SEYMOUR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

MEDIA HOUSE PETERBOROUGH BUSINESS PARK, LYNCH WOOD, PETERBOROUGH, PE2 6EA

Company Number: 02943795
Incorporation date: 23-Jun-1994
Status: Active
Entity type: Private Limited Company

SIC codes:
47620 Retail sale of newspapers and stationery in specialised stores





SUMMARY

This company is 29.8 years old and is currently active. It is controlled by Frontline Limited. The company has positive equity (net assets) of GBP 3.1 million which has increased from GBP 600 thousand in the previous year. The latest reported revenue figure is GBP 20.8 million which is similar to the previous year's figure of GBP 21.8 million. The company has 5 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 10 other companies, 2 (20.0%) of which have since been dissolved or are proposed for strike off. The company has no public disputes filed on the Business Disputes Register. There are no court cases involving the company that we are aware of.


FINANCIALS (BETA)

Next accounts due: 30-Sep-2024
Accounts Filed: FULL (31-Dec-2022)


P&L Financials:
Year end Currency Revenue Operating profit Interest Received Interest Paid Tax Net Profit GBP
31-Dec-2019 GBP 20,793,000 2,278,000 862,000 646,000 2,494,000
31-Dec-2018 GBP 21,847,000 2,647,000 196,000 1,124,000 330,000 1,389,000
31-Dec-2017 GBP 17,247,000 1,299,000 1,485,000 690,000 2,094,000


Balance Sheet Financials:
Year end Currency Cash Current Assets Current Liabilities Debt Share Capital Premium Reserve Retained Earnings Net Assets
31-Dec-2019 GBP 8,444,000 18,998,000 15,911,000 492,000 2,602,000 3,094,000
31-Dec-2018 GBP 9,872,000 19,515,000 18,923,000 492,000 108,000 600,000
31-Dec-2017 GBP 7,125,000 16,701,000 15,896,000 492,000 319,000 811,000

VALUATION EVENTS (BETA)

Year end Currency % Equity Sum raised Pre-Money Valuation* Post-Money Valuation* Enterprise Value**
Insufficient available data for calculating valuations.

DISPUTES

No disputes filed on www.disputesregister.org

COMPANY SECRETARY


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All apointments
(active/resigned)
Active BAUER GROUP SECRETARIAT LIMITED 01 Apr 2011 29 Mar 2024 17 - 101
Resigned SISEC LIMITED 01 May 2008 01 Apr 2011 0 - 1
Resigned Torugbene Eniyekeye NAREBOR 28 Sep 2007 01 May 2008 0 - 125
Resigned Kate ELSDON 15 Sep 2006 28 Sep 2007 11 - 157
Resigned Marianne Lisa HOGG 01 Nov 2004 15 Sep 2006 0 - 96
Resigned Nicholas David Martin GILES 30 Mar 2004 01 Nov 2004 0 - 89
Resigned Mark Richard HENSON 01 Jan 2002 30 Mar 2004 0 - 172
Resigned Derek Kerr WALMSLEY 23 Jun 1994 31 Dec 2001 British 0 - 269

DIRECTORS


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All appointments
(active/resigned)
Dissolved companies
(rate)
Active Dan SIMS 15 Sep 2016 Company Director British 2 - 00 (0.0%)
Active Duncan SHEARER 26 Mar 2015 Services Director British 2 - 00 (0.0%)
Active Frank Carl STRAETMANS 08 Dec 2009 Managing Director Belgian 6 - 53 (27.3%)
Resigned Gary Charles WHITE 29 Sep 2009 31 Aug 2013 Finance Director British 0 - 6513 (20.0%)
Resigned Brian John FREEMAN 29 Sep 2009 08 Sep 2015 Accountant British 11 - 4334 (63.0%)
Resigned Nicole Marina LEVESCONTE 05 Oct 2007 31 Aug 2009 Circulation Director British 0 - 20 (0.0%)
Resigned Catherine Mary BLAND 10 Apr 2007 28 Apr 2010 Accountant British 0 - 4520 (44.4%)
Resigned Matthew MYCOCK 22 Sep 2006 09 Oct 2009 Company Director British 0 - 103 (30.0%)
Resigned Christopher Michael GADSBY 22 Sep 2006 19 Aug 2009 Marketing Director British 0 - 20 (0.0%)
Resigned Gary Charles WHITE 15 Sep 2005 10 Apr 2007 Finance Director British 0 - 6513 (20.0%)
Resigned David John GARRATT 04 Jan 2005 30 Jun 2006 Director British 0 - 63 (50.0%)
Resigned Deborah EWAN 24 Nov 2003 05 May 2006 Sales Director British 0 - 31 (33.3%)
Resigned Richard Emmerson ELLIOT 24 Nov 2003 11 Jul 2005 Accountant British 1 - 15596 (61.5%)
Resigned Karen ROOKS 01 Jul 2003 06 Sep 2013 Operations Director Scottish 0 - 20 (0.0%)
Active Tracy Frances O'SULLIVAN 04 Mar 2002 Sales Director British 3 - 10 (0.0%)
Active Jonathan Mark LAMBERT 30 Apr 2001 Finance Director British 3 - 30 (0.0%)
Resigned Jonathan Mark LAMBERT 02 Apr 2001 02 Apr 2001 Finance Director British 3 - 30 (0.0%)
Resigned Simon CURTIN 14 Apr 1999 31 Mar 2006 Trade Marketing Director British 0 - 81 (12.5%)
Resigned Jean-Baptiste MORIN 07 Dec 1998 20 Oct 2000 Deputy Director French 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Andrew Forrester ORMSON 17 Nov 1998 27 Apr 2001 Accountant British 0 - 122 (16.7%)
Resigned Christopher Andrew SPALDING 02 Nov 1998 31 Aug 2001 Magazine Distribution British 0 - 31 (33.3%)
Resigned Jeroen JOOSTEN 01 Dec 1997 01 Sep 1998 Financial Controller Dutch 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Simon CURTIN 14 May 1996 01 Dec 1997 Trade Marketing Dir British 0 - 81 (12.5%)
Resigned Gerard MORGAN 31 Jan 1996 07 May 1999 Accountant British 1 - 122 (15.4%)
Resigned Andrew LEE 28 Sep 1995 29 Nov 1996 Finance Director British 1 - 2013 (61.9%)
Resigned David JONES 31 May 1995 28 Sep 1995 International Sales Director British 0 - 21 (50.0%)
Resigned Leslie James BURR 14 Oct 1994 01 Dec 1997 Company Director British 1 - 91 (10.0%)
Resigned Charles George TRIPLOW 14 Oct 1994 01 Dec 1997 Consultant British 0 - 82 (25.0%)
Resigned Terence John GRIMWOOD 14 Oct 1994 27 Mar 1997 Company Director British 0 - 63 (50.0%)
Resigned Lloyd John WIGGLESWORTH 14 Oct 1994 29 Feb 1996 Marketing Director British 0 - 50 (0.0%)
Resigned Michael Iain ROBINSON 14 Oct 1994 17 Jun 1997 Company Director British 0 - 86 (75.0%)
Resigned Kevin PETLEY 14 Oct 1994 30 Jan 1998 Company Director British 0 - 31 (33.3%)
Resigned Trevor Douglas BEDFORD 14 Oct 1994 31 May 1995 Finance Director British 5 - 83 (23.1%)
Resigned Francois FISCHER 14 Oct 1994 20 Oct 2000 Company Director French 0 - 20 (0.0%)
Resigned Glenn Douglas MCMILLAN 14 Oct 1994 30 Jun 2003 Commercial Director British 0 - 50 (0.0%)
Resigned Geoffrey Thomas STOTT 23 Jun 1994 01 Nov 2006 Director British 0 - 81 (12.5%)
Resigned Neil Christopher COSTELLO 23 Jun 1994 31 Jan 1996 Accountant British 0 - 80 (0.0%)
Number of active directors: 5
Average tenure of active directors: 15.2 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 3.3 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 5.5%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name
 
FRONTLINE LIMITED (00329613) - Active
FRONTLINE PUBLISHING SERVICES LIMITED (01184969) - Active
MILL HOUSE MANUFACTURING DESIGN LIMITED (02240236) - Active
SEYMOUR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (02943795) - Active
SEYMOUR DISTRIBUTION LIMITED (02954685) - Active
USM MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION LIMITED (03437817) - Active
MAGZENE LIMITED (08936131) - Dissolved
GOLD KEY MEDIA LIMITED (11024864) - Active
ROUTES TO RETAIL LIMITED (11053529) - Active
MILLHOUSE HOLDINGS LIMITED (SC287969) - Active - Proposal to Strike off
WOODWORKS 4 CHILDREN LIMITED (SC363762) - Active - Proposal to Strike off

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

Shareholder name Share class Shares at confirmation date
2015-08-032014-08-032013-08-032012-08-032011-08-02
FRONTLINE LIMITEDB ORDINARY491,500
99.9%
491,500
99.9%
491,500
99.9%
491,500
99.9%
491,500
99.9%
FRONTLINE LIMITEDA ORDINARY500
0.102%
500
0.102%
500
0.102%
500
0.102%
500
0.102%

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

no shareholding data

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES



Controlling entities above

SEYMOUR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

no controlled companies

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT


This company has not filed any late payment reports possibly because it is not considered \'Large\'.

COURT CASES


No Court Cases found

PATENTS


No Patents found

COMPETITORS

(Based on Sic code: 47620 Retail sale of newspapers and stationery in specialised stores)

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LIQUIDATION RISK (BETA)



This company is Active. Statistically, Active companies have a low probability of being liquidated within a year.
Here are our probability predictions:
Basis Liquidation within 3 months Liquidation within 6 months Liquidation within 12 months Prediction confidence
SEYMOUR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 0.7% 3.6% 7.1% Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector 0.4% 5.4% 8.7% Medium
Age 0.3% 1.3% 2.4% Medium
Company Type 0.7% 3.7% 7.4% Medium
Accounts category 0.7% 2.2% 3.8% Medium
Accounting Month 0.6% 2.4% 5.5% Medium
Sic code count 0.7% 3.5% 7.0% Medium
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