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Register entry · No. SC049435

HANDSEL PRESS LIMITED (THE)

Active Private Limited Company Incorporated 10 Nov 1971

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    Company status

    Active.

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    Accounts on time

    Next due 31 May 2027.

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    Confirmation statement on time

    Next due 14 Jan 2027.

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    Owners

    3 owners on file.

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    Last filed accounts

    Net assets £10,839.

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    Trading history

    Incorporated 10 Nov 1971 (54 years ago).

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    Never renamed.

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From the public register, filing history, officers, owners and filed accounts, as of 29 Oct 2026. Not a credit score or advice: open the filings before relying on them. JSON

  1. Registered office

    35 DUNBAR ROAD, HADDINGTON, EAST LOTHIAN, EH41 3PJ

    As filed with Companies House.

  2. Nature of business

  3. Accounts

    Next due
    31 May 2027
    Last made up to
    31 Aug 2025
    Type
    TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL

  4. Confirmation statement

    Next due
    14 Jan 2027
    Last made up to
    31 Dec 2025

  5. Charges

    Outstanding
    0
    All time
    0

  6. Names

    1. HANDSEL PRESS LIMITED (THE) current

Figures

Year endTurnoverProfitCashNet assetsStaff
31 Aug 2025 not published not published £14,282 £10,839 0
31 Aug 2024 not published not published £15,370 £9,069 0
31 Aug 2023 not published not published £14,013 £7,392 0
31 Aug 2022 * not published not published £9,955 £7,001 0

* From the following year's accounts (prior-year figures).

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  • Graeme Clark · Director, named in the accounts to 31 Aug 2025

Owners and controllers All 5, with past →

NameControlNotifiedCeasedBornNationality · lives in
Dr Robert Torrance Walker Significant influence or control as trust 26 Jan 2022 — June 1944 British · Scotland
Revd Dr John Stein Significant influence or control as trust 26 Jan 2022 — November 1941 British · Scotland
Dr James Andrew Bewick Significant influence or control 16 May 2025 — September 1962 British · Scotland

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Is HANDSEL PRESS LIMITED (THE) still trading?

The register shows HANDSEL PRESS LIMITED (THE) as active.

What does HANDSEL PRESS LIMITED (THE) do?

It files the industry code 58110 (Book publishing).

When was HANDSEL PRESS LIMITED (THE) set up?

It was incorporated on 10 November 1971.

When are HANDSEL PRESS LIMITED (THE)'s accounts due?

Next accounts are due by 31 May 2027. The last accounts were made up to 31 August 2025.

When is HANDSEL PRESS LIMITED (THE)'s next confirmation statement due?

By 14 January 2027.

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