# The Flash Centre Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [02441299](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02441299)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 8 Nov 1989
- **Registered office:** SPECTRUM POINT, CLAPGATE LANE, BIRMINGHAM, B32 3DE
- **Nature of business:** [47430](/sic/47430) Retail sale of audio and video equipment in specialised stores
- **Corporate group:** [Lumesca Group Limited](/group/48981) (3 companies)


## Previous names

- Creative Distribution Works Limited (until 18 Jul 1997)
- Starteasy Limited (until 12 Dec 1989)
- Photographic Studio Consultants Limited (until 30 Nov 2020)




## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lumesca Group Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent | 27 Nov 2020 |  |
| Mr Christopher David Whittle | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent | 1 Jul 2016 | 27 Nov 2020 |
| Mrs Susan Smith | significant-influence-or-control | 1 Jul 2016 | 13 Jun 2018 |
| Mr Michael Christopher Rowley | significant-influence-or-control | 1 Jul 2016 | 25 Apr 2017 |
| Mrs Judith Alison Whittle | significant-influence-or-control | 1 Jul 2016 | 25 Apr 2017 |
| Miss Emily Catherine Whittle | significant-influence-or-control | 1 Jul 2016 | 25 Apr 2017 |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2025 | -£198,457 | £3,468 | 8 |
| 31 Dec 2024 | £106,345 | £10,501 | 12 |
| 31 Dec 2023 | £665,778 | £46,676 | 13 |
| 31 Dec 2022 | £809,574 | £93,053 | 15 |
| 31 Dec 2021 | £1,018,619 | £57,919 | 19 |
| 31 Dec 2020 | £1,013,663 | £188,982 | 22 |
| 31 May 2020 | £1,161,272 | £32,474 | 23 |
| 31 Mar 2019 | £1,274,927 | £14,017 | - |
| 31 Mar 2018 | £1,079,785 | £61,543 | 25 |



## Owned by

The Flash Centre Limited → [Lumesca Group Limited](/company/02850281)