JULIAN BOWEN LIMITED
Company number 02108701 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Julian Bowen Limited stands as a highly resilient and profitable mid-market player in the UK furniture wholesale sector, leveraging robust pre-tax profits of £4M despite macroeconomic headwinds. Its acquisition by the Storskogen Group provides a distinct competitive edge through access to group cash pooling and sophisticated financial hedging, insulating the business from the freight and FX volatility that challenges independent peers. While facing a slight profit contraction and a leadership transition, the company's investments in digital infrastructure and operational capacity position it strongly to consolidate market share as smaller, undercapitalized wholesalers exit the market.
Shareholders' funds
£14,501,956
Balance sheet as at 2023-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the Company is the wholesale supply of furniture.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1987-03-11
- Employees
- 102 (2025 accounts · was 105 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Spencer Legal, S.6 210 Upper Richmond Road, Hill House, London, United Kingdom, SW15 6NP
- Postcode
- SW15 6NP
- Capital
- 11,306 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-13
- Next due by
- 2027-05-27
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46470 Wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment
Officers 6 current · 17 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by STORSKOGEN UK LIMITED — since 2021-10-14
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA915092 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- julian-bowen.co.uk
- Phone
- 0188354603366, 0223468904777, 0251210785097
The UK’s leading provider of integrated furniture solutions, offering exceptional quality and value supported by award winning customer service.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| JULIAN BOWEN MARKETING LIMITED | 1994-11-08 |
| FOCUS MOBILI (U.K.) LIMITED | 1991-04-02 |
| FACTORFIX LIMITED | 1987-06-24 |
Previous registered addresses 6
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| BENTINCK HOUSE, PARK LANE BUSINESS PARK, KIRKBY IN ASHFIELD, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG17 9LB | 2005-07-27 |
| WOODBANK HOUSE, HAMILTON ROAD, SUTTON IN ASHFIELD, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG17 5LD | 2005-04-05 |
| HAYDN HOUSE, 309/329 HAYDN ROAD, SHERWOOD, NOTTINGHAM NG5 1HG | 2000-03-17 |
| 21 TREVOSE GARDENS, SHERWOOD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 3FU | 1996-08-29 |
| 21 TREVOSE GARDENS, SHERWOOD, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 3FU | 1993-11-30 |
| 2 BACHES STREET, LONDON, N1 6EE | 1987-06-30 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 44 similar companies in SW
The largest employer among its local peers (102 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1987.
No.1 of the largest wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment companies in London →
Competitors London
This company ranks 1 among wholesale of furniture, carpets and lighting equipment in London.
The class of 1987
51%
of the 20,107 companies incorporated in 1987 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.