STANLEY GIBSON LIMITED

Company number 03251586 ·

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Executive summary

Stanley Gibson Limited is financially robust but operationally ambiguous — a company with the balance sheet of a healthy business but the trading profile of one in retreat. The £1.4 million cash reserve provides excellent financial resilience, yet the 82.5% stock reduction and complete liquidation of investments signal a fundamental shift in activity that requires strategic clarification. The directors must decide whether they are running a trading business, managing an investment vehicle, or planning an orderly wind-down, as the current state of abundant cash with minimal operations represents an inefficient use of capital.

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Shareholders' funds

£1,269,311

Balance sheet as at 2025-04-30

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1996-09-18
Employees
6 (2025 accounts)
Registered office
2 Old School Lane, Clifton, Bristol, England, BS8 4TY
Postcode
BS8 4TY
Capital
60,003 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
0 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-04-30
Next due by
2027-01-31
Financial year end
30 April

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-09-18
Next due by
2027-10-02
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 46320 Wholesale of meat and meat products

Officers 3 current · 7 resigned

Subscribers only Director
Subscribers only Appointed 2015-02-17
Subscribers only Secretary
Appointed 2005-05-01
Subscribers only Director
Appointed 1996-09-18

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA657109 (Tier 2), registered since 2020.

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Contact details

Website
stanleygibson.co.uk

Stanley Gibson Ltd is one of UK's leading & oldest food import export companies. Created in 1962, we have always been at the cutting edge of industry, in international trade and new product development.

Previous registered addresses 5

AddressChanged on
C/O RA LESLIE AND CO, GOWRAN HOUSE 56 BROAD STREET, CHIPPING SODBURY, BRISTOL, BS37 6AG2017-09-18
C/O STANLEY GIBSON LTD, FENTON COURT FENTON ROAD, BRISTOL, BS7 8ND, ENGLAND2011-11-29
GOWRAN HOUSE 56 BROAD STREET, CHIPPING SODBURY, BRISTOL, BS37 6AG, ENGLAND2011-08-26
THE OLD DAIRY, LADY FARM, CHELWOOD, BRISTOL, BS39 4NN2011-03-30
KINGSTON HOUSE PIERREPONT STREET, BATH, BA1 1LA2007-01-19

Among its peers

Top 25%

by shareholders' funds, of 18 similar companies in BS

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1996.

Competitors Bristol

This company ranks 3 among wholesale of meat and meat products in Bristol.

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The class of 1996

45%

of the 41,237 companies incorporated in 1996 are still active today; 53% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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