CHARTWELL PRESS LIMITED
Company number 01957532 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Chartwell Press stands at a critical inflection point, leveraging nearly four decades of heritage in the print sector but facing a severe liquidity squeeze that threatens its operational continuity. The dramatic depletion of cash reserves and working capital, coupled with negligible capital expenditure, signals a business consuming its own foundation rather than investing in its future. Immediate strategic action—specifically monetizing fixed assets to restore liquidity and pivoting toward premium sustainable products—is essential to arrest financial decline and secure market relevance.
Shareholders' funds
£162,247
Balance sheet as at 2025-10-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1985-11-12
- Employees
- 14 (2025 accounts · was 13 in 2024)
- Registered office
- MAYFIELD & CO, 2 Merus Court, Meridian Business Park, Leicester, England, LE19 1RJ
- Postcode
- LE19 1RJ
- Capital
- 400 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-10-31
- Next due by
- 2027-07-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-09-07
- Next due by
- 2027-09-21
Nature of business (SIC)
- 17230 Manufacture of paper stationery
- 18129 Printing not elsewhere classified
Officers 5 current · 5 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB056255 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| REGENT HOUSE 80 REGENT ROAD, LEICESTER, LE1 7NH | 2016-07-28 |
| ALLEN HOUSE, NEWARKE STREET, LEICESTER, LE1 5SG | 2013-07-22 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 22 similar companies in LE
3rd largest employer among its local peers (14 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1985.
Competitors Leicester
This company ranks 5 among manufacture of paper stationery in Leicester.
The class of 1985
49%
of the 15,386 companies incorporated in 1985 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2023-07-18
- Where
- Leicester
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LT547765 | Leicester | Leasehold | 2023-07-18 | — |
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