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Towngate PLC

Over 62 years as a top commercial property investor, offering modern, sustainable industrial spaces in Leeds and Manchester with a client-focused approach. The company’s own description of itself, taken from its website.

Active 57 years old · 472nd oldest of 4,506 · incorporated in the 1960s

Company number00956979
StatusActive
Incorporated26/06/1969
Accounts last made up to31/03/2025
Next accounts due30/09/2026
Accounts typeFULL
Legal Entity Identifier213800T5UUQGWUGMZJ74
Charges outstanding20

Registered office

WOODVALE HOUSE, WOODVALE ROAD, BRIGHOUSE, WEST YORKSHIRE, HD6 4AB

Online

Website www.towngate.plc.uk

News and announcements on their own site

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Filing history

This company has 307 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 09/09/2025. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 29/09/2025.

Filings: charges48
Filings: accounts18
Filings: officer changes14
Filings: confirmation statements10
Filings: annual returns7

The most recent filings

Confirmation statement 29/09/2025
Accounts, full 09/09/2025
Director appointed 03/04/2025
Confirmation statement 30/09/2024
Accounts, full 05/09/2024
Notification of a person with significant control 01/11/2023
Notification of a person with significant control 01/11/2023
Cessation of a person with significant control 26/10/2023
Director resigned 26/10/2023
Accounts, full 09/10/2023

This is the list of documents filed, not their contents. A line saying accounts were filed records that they were filed and when; it says nothing about turnover, profit or assets, which are inside the documents themselves and are not published here. Read the filings on the Companies House record.

Who runs it

The register lists 6 current officers and 8 who have resigned.

Stephen Phillip Forrest Secretaryappointed 03/04/2000
Stephen Phillip Forrest Directorappointed 31/07/1998
Thomas David Lamb Directorappointed 01/04/2025
Alan David Smith Directorappointed 28/04/1998
Robert Brigg Smith Directorappointed 22/12/1998
Valerie Elaine Smith Directorappointed

Who controls it

Companies must record the people or entities with significant control. The register shows 2 current entries.

Robert Brigg Smith
Has significant influence or control (through a trust)
since 01/11/2023
Mr Alan David Smith
Has significant influence or control (through a trust)
since 01/11/2023

Charges

A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 89 registered charges, of which 20 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

A registered charge
Hsbc Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 28/10/2020
A registered charge
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 28/10/2020
A registered charge
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 24/04/2020
A registered charge
Hsbc Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 01/11/2017
A registered charge
Hsbc Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 01/11/2017
A registered charge
Hsbc Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 01/11/2017
A registered charge
Hsbc Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 01/11/2017
A registered charge
Hsbc Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 01/11/2017

Showing the 8 most recent. The full list is on the Companies House record.

Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.

What it does

This page is compiled from the public register. Companies House does not verify the information filed with it, so treat everything here as what the company reported rather than as established fact. For filings, officers and charges, see the official Companies House record.

Registered office

No other PLC on the register gives this postcode.

On the register

  • 472nd oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 1960s cohort
  • Not in liquidation or facing strike off

There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.

Register data as at 2026-09-01 Download the full register (CSV)