Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
48 Brick Kiln Street, Brierley Hill, Dudley, DY5 1JG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When essentialphoto.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0121 552 3113 is
- Who else gives the postcode DY5 1JG
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Essential Photo Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- www.essentialphoto.co.uk Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (1 permission)
- Credit Broking
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 07601334 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 12 April 2011 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- 48 Brick Kiln Street, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, DY5 1JG, England
- Nature of business
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- Manufacture of photographic and cinematographic equipment (SIC 26702)
- Non-specialised wholesale trade (SIC 46900)
- Retail sale of audio and video equipment in specialised stores (SIC 47430)
- Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet (SIC 47910)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yang Wu | Director | May 1983 | 12 Apr 2011 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£837k
+5.7% from £791k
Cash at bank
£82.4k
−66% from £246k
Owed within a year
£1.04m
+12% from £930k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- The chart, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
About these figures
- Turnover
- Money taken from sales in the year, before any costs.
- Profit before tax
- What was left after the year’s costs, before corporation tax. A minus figure is a loss.
- Net assets, or total equity
- Everything the company owns minus everything it owes. A minus figure means it owes more than it owns.
- Total assets and total liabilities
- Everything the company owns, and everything it owes, on the last day of the year. The gap between them is its net assets.
- Cash at bank
- Money in the company’s accounts on the last day of the year.
- Owed within a year, owed after a year
- Debts and bills due in the next twelve months, and those due later.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 07601334. Every figure is as filed, apart from total assets and total liabilities, which are added up from filed figures. Nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Pixapro’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
15 March 2022
- Riccan Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Yang Wu gave up control
Companies House
2020
17 August 2020
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Yang Wu took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2011
12 April 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
Firms connected to Pixapro
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Pixapro. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Pixapro
Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.
In Brierley Hill
In the Dudley (DY) postcode area
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- Every company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 11 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, named, and who links them
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk