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A.B. DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED
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Confirmation statement on time
Overdue since 4 Jun 2026 (153 days).
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Charges
1 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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Disqualified directors
None of the 5 current officers checked are disqualified.
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Directors
4 current directors.
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Owners
1 owner on file.
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Last filed accounts
Net assets £2,843,046.
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Trading history
Incorporated 1 Sep 1971 (55 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
2 CROMAC PLACE THE GASWORKS, ORMEAU ROAD, BELFAST, BT7 2JB
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Nature of business
- 46439 Wholesale of radio, television goods & electrical household appliances (other than records, tapes, CD's & video tapes and the equipment used for playing them)
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Accounts
- Next due
- 30 Sep 2027
- Last made up to
- 31 Dec 2025
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- FULL
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Confirmation statement
- Next due
- 4 Jun 2026 · OVERDUE
- Last made up to
- 21 May 2025
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Charges
- Outstanding
- 1
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- A.B. DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED current
Figures
| Year end | Turnover | Profit | Cash | Net assets | Staff |
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| 31 Dec 2025 | £6,362,827 | £157,795 | £3,674,569 | £2,843,046 | 9 |
| 31 Dec 2024 | £7,364,435 | £143,643 | £871,756 | £2,685,251 | 11 |
| 31 Dec 2023 | £8,705,269 | £191,944 | £1,338,392 | £2,541,608 | 11 |
| 31 Dec 2022 * | £7,128,397 | £529,375 | £2,184,353 | £2,349,664 | 11 |
* From the following year's accounts (prior-year figures).
People
Officers All 16, with past →
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Born | Nationality · lives in |
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| Michael Joseph Dwan | Director | 2 Jan 2004 | — | March 1964 | Irish · Ireland |
| Frank Murphy | Director | 8 Apr 2011 | — | March 1967 | Irish · Ireland |
| Eamon Francis Lennox | Director | 24 Mar 2015 | — | September 1974 | Irish · Northern Ireland |
| Jonathan Hughes | Director | 31 Oct 2017 | — | June 1971 | Irish · Ireland |
| Leslie Burgess | Secretary | 31 Dec 2009 | — | — |
Owners and controllers All 3, with past →
| Name | Control | Notified | Ceased | Born | Nationality · lives in |
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| Gowan Investments Limited company | Ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent | 6 Apr 2016 | — | — |
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Is A.B. DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED still trading?
The register shows A.B. DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED as active.
What does A.B. DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED do?
It files the industry code 46439 (Wholesale of radio, television goods & electrical household appliances (other than records, tapes, CD's & video tapes and the equipment used for playing them)).
When was A.B. DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED set up?
It was incorporated on 1 September 1971.
When are A.B. DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED's accounts due?
Next accounts are due by 30 September 2027. The last accounts were made up to 31 December 2025.
When is A.B. DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED's next confirmation statement due?
It was due on 4 June 2026 and is overdue.
Who runs A.B. DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED?
A.B. DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED has 4 current directors and 1 other current officer. They're listed under People on this page.
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