{"name":"HORNBY HOBBIES LIMITED","company_number":"02065081","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1986-10-17","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Enterprise Road, Westwood Industrial Estate, Margate, England, CT9 4JX","postcode":"CT9 4JX","sic_codes":[{"code":32409,"description":"Manufacture of other games and toys, not elsewhere classified"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"HORNBY INDUSTRIES LIMITED","changed_on":"1987-01-08"},{"name":"EARTHMAJOR LIMITED","changed_on":"1986-12-04"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 March","last_made_up_to":"2025-03-31","next_due":"2026-12-31"},"employees":null,"financials":[],"officers":{"current":2,"resigned":35,"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":4,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":"https://www.hornbyhobbies.com/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/hornby-hobbies","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/hornby-hobbies/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/hornby-hobbies/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02065081","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/hornby-hobbies/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/hornby-hobbies/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/hornby-hobbies/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/hornby-hobbies"}