{"name":"ELLIS HARDWARE LIMITED","company_number":"03926821","status":"Liquidation","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"2000-02-16","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Alexandra Dock Business Centre, Fishermans Wharf, Grimsby, DN31 1UL","postcode":"DN31 1UL","sic_codes":[{"code":47190,"description":"Other retail sale in non-specialised stores"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"ELLIS DIRECT LIMITED","changed_on":"2019-03-22"}],"warnings":["The annual accounts for this company are overdue.","The confirmation statement for this company is overdue."],"accounts":{"category":"Total Exemption Full","year_end":"30 September","last_made_up_to":"2024-03-31","next_due":"2026-06-30"},"employees":null,"financials":[{"financial_date":"2024-03-31","net_assets":24686,"cash":1620},{"financial_date":"2023-03-31","net_assets":27866,"cash":3123},{"financial_date":"2022-03-31","net_assets":14497,"cash":5403},{"financial_date":"2021-03-31","net_assets":-12435,"cash":10977},{"financial_date":"2020-03-31","net_assets":-51014,"cash":486}],"officers":{"current":1,"resigned":8,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":2,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[{"date":"2025-08-08","kind":"insolvency"},{"date":"2025-08-08","kind":"insolvency"},{"date":"2025-07-30","kind":"insolvency"}],"insolvency_outcome":{"active_today":false,"filings":[{"form":"LIQ14","date":"2026-10-12","description":"Return of final meeting in a creditors' voluntary winding up"}]},"ai_summary":"Ellis Hardware Limited presents a HIGH risk profile driven primarily by its current liquidation status, which supersedes the relatively modest improvement in financial position shown in the March 2024 accounts. While the company demonstrated a recovery from negative to positive net assets between 2020 and 2024, its extremely thin cash position (£1,620), heavy reliance on stock as working capital, and secured debt obligations to Just Cash Flow plc created a fragile financial structure that has evidently proved unsustainable. Investors should treat any involvement with this entity as a matter for insolvency practitioners rather than going-concern investment consideration.","website":"http://www.ellis-direct.co.uk","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/ellis-hardware","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/ellis-hardware/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/ellis-hardware/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03926821","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/ellis-hardware/financial","gazette":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/ellis-hardware/gazette","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/ellis-hardware/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/ellis-hardware/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/ellis-hardware/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/ellis-hardware"}