W C MAUNDERS LIMITED
Company number 00506600 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
W C Maunders Limited stands at an inflection point: a debt-free, heritage-rich local business with a loyal customer base, yet one experiencing sustained financial erosion that threatens its long-term viability. The 22% decline in shareholders' funds over nine years, accelerating cash depletion, and workforce contraction signal a business slowly consuming its strategic reserves. Immediate priorities must be stabilising profitability through trade customer development and digital channel investment, while initiating succession planning to preserve both family legacy and shareholder value. Without decisive action, this 80-year-old institution risks becoming another casualty of sector consolidation within a decade.
Shareholders' funds
£437,289
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1952-04-03
- Employees
- 11 (2025 accounts · was 12 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 34 Barrows Road, Cheddar, Somerset, BS27 3AY
- Postcode
- BS27 3AY
- Capital
- 4,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-09-03
- Next due by
- 2027-09-17
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47520 Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores
- 47910 Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Officers 3 current · 2 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA874703 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- wcmaunders.co.uk
- Phone
- 01934 742590, 01934 744608
Cheddar's first and finest builders merchant and DIY store since the 1940s. Timber, roofing, plumbing, tools, hardware and much more.
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 27 similar companies in BS
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (11 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1952.
Competitors Bristol
This company ranks 6 among retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores in Bristol.