BEARE VIOLINS LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£9,309,689
Balance sheet as at 2023-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of dealers and helping clients to buy and sell fine violins, violas, cellos and bows.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1954-09-27
- Employees
- 8 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 9 Donnington Park, 85 Birdham Road, Chichester, United Kingdom, PO20 7AJ
- Postcode
- PO20 7AJ
- Capital
- 10,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-11
- Next due by
- 2027-04-25
Nature of business (SIC)
- 82990 Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 4 resigned
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA413372 (Tier 1), registered since 2018.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- beareviolins.com
- Phone
- +44 1892 871102
Family firm run by Peter and Freddie Beare, sons of Charles Beare, offering a range of instruments for sale as well as issuing certificates of authenticity.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| J.AND A.BEARE LIMITED | 1998-03-27 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 165 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, EC4V 4DD | 1995-06-07 |
| 70 FINSBURY PAVEMENT, LONDON EC2A 1SY | 1987-11-16 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 1,370 similar companies in PO
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (8 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1954.
Competitors Portsmouth
This company ranks 4 among other business support service activities not elsewhere classified in Portsmouth.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2015-01-30
- Where
- Kent
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT33116 | Kent | Freehold | 2015-01-30 | — |
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