METRO TEXTILES CORNER LIMITED
Company number 01837300 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Metro Textiles Corner Limited is a financially robust, 40-year-old family textile wholesaler whose fortress balance sheet (£2.78M net assets, £532k cash, minimal debt) stands in sharp contrast to its near-flat growth trajectory, with equity actually declining in real terms over the past decade and returns below 1%. Its key strengths — liquidity, longevity, and supplier relationships — are matched by significant risks in related-party concentration (£626k of intercompany receivables), structural industry decline, and succession exposure. The strategic imperative is to convert idle capital into growth: pursuing digital channel investment, sustainability-led product positioning, and disciplined consolidation, while formalising governance over group entanglements.
Shareholders' funds
£2,784,906
Balance sheet as at 2025-07-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1984-07-31
- Employees
- 11 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 4th Floor (Rear), 314 Regents Park Road, London, England, N3 2JX
- Postcode
- N3 2JX
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-07-31
- Next due by
- 2027-04-28
- Financial year end
- 28 July
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-10-11
- Next due by
- 2027-10-25
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46410 Wholesale of textiles
Officers 3 current · 2 resigned
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 6/7 QUEENS PARADE, LONDON, NW2 5HT | 2001-05-02 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 123 similar companies in N
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (11 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1984.
No.5 of the largest wholesale of textiles companies in London →
Competitors London
This company ranks 5 among wholesale of textiles in London.
The class of 1984
51%
of the 14,116 companies incorporated in 1984 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.