CHOICE DISCOUNT STORES LIMITED
Company number 01712914 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Choice Discount Stores occupies a defensible but constrained position as a heritage regional discount retailer with property-backed assets and demonstrated pandemic resilience, yet faces intensifying structural headwinds from margin compression, inflationary overheads, and an over-reliance on physical channels. The path to sustainable growth requires accelerating store expansion in post-pandemic retail vacuums, developing a digital channel to extend reach and reduce footfall dependency, and securing differentiated brand partnerships to elevate the product proposition beyond pure price competition.
Shareholders' funds
£3,705
Balance sheet as at 2026-01-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1983-04-07
- Employees
- 424 (2026 accounts · was 429 in 2025)
- Registered office
- 14-14a Rectory Road, Hadleigh Benfleet, Essex, SS7 2ND
- Postcode
- SS7 2ND
- Capital
- 405,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-01-31
- Next due by
- 2027-10-31
- Financial year end
- 31 January
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-19
- Next due by
- 2027-05-03
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47599 Retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store
- 47710 Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Officers 5 current · 15 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by NEXT HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
Controlled by DDW HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z7315858 (Tier 3), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
1.6%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the top quarter for parity
Contact details
- Website
- choicediscount.com
- Phone
- 001-4608-843, 064692832, 085282-736
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| C & G LIMITED | 1991-08-15 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 20/24, HIGH STREET, RAYLEIGH, ESSEX, SS6 7EF | 1995-10-02 |
| 7 HIGH STREET, RAYLEIGH, ESSEX, SS6 7EW | 1991-02-27 |
Among its peers
The largest employer
of 36 similar companies in SS, with 424 staff. 2nd oldest of its local peers.
Competitors Basildon
This company ranks 22 among retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store in Basildon.
The class of 1983
51%
of the 13,141 companies incorporated in 1983 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 20 titles
- Freehold
- 1
- Leasehold
- 19
- Most recent registration
- 2025-12-03
- Where
- Essex (9), Greater London (5), Hertfordshire (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA89886 | Essex | Leasehold | 2025-12-03 | — |
| HD631495 | Hertfordshire | Leasehold | 2025-02-20 | — |
| AA71911 | Essex | Leasehold | 2024-06-20 | — |
| AA63517 | Essex | Leasehold | 2023-10-16 | — |
| BGL178150 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2023-07-31 | — |
| BGL178151 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2023-07-31 | — |
| HD619663 | Hertfordshire | Leasehold | 2023-07-11 | — |
| AA32378 | Essex | Leasehold | 2021-09-21 | — |
| AA21528 | Essex | Leasehold | 2021-01-19 | — |
| SY865446 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2019-09-26 | — |
| EX992058 | Essex | Leasehold | 2019-07-08 | — |
| AGL402930 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2017-02-02 | — |
| TT29526 | Medway | Leasehold | 2014-10-15 | — |
| CB381874 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2013-09-03 | — |
| AGL239808 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2011-09-08 | — |
| AGL185172 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2008-04-23 | — |
| EX810442 | Essex | Leasehold | 2008-02-25 | — |
| EX625218 | Essex | Leasehold | 1999-09-27 | — |
| EX603457 | Essex | Leasehold | 1998-09-28 | — |
| EX340738 | Thurrock | Freehold | 1987-08-06 | — |
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