Register entry · No. 01356753
FORBIDDEN PLANET LIMITED
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Charges
5 outstanding: a lender holds security over its assets and is paid first if it fails.
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Company status
Active.
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Accounts on time
Next due 30 Sep 2027.
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Confirmation statement on time
Next due 20 Nov 2026.
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Disqualified directors
None of the 3 current officers checked are disqualified.
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Directors
2 current directors.
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Owners
2 owners on file.
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Last filed accounts
Net assets £5,854,407.
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Trading history
Incorporated 9 Mar 1978 (48 years ago).
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Name changes
Never renamed.
Names over time
From the public register, filing history, officers, owners and filed accounts, as of 4 Nov 2026. Not a credit score or advice: open the filings before relying on them. JSON
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Registered office
144 SOUTHWARK STREET, LONDON, SE1 0UP
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Nature of business
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Accounts
- Next due
- 30 Sep 2027
- Last made up to
- 31 Dec 2025
- Type
- FULL
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Confirmation statement
- Next due
- 20 Nov 2026
- Last made up to
- 6 Nov 2025
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Charges
- Outstanding
- 5
- All time
- 13
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- FORBIDDEN PLANET LIMITED current
Figures
| Year end | Turnover | Profit | Cash | Net assets | Staff |
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| 31 Dec 2025 | — | £1,411,531 | £6,732,489 | £5,854,407 | 174 |
| 31 Dec 2024 | — | £809,330 | £6,047,431 | £7,998,969 | 167 |
| 31 Dec 2023 | — | £299,830 | £6,143,943 | £7,189,639 | 177 |
| 31 Dec 2022 | — | £525,043 | £5,174,094 | £6,889,809 | 176 |
| 31 Dec 2021 | £20,234,112 | £400,713 | £4,731,627 | £6,364,766 | 156 |
| 31 Dec 2020 | £14,459,477 | £-789,988 | £3,706,997 | £5,978,000 | 170 |
* From the following year's accounts (prior-year figures).
People
Officers All 5, with past →
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Born | Nationality · lives in |
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| Nicholas Alexander Landau Company Director | Director | — | — | November 1953 | British · United Kingdom |
| Vivian Wei Ming Cheung Company Director | Director | 25 Apr 2007 | — | March 1957 | British · United Kingdom |
| Vivian Wei Ming Cheung Company Secretary | Secretary | 26 Jul 1993 | — | March 1957 | British · United Kingdom |
Owners and controllers All 2, with past →
| Name | Control | Notified | Ceased | Born | Nationality · lives in |
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| Dr Vivian Cheung | Voting rights 25 to 50 percent | 6 Apr 2016 | — | March 1957 | Singaporean · England |
| Mr Nicholas Alexander Landau | Voting rights 25 to 50 percent | 7 Apr 2016 | — | November 1953 | British · England |
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Is FORBIDDEN PLANET LIMITED still trading?
The register shows FORBIDDEN PLANET LIMITED as active.
What does FORBIDDEN PLANET LIMITED do?
It files these industry codes 47610 (Retail sale of books in specialised stores); 47650 (Retail sale of games and toys in specialised stores).
When was FORBIDDEN PLANET LIMITED set up?
It was incorporated on 9 March 1978.
When are FORBIDDEN PLANET LIMITED's accounts due?
Next accounts are due by 30 September 2027. The last accounts were made up to 31 December 2025.
When is FORBIDDEN PLANET LIMITED's next confirmation statement due?
By 20 November 2026.
Who runs FORBIDDEN PLANET LIMITED?
FORBIDDEN PLANET LIMITED has 2 current directors and 1 other current officer. They're listed under People on this page.
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