MAIL BOXES ETC. (UK) LIMITED
Company number 03107457 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Mail Boxes Etc. (UK) Limited operates as the UK master franchisor within the business support services and logistics aggregation sector, demonstrating strong turnover growth (10.5% CAGR 2022-2025) that outpaces typical mature franchise network benchmarks. The company holds a clear market leadership position in the UK franchised business services centre segment, though its relatively thin net asset base (£1.15M against £7.9M turnover) and rising liabilities warrant monitoring as digital-first competitors increasingly challenge the traditional physical retail model. Backed by the international MBE Worldwide group, the company appears well-positioned for continued network expansion, but must balance dividend distributions to its parent against the need for technology investment to defend against digital disintermediation in parcel logistics and print services.
Shareholders' funds
£1,153,044
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of provision of delivery and marketing services.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1995-09-22
- Employees
- 27 (2025 accounts · was 18 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 3a Tournament Court, Tournament Fields, Warwick, England, CV34 6LG
- Postcode
- CV34 6LG
- Capital
- 250,000 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
- 2026-09-22
- Next due by
- 2027-10-06
Nature of business (SIC)
- 70100 Activities of head offices
- 77400 Leasing of intellectual property and similar products, except copyright works
Officers 7 current · 37 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by WORLD OPTIONS HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2022-07-02
Controlled by CENTRAL LONDON BUSINESS CENTRES 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 — Z6712730 (Tier 2), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- mailboxesetcuk.uk
- Phone
- 02035350250
Trust Mail Boxes Etc. for courier services, worldwide parcel delivery, business card, leaflet, poster printing, photocopying, Mailbox PO Box addresses, virtual office, Mail Boxes Etc. post, parcel & print centre
Previous registered addresses 9
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 15 CROMWELL PARK, BANBURY ROAD, CHIPPING NORTON, OXFORDSHIRE, OX7 5SR | 2021-03-23 |
| UNIT 208 MAIL BOXES ETC., 15 CROMWELL PARK, CHIPPING NORTON, OX7 5SR, ENGLAND | 2021-03-23 |
| BLOXHAM MILL, BARFORD ROAD BLOXHAM, BANBURY, OXFORDSHIRE OX15 4FF | 2006-08-18 |
| GROUND FLOOR, GOODYEAR HOUSE, 52-56 OSNABURGH STREET, LONDON NW1 3HD | 2004-12-29 |
| GROUND FLOOR NORWICH UNION HOUSE, 96 GEOGE STREET, CROYDON, SURREY CR0 1PJ | 2003-04-10 |
| SECOND FLOOR, SUFFOLK HOUSE, GEORGE STREET, CROYDON, CR0 0YN | 1999-04-06 |
| SECOND FLOOR, SUFFOLK HOUSE, GEORGE STREET, CROYDON, CR0 0YN | 1999-04-06 |
| 16 ST JOHN STREET, LONDON, EC1M 4AY | 1996-06-07 |
| 16 ST JOHN STREET, LONDON, EC1M 4AY | 1996-06-07 |
Among its peers
Among the biggest employers
of 108 similar companies in CV, with 27 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
Competitors Coventry
This company ranks 67 among activities of head offices in Coventry.
The class of 1995
43%
of the 543 companies in this sector incorporated in 1995 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 4 titles
- Leasehold
- 4
- Most recent registration
- 2019-01-07
- Where
- York (1), West Midlands (1), Worcestershire (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK461988 | York | Leasehold | 2019-01-07 | — |
| MM87511 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2017-05-17 | — |
| WR157324 | Worcestershire | Leasehold | 2015-02-23 | — |
| AGL311001 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2014-05-02 | — |
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