CEX (FRANCHISING) LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£21,940,313
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the group in the year under review was that of a Franchise operator in the United Kingdom dealing with sales of second hand electronic equipment and other technological products mainly through high street shops. The subsidiaries in Mexico and Malaysia are however trading companies dealing with sales of second hand electronic equipment and other technological products mainly through high street shops.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2005-10-13
- Employees
- 156 (2025 accounts · was 123 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Sterling House, Fulbourne Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 4EE
- Postcode
- E17 4EE
- Capital
- 101 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-16
- Next due by
- 2026-12-30
Nature of business (SIC)
- 96090 Other service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 9 current · 7 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by WEBUY HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2025-10-31
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB184441 (Tier 1), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.cex.co.uk
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THE STUDIO, ST NICHOLAS CLOSE, ELSTREE, HERTS., WD6 3EW | 2005-10-19 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 2,221 similar companies in E
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (156 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2005.
No.8 of the largest other service activities not elsewhere classified companies in London →
Competitors London
This company ranks 8 among other service activities not elsewhere classified in London.
The class of 2005
31%
of the 3,014 companies in this sector incorporated in 2005 are still active today; 67% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 264 titles
- Leasehold
- 264
- Most recent registration
- 2026-10-26
- Price paid, where recorded
- £34,500
- Where
- Greater London (47), West Midlands (14), Kent (12)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAN314952 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2026-10-26 | — |
| LL446157 | Lincolnshire | Leasehold | 2026-10-19 | — |
| NT607244 | Nottinghamshire | Leasehold | 2026-08-18 | — |
| TT194956 | Kent | Leasehold | 2026-08-11 | — |
| HD641499 | Hertfordshire | Leasehold | 2026-07-21 | — |
| BK545574 | Windsor And Maidenhead | Leasehold | 2026-07-13 | — |
| SGL865772 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2026-06-08 | — |
| BK544825 | West Berkshire | Leasehold | 2026-05-18 | — |
| WK550520 | Warwickshire | Leasehold | 2026-05-18 | — |
| TT190605 | Kent | Leasehold | 2026-04-14 | £34,500 |
| TT190576 | Medway | Leasehold | 2026-04-13 | — |
| AA94013 | Essex | Leasehold | 2026-04-10 | — |
| LAN309130 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2026-04-09 | — |
| SYK731906 | South Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2026-02-17 | — |
| HP901142 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2026-02-02 | — |
| CL393552 | Cornwall | Leasehold | 2026-01-30 | — |
| ND223654 | Northumberland | Leasehold | 2026-01-14 | — |
| NT602149 | Nottinghamshire | Leasehold | 2025-12-16 | — |
| SGL861933 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2025-11-24 | — |
| WT485097 | Wiltshire | Leasehold | 2025-11-11 | — |
Showing 20 of 264.
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