W.H. CHOPE & SONS LIMITED
Company details
- Registered name
- W.H. CHOPE & SONS LIMITED
- Company number
- 00560420
- Registered office
- 64 HIGH STREET, BIDEFORD, DEVON, EX39 2AR, UNITED KINGDOM · 37 other companies at this postcode
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated on
- 24 January 1956
- Status
- Active
- Age
- 70 years
- Nature of business (SIC)
- 47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
- Accounts — next due
- 30 Oct 2026
- Accounts — last made up to
- 25 Jan 2025
- Confirmation statement — next due
- 17 May 2027
- Confirmation statement — last
- 03 May 2026
What the register says
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- 6 of 10 registered charges outstanding — a lender has a claim over the assets.
- A person with significant control here also controls 1 other company.
Companies House register snapshot, read 02/09/2026.
Officers
5 active · 8 resigned
People with significant control
Beneficial owners holding over 25% of shares, voting rights or the right to appoint directors
Corporate structure
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Connections
Serving officers
Change history
Reconstructed from the dated records Companies House publishes
| Date | Change | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/11/2022 | Charge registered | — | A registered charge |
| 07/11/2022 | Charge registered | — | A registered charge |
| 06/04/2016 | Person with significant control added | — | Rev. Geoffrey Martin Turner |
| 06/04/2016 | Person with significant control added | — | Oliver Chope |
| 16/07/2013 | Director resigned | TURNER, Gillian | — |
| 16/07/2013 | Director appointed | — | TURNER, John |
| 16/01/2013 | Director resigned | CHOPE, Roger | — |
| 12/09/2003 | Director appointed | — | CHOPE, Fiona |
| 16/03/2002 | Secretary appointed | — | CHOPE, Oliver |
| 15/03/2002 | Secretary resigned | CHOPE, Roger | — |
| 12/06/2000 | Director resigned | CHOPE, Janet | — |
| 01/03/1999 | Director appointed | — | CHOPE, Oliver |
| 30/01/1999 | Director resigned | MILLER, Simon | — |
| 13/03/1998 | Director appointed | — | MILLER, Simon |
| 13/03/1998 | Director appointed | — | CHOPE, Phoebe Rebecca |
| 30/07/1992 | Director resigned | HOCKIN, Caroline May | — |
| 30/07/1992 | Director resigned | CHOPE, Helen Beatrice | — |
| 30/07/1992 | Director resigned | BROOKS, Hazel Margaret | — |
| 02/07/1992 | Charge registered | — | Single debenture |
| 17/03/1978 | Charge registered | — | Letter of set-off |
Financial highlights
Parsed from the filed statutory accounts (£ thousands, except employees)
| Metric | FY2025 | FY2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets less current liabilities | 1,201 ▲ 1.3% | 1,185 |
| Net assets | 926 ▲ 3.0% | 899 |
| Employees (avg) | 6 | 6 |
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Charges
6 outstanding · 4 satisfied
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About W.H. CHOPE & SONS LIMITED (00560420)
W.H. CHOPE & SONS LIMITED is a private limited company incorporated on 24 January 1956 and registered in the United Kingdom under company number 00560420. Its registered office is at 64 HIGH STREET, BIDEFORD, DEVON, EX39 2AR, UNITED KINGDOM. The recorded nature of business is other retail sale in non-specialised stores (SIC 47190). The company is currently active , with statutory accounts last made up to 25 January 2025. 13 active officers are on record , and the person with significant control is Oliver Chope. 6 outstanding charges are registered against it. This profile is provided by opendata.bot by Noetikos, aggregating official data from Companies House bulk data , last refreshed 13 September 2026.
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