# Hobbycraft Trading Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [00806269](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00806269)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 22 May 1964
- **Registered office:** 7 ENTERPRISE WAY AVIATION PARK, BOURNEMOUTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HURN, BH23 6HG
- **Nature of business:** [47789](/sic/47789) Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)
- **Corporate group:** [Rcapital Partners LLP](/group/82740) (88 companies)


## Previous names

- Haskins Group Limited (until 29 Mar 1999)
- Haskins Garden Centres Limited (until 6 Jun 1997)
- Haskins Nurseries Limited (until 3 Feb 1989)
- Hobbycraft Group Limited (until 29 Jun 2011)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLSON, Alex | director | 17 Sep 2025 |  |
| PRICE, Joseph Daniel | director | 23 Aug 2024 |  |
| HW DIRECTORS LIMITED | corporate-director | 23 Aug 2024 |  |
| COSSEY COSEC SERVICES LIMITED | corporate-secretary | 23 Aug 2024 |  |
| HARRISON, Russell | director | 15 Apr 2019 | 23 Aug 2024 |
| PATERSON, Katherine Julie | director | 15 Nov 2012 | 23 Aug 2024 |
| JORDAN, Dominic Martin | director | 15 Nov 2012 | 23 Aug 2024 |
| MOORE, Matthew John | director | 6 Aug 2015 | 4 May 2018 |
| MOORE, Matthew | secretary | 6 Aug 2015 | 4 May 2018 |
| COLLEY, John Richard | director | 19 Apr 2017 | 9 Sep 2017 |
| MARSHALL, Catriona Frances | director | 31 Jan 2011 | 30 Jun 2017 |
| WATFORD, Emma Judith Sophia | director | 6 Aug 2015 | 27 Nov 2015 |
| NEWTON, William | secretary | 13 Jul 2013 | 6 Aug 2015 |
| NEWTON, William | director | 2 Jul 2013 | 6 Aug 2015 |
| HEESE, James Thomas | director | 15 Nov 2012 | 24 Apr 2014 |
| BURKE, Simon Paul | director | 28 Oct 2010 | 27 Feb 2014 |
| GIFFIN, Michael William | secretary | 19 Jan 2012 | 12 Jul 2013 |
| GIFFIN, Michael William | director | 19 Jan 2012 | 12 Jul 2013 |
| GIFFIN, Michael William | secretary | 19 Jan 2012 | 12 Jul 2013 |
| GIFFIN, Michael William | director | 19 Jan 2012 | 12 Jul 2013 |
| FARNWORTH, Robert Antony | director | 4 Mar 2009 | 26 Jan 2012 |
| BLUNT, Claire Jacqueline | director | 31 Jan 2011 | 23 Dec 2011 |
| BLUNT, Claire | secretary | 31 Jan 2011 | 23 Dec 2011 |
| POTTER, Angela Jane | secretary | 28 May 2010 | 31 Jan 2011 |
| HOOLEY, Dominic Charles Jolyon | director | 25 Nov 2004 | 31 Jan 2011 |
| CROMBIE, Christopher John | director | 5 May 1998 | 31 Jan 2011 |
| BEST, Roger Clive | director | 19 Aug 2009 | 29 Apr 2010 |
| POTTER, Angela Jane | secretary | 21 Dec 2000 | 29 Apr 2010 |
| HASKINS, Warren George | director | - | 29 Apr 2010 |
| THOMAS, Gillian Susan Emily | director | 29 Jun 2000 | 17 Feb 2009 |
| SMITH, Carl John | director | 27 Jul 2005 | 3 Jan 2009 |
| STEELE, Richard John | director | 5 May 1998 | 30 Sep 2007 |
| BIRD, Sara Jayne | director | 25 Nov 2004 | 10 Jan 2005 |
| SYMES, John Alexander | director | 22 Feb 1996 | 18 Jun 2004 |
| HASKINS, Lesley Erica | director | - | 10 Sep 2003 |
| BLINN, Andra Marie | secretary | 22 Feb 1996 | 21 Dec 2000 |
| COPPOCK, Lawrence Patrick | director | 2 Dec 1998 | 10 Sep 2000 |
| TITE, Richard John | director | - | 5 May 1998 |
| BERE, Doris Vera | director | - | 5 May 1998 |
| HONEYMAN, Sheila Louise | secretary | - | 22 Feb 1996 |
| JARRETT, Peter George | director | - | 14 Feb 1996 |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stitch Bidco Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 6 Apr 2016 |  |




## Owned by

Hobbycraft Trading Limited → [Stitch Bidco Limited](/company/07068903) → [Stitch 3 Limited](/company/07217283) → [Stitch 2 Limited](/company/07216740) → [Hobbycraft Group Limited](/company/07216034) → [Macrame Bidco Limited](/company/15833199)



## Controls

- [Hobbycraft Superstores Limited](/company/03289788) (03289788)



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