HORNBY HOBBIES LIMITED
Company number 02065081 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Hornby Hobbies Limited is the principal trading subsidiary of AIM-listed Hornby plc, holding an enviable portfolio of heritage hobby brands with market-leading positions in UK model railways and slot racing. The business is well-attuned to the sector's strongest trend – adult collector demand – but faces the industry's defining 2025-era headwinds: China-centric tariff exposure on its newly prioritised US expansion, post-COVID demand normalisation, and aggressive challenger brands in its niches. Its four-decade unbroken trading record and current, compliant filings are well above sector norms, though recent board consolidations and the absence of entity-level financials in this extract mean the group's public reporting remains the primary lens for assessing performance.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1986-10-17
- Registered office
- Enterprise Road, Westwood Industrial Estate, Margate, England, CT9 4JX
- Postcode
- CT9 4JX
- Capital
- 2 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-10-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 32409 Manufacture of other games and toys, not elsewhere classified
Officers 2 current · 35 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by HORNBY 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 — Z4876745 (Tier 2), registered since 2000.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- hornbyhobbies.com
- Phone
- 0631546627686, 0691557844582, 0864526624637
The new home of hobbies in the USA, including Slot Car Racing, Diecast models, plastic model kits, model railways, snap together kits, brick style kits, paints, glue and more. Hornby Hobbies are proud to deliver high quality models straight to your door.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| HORNBY INDUSTRIES LIMITED | 1987-01-08 |
| EARTHMAJOR LIMITED | 1986-12-04 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 3RD FLOOR, THE GATEWAY, INNOVATION WAY, DISCOVERY PARK, SANDWICH, KENT, CT13 9FF | 2019-03-14 |
| WESTWOOD, MARGATE, KENT, CT9 4JX | 2015-07-27 |
| 47 BRUNSWICK PLACE, LONDON, N1 6EE | 1987-01-16 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 21 similar companies in CT, trading since 1986
The class of 1986
50%
of the 18,365 companies incorporated in 1986 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2020-11-30
- Where
- Kent (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT117194 | Kent | Leasehold | 2020-11-30 | — |
| TT62294 | Kent | Leasehold | 2017-03-03 | — |
| TT36342 | Kent | Leasehold | 2015-05-07 | — |
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