Shoebox Retail Limited
ActiveLiveShoebox Retail Limited is an active private limited company incorporated on 21 Apr 2015 (11 years ago), with its registered office in Manchester, North West. The company operates in Retail & wholesale.
The score, the reasons behind it, and what to do next.
A live business, still light on evidence
A registered office is on file; phone and web are checked on Pro.
Companies House · ONS · Nomis · General opportunity model · 100% of the model measurable
Financials
No machine-readable accounts to parse yet. New companies often haven’t filed, and some file PDF-only or dormant accounts.
CompetitionRead this one the other way round: a high number means a crowded market, where differentiation matters more than timing.
Answers: Is this a live, reachable business in a market worth being in?
A balanced read. Pick the lens that matches what you sell and every number on this page re-weights.
Accounts were due 30 Apr 2019 and are not on the register — about 7 years 6 months late.
What this means for you: Overdue filings are the first thing a new supplier will notice — raise it gently, it shows you did your homework.
What we checked · General opportunity weighting
Rows marked Not checked are excluded from the score rather than assumed — the missing weight shows up as lower confidence, not as a worse company.
Commonly offered to a company like this
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Answers: is this market big, growing and survivable — and is the region ahead or behind?
Sector size & momentum
This sector is growing roughly in line with the national average in North West.
Companies House · every incorporation with a SIC code in this sector (103 codes)
How long companies last here
Of every 100 companies started in this sector, roughly 37 are still trading five years later. This company is past that point.
The market around it
Where the sector is heading
- 1North West is a very high-density market for retail & wholesale, with about 56,591 companies in the same industry.
- 2Formation is broadly in line with the national average (+3.1%).
- 3Around 4,936 new companies registered in this industry locally over the last year.
- 4Sector survival sits at 37% over five years — the benchmark for businesses in this classification.
Answers: how crowded is this market, and where does this company sit against its peers?
Score distribution
A quick score from register status and company age only, because that is all the peer list carries. To compare like with like, this company is placed on the same quick score (100) — not the full 55/100 at the top of the page. Treat it as a position, not a ranking.
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| Workplace-Worksafe LTD 06839077 · SIC 46420 | 06 Mar 2009 | Wales | Active | 100 |
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Answers: what is formally on the public register — and what has not been filed yet?
Timeline
In plain English: Received 4 times strike-off notices without being dissolved.
- Officer resignedTermination director company with name termination date15 Aug 2022
- Status change / strike-offDissolved compulsory strike off suspended19 Nov 2021
- Strike-off noticeGazette notice compulsory09 Nov 2021
- Status change / strike-offGazette filings brought up to date04 May 2021
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with updates03 May 2021
- Status change / strike-offDissolved compulsory strike off suspended09 Jan 2021
- Strike-off noticeGazette notice compulsory01 Dec 2020
- Status change / strike-offGazette filings brought up to date12 May 2020
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with updates11 May 2020
- Status change / strike-offDissolved compulsory strike off suspended26 Nov 2019
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Company details
- Company
- Shoebox Retail Limited
- Number
- 09552238
- Registered office
- 388 Dickenson Road, Longsight, Manchester, M13 0WQ
- Incorporated
- 21 Apr 2015
- Type
- Private limited company
- Nature of business
- 47721 — Retail trade
- Status
- Active
- Region
- North West · England
- Accounts
- Overdue, was due 30 Apr 2019
- Confirmation statement
- Overdue, was due 05 May 2022
Connected companies
Other companies run by the same directors are checked on paid plans — each appointment is a separate register lookup.
Who runs and owns it
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