KINGSTOWN ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Company number 06742414 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Kingstown Associates Limited is a medium-sized mail order retailer with a sound balance sheet and consistently growing net assets, but it faces margin erosion from rising employment costs and a low cash buffer relative to its turnover. Revenue has stabilised after a period of decline, and the company has no compliance or solvency red flags, but profitability remains thin and the ownership structure is highly concentrated. The overall risk profile is medium, and further investigation into working capital strength, parent company support, and cost management plans is warranted.
Shareholders' funds
£5,527,606
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The company's principal activity continues to be that of engagement in the UK mail order catalogue market.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2008-11-05
- Employees
- 93 (2025 accounts · was 94 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 1 Wadsworth Road, Kelleythorpe Industrial Estate, Driffield, East Yorkshire, YO25 9DJ
- Postcode
- YO25 9DJ
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- 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
- 2026-01-24
- Next due by
- 2027-02-07
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47910 Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Officers 4 current · 8 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by KINGSTOWN ASSOCIATES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED — since 2024-08-22
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z472762X (Tier 1), registered since 2000.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- kingstownassociates.co.uk
- Phone
- 08449672733
Kingstown Associates is a UK Mail Order Company based in East Yorkshire, owning several lifestyle brands predominantly aimed at over 60's.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| KINGSTOWN GROUP LIMITED | 2010-01-04 |
| IMCO (132008) LIMITED | 2009-01-29 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 09/12/2008 FROM, C/O IRWIN MITCHELL SOLICITORS, 2 WELLINGTON PLACE, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS1 4BZ | 2008-12-09 |
| C/O IRWIN MITCHELL SOLICITORS, 2 WELLINGTON PLACE, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS1 4BZ | 2008-12-09 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 274 similar companies in YO
The largest employer among its local peers (93 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2008.
No.1 of the largest retail sale via mail order houses or via internet companies in York →
Competitors York
This company ranks 1 among retail sale via mail order houses or via internet in York.
The class of 2008
32%
of the 1,140 companies in this sector incorporated in 2008 are still active today; 65% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2024-11-12
- Where
- East Riding Of Yorkshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YEA111410 | East Riding Of Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2024-11-12 | — |
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