{"name":"MARTIN MCCOLL LIMITED","company_number":"00298945","status":"Disolved","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1935-03-28","dissolved":"2026-02-11","registered_office":"8th Floor Central Square, 29 Wellington Street, Leeds, United Kingdom, LS1 4DL","postcode":"LS1 4DL","sic_codes":[{"code":47260,"description":"Retail sale of tobacco products in specialised stores"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"FORBUOYS LIMITED","changed_on":"2006-06-20"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Audit Exemption Subsidiary","year_end":"30 November","last_made_up_to":"2020-11-29","next_due":null},"employees":null,"financials":[],"officers":{"current":4,"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":5,"outstanding":1},"gazette_notices":[{"date":"2022-05-17","kind":"other"}],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Martin McColl Limited, formerly Forbuoys, was a major UK convenience retailer whose dissolution in 2026 concludes the life of a business unable to adapt to the structural decline of its core categories and the rise of supermarket convenience formats. Its performance reflected the acute pressures on traditional vertically-integrated newsagent chains, including margin erosion from legacy leaseholds, supply chain fragility exposed by the Palmer & Harvey collapse, and an inability to match the flexibility of symbol groups or the scale of the multiples. The company's administration and subsequent dissolution serve as a sector benchmark for the challenges of operating a national convenience estate in a rapidly consolidating and cost-intensive market.","website":"http://www.martinmccoll.co.uk","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/martin-mccoll","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/martin-mccoll/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/martin-mccoll/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00298945","gazette":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/martin-mccoll/gazette","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/martin-mccoll/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/martin-mccoll/charges","pay_gap":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/martin-mccoll/pay-gap","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/martin-mccoll/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/martin-mccoll"}