Register entry · No. 08536891
PARAFIN LIMITED
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Company status
Active - Proposal to Strike off: due to be closed and removed from the register.
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Accounts on time
Overdue since 28 Feb 2025 (621 days).
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Confirmation statement on time
Overdue since 3 Jun 2025 (526 days).
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Last filed accounts
Net liabilities of £56,620: it owed more than it owned.
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Disqualified directors
None of the 2 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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Charges
None registered.
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Trading history
Incorporated 20 May 2013 (13 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 11 Nov 2026. Not a credit score or advice: open the filings before relying on them. JSON
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Registered office
18 WOODSTOCK STREET, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, W1C 2AL
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Nature of business
- 47990 Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
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Accounts
- Next due
- 28 Feb 2025 · OVERDUE
- Last made up to
- 31 May 2023
- Type
- TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL
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Confirmation statement
- Next due
- 3 Jun 2025 · OVERDUE
- Last made up to
- 20 May 2024
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Charges
- Outstanding
- 0
- All time
- 0
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Names
- PARAFIN LIMITED current
Figures
| Year end | Turnover | Profit | Cash | Net assets | Staff |
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| 31 May 2023 | not published | not published | £118,502 | £-56,620 | 5 |
| 31 May 2022 | not published | not published | £267,057 | £96,322 | 5 |
| 31 May 2021 | not published | not published | £20,320 | £-233,544 | 4 |
| 31 May 2020 | not published | not published | £7,300 | £-243,816 | 4 |
| 31 May 2019 | not published | not published | £80,423 | £-37,463 | 4 |
| 31 May 2018 | not published | not published | £72,398 | £-2,406 | 4 |
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People
Officers All 3, with past →
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Born | Nationality · lives in |
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| Matthew Robert Watkins Designer/Publisher | Director | 20 May 2013 | — | October 1973 | British · United Kingdom |
| Benjamin John Tufnell Art Historian/Curator/Writer | Director | 20 May 2013 | — | September 1969 | British · United Kingdom |
Owners and controllers All 2, with past →
| Name | Control | Notified | Ceased | Born | Nationality · lives in |
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| Mr Benjamin John Tufnell | Ownership of shares 25 to 50 percent; Voting rights 25 to 50 percent | 6 Apr 2016 | — | September 1969 | British · United Kingdom |
| Mr Matthew Robert Watkins | Voting rights 25 to 50 percent | 6 Apr 2016 | — | October 1973 | British · United Kingdom |
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Questions
Is PARAFIN LIMITED still trading?
The register shows PARAFIN LIMITED as active - proposal to strike off. That status is a warning sign: see the checks at the top of the page.
What does PARAFIN LIMITED do?
It files the industry code 47990 (Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets).
When was PARAFIN LIMITED set up?
It was incorporated on 20 May 2013.
When are PARAFIN LIMITED's accounts due?
They were due on 28 February 2025 and are overdue. The last accounts were made up to 31 May 2023.
When is PARAFIN LIMITED's next confirmation statement due?
It was due on 3 June 2025 and is overdue.
Who runs PARAFIN LIMITED?
PARAFIN LIMITED has 2 current directors. They're listed under People on this page.
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