AUDIO NOTE (UK) LIMITED

Company number 04877151 ·

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Executive summary

Audio Note (UK) possesses genuine strategic assets—heritage brand positioning, specialised manufacturing capability, and a substantial property-backed balance sheet—that provide a defensible platform in the ultra-premium audio niche. However, the combination of declining revenue, thin gross margins inconsistent with premium positioning, and excessive inventory concentration presents a clear and present strategic challenge that requires decisive management action. The path forward demands margin recovery through pricing and cost discipline, inventory rationalisation to unlock working capital, and targeted market expansion to restore top-line growth before the brand's competitive position erodes further.

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Shareholders' funds

£8,283,673

Balance sheet as at 2025-08-31

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What it does

Manufacture of other electrical equipment

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

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2003-08-26
Employees
37 (2025 accounts · was 44 in 2024)
Registered office
Viscount House Units C, D And E Star Road, Partridge Green, Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 8RA
Postcode
RH13 8RA
Capital
100 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
0 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-08-31
Next due by
2027-05-31
Financial year end
31 August

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2025-10-18
Next due by
2026-11-01
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 27900 Manufacture of other electrical equipment

Officers 4 current · 3 resigned

Daniel QVORTRUP Director
Appointed 2022-10-18
Appointed 2012-08-01
Appointed 2005-01-22
Appointed 2003-09-01

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Contact details

Website
audionote.co.uk

Audio Note (UK) is Europe’s largest and most prestigious manufacturer of ultra performance valve based home audio systems. A vast range of different options is available to suit every music lover’s requirements, As the company’s motto says; ‘Music’s Finest Conductor’.

Previous registered addresses 4

AddressChanged on
25 MONTEFIORE ROAD, HOVE, EAST SUSSEX, BN3 1RD2015-05-14
72 NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, W1S 1RR2009-11-26
25 MONTEFIDGE ROAD, HOVE, EAST SUSSEX, BN3 1BD2006-03-10
UNIT C, PEACOCK INDUSTRIAL EST, LYON CLOSE, 125-127 DAVIDGDOR ROAD, HOVE, EAST SUSSEX BN3 1SG2004-01-31

Among its peers

Top 5%

by shareholders' funds, of 25 similar companies in RH

The largest employer among its local peers (37 staff).

Trading since 2003.

No.1 of the largest manufacture of other electrical equipment companies in Crawley →

32 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors Crawley

This company ranks 1 among manufacture of other electrical equipment in Crawley.

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The class of 2003

38%

of the 163,089 companies incorporated in 2003 are still active today; 59% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 3 titles

Freehold
3
Most recent registration
2023-12-21
Price paid, where recorded
£280,000
Where
West Sussex (3)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
WSX391151 West Sussex Freehold 2023-12-21 £280,000
WSX364244 West Sussex Freehold 2014-07-18
WSX365506 West Sussex Freehold 2014-07-18

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