

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Group structure

Controlled by WS GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2023-05-11

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5067102 (Tier 1), registered since 2000.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Contact details

Website: williamsmith.co.uk
Phone: 01833 690305

We're the UK's leading trade supplier of self-adhesive vinyl film, car wraps, window film & chevron kits. Innovative products and unmatched service since 1832.

Previous company names

Name	Date changed
WM.SMITH & SONS (BARNARD CASTLE) LIMITED	2017-06-30

Previous registered addresses 1

Address	Changed on
GROVE WORKS, QUEEN STREET, BARNARD CASTLE, COUNTY DURHAM, DL12 8JG	2017-07-05

Among its peers

Top 5%

by shareholders' funds, of 39 similar companies in DL

The largest employer among its local peers (104 staff).

3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1965.

No.1 of the largest manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified companies in Darlington →

Competitors Darlington

2. METALLINK FLUID POWER SYSTEMS LIMITED

£9,044,358
3. ELECTRIX INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

£4,641,452
4. ALMIT METAL FINISHING LTD

£2,741,449
5. CON MECH GROUP LIMITED

£1,418,759
6. J MITCHINSON LIMITED

£1,171,225

This company ranks 1 among manufacture of other fabricated metal products not elsewhere classified in Darlington.

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Property in England & Wales 4 titles

Freehold: 4
Most recent registration: 2024-08-28
Price paid, where recorded: £111,850
Where: County Durham (4)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
DU398744	County Durham	Freehold	2024-08-28	£111,850
DU381409	County Durham	Freehold	2020-11-20	—
DU311672	County Durham	Freehold	2017-05-10	—
DU292011	County Durham	Freehold	2006-06-29	—

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