opendata.bot
Company number
00748009

CHAS. J. TOWNROW & SONS LIMITED

Active
✓ Active company on the official register. Next accounts due 29 October 2026.

Company details

Registered name
CHAS. J. TOWNROW & SONS LIMITED
Company number
00748009
Registered office
1B COOPER DRIVE, SPRINGWOOD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BRAINTREE, ESSEX, CM7 2RF, UNITED KINGDOM
Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated on
25 January 1963
Status
Active
Age
63 years
Nature of business (SIC)
47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Accounts — next due
29 Oct 2026
Accounts — last made up to
28 Jan 2025
Confirmation statement — next due
21 May 2027
Confirmation statement — last
07 May 2026

What the register says

Facts from the register, with the dates they are filed under. Not a score: what they mean is for you to judge, and every line can be checked against Companies House itself.

Companies House register snapshot, read 02/09/2026.

People with significant control

Beneficial owners holding over 25% of shares, voting rights or the right to appoint directors

Andrew Michael Alexander Skrine
owns 25–50% of shares (through a trust) · holds 25–50% of voting rights (through a trust)
Notified 06/04/2016
Edward James Townrow
owns 75–100% of shares · holds 75–100% of voting rights · can appoint and remove directors
Notified 17/02/2021
Richard James Townrow
owns 50–75% of shares · holds 50–75% of voting rights
Notified 06/04/2016

Corporate structure

Who controls this company, and who they control in turn

3 controllers Drag to move · scroll to zoom · double-click to expand
Company Person Current control Ended

Connections

Edward James Townrow
born 05/1980 · United Kingdom owns 75–100% of shares · holds 75–100% of votes · can appoint and remove directors Notified 17/02/2021
Andrew Michael Alexander Skrine
born 07/1944 · United Kingdom owns 25–50% of shares · holds 25–50% of votes Control ended 17/02/2021
Richard James Townrow
born 04/1949 · United Kingdom owns 50–75% of shares · holds 50–75% of votes Control ended 22/09/2021

Change history

Reconstructed from the dated records Companies House publishes

DateChangeWasNow
22/09/2021 Person with significant control ceased Richard James Townrow
17/02/2021 Person with significant control ceased Andrew Michael Alexander Skrine
17/02/2021 Person with significant control added Edward James Townrow
06/04/2016 Person with significant control added Richard James Townrow
06/04/2016 Person with significant control added Andrew Michael Alexander Skrine

Documents for CHAS. J. TOWNROW & SONS LIMITED

Need this one company on file? Buy the document on its own — no plan required.

Company extract£1.99

The full registration record as held today — name, number, status, registered office, company type, previous names, officers, PSC and SIC codes, timestamped for your file.

PDF Order
Financial statements£3.99

Every figure the company’s own accounts state, across each filed period, with year-on-year movement. Most UK companies file small or micro-entity accounts — a balance sheet and a headcount, no turnover or profit.

PDF + CSV Order
Ownership report£3.99

Who controls the company: persons with significant control, the nature of that control, the ownership graph and every other company those controllers hold.

PDF Order

Data protection register

Registered with the Information Commissioner's Office as a data protection fee payer.

Chas J Townrow & Sons Ltd — CM7 1JX
Trading as TOWNROW, TOWNROW DEPARTMENT STORES
Tier 1 · renews 17/11/2026
ICO entry

The ICO publishes no company number, so this is matched on the registered name . Check the ICO entry before relying on it.

Get this company via API

Every field on this page is available as structured JSON behind one endpoint and one API key.

GET /v1/company/gb/00748009
X-Api-Key: $OPENDATA_KEY
Read the API docs

Frequently asked questions

What is the company number of CHAS. J. TOWNROW & SONS LIMITED?
According to the official registry, the company number of CHAS. J. TOWNROW & SONS LIMITED is 00748009.
Where is CHAS. J. TOWNROW & SONS LIMITED registered?
The registered office is 1B COOPER DRIVE, SPRINGWOOD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BRAINTREE, ESSEX, CM7 2RF, UNITED KINGDOM.
What is the SIC code of CHAS. J. TOWNROW & SONS LIMITED?
The nature of business is recorded under SIC code 47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores.
Who controls CHAS. J. TOWNROW & SONS LIMITED?
Andrew Michael Alexander Skrine is recorded as a person with significant control, and owns 25–50% of shares (through a trust), holds 25–50% of voting rights (through a trust).
When are the next accounts of CHAS. J. TOWNROW & SONS LIMITED due?
The next annual accounts are due by 29 October 2026, and the last accounts were made up to 28 January 2025.

About CHAS. J. TOWNROW & SONS LIMITED (00748009)

CHAS. J. TOWNROW & SONS LIMITED is a private limited company incorporated on 25 January 1963 and registered in the United Kingdom under company number 00748009. Its registered office is at 1B COOPER DRIVE, SPRINGWOOD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BRAINTREE, ESSEX, CM7 2RF, UNITED KINGDOM. The recorded nature of business is retail sale of clothing in specialised stores (SIC 47710). The company is currently active , with statutory accounts last made up to 28 January 2025. , and the person with significant control is Andrew Michael Alexander Skrine. This profile is provided by opendata.bot by Noetikos, aggregating official data from Companies House bulk data , last refreshed 2 September 2026.

Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores across UK registers

The same sector and the same company, seen through every register we hold

Explore by sector

Every UK company records what it does as a SIC code — browse the sectors around this one.