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Company description
THOMAS KNEALE & CO. LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 13 May 1948; registered for 78 years; registered office reported in MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 46410 · Wholesale of textiles.
In its latest electronically filed accounts for the period ended 31 January 2025, it reported net assets £2,646,700, average employees 19. This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 3 PSC records, 2 trade marks, 16 procurement records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- THOMAS KNEALE & CO. LIMITED
- Company number
- 00454128
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 3 total · 0 outstanding · 3 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 January 2025Next accounts due
31 October 2026Last statement made up to
16 August 2025Next statement due
30 August 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Fixed assets
- £3,559
- Net assets
- £2,646,700
- Current assets
- £3,857,064
- Current liabilities
- £1,213,141
- Total assets less current liabilities
- £2,647,482
- Cash at bank
- £1,079,963
- Equity
- £2,646,700
Figures are taken from company-filed iXBRL/XBRL. Coverage is limited to electronic filings in the imported Companies House batch. Missing figures do not mean zero, and values have not been audited by BritDB.
04 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
THOS. KNEALE & CO. LIMITED
LEI 213800DJRY9N4LE9BD32 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- Not supplied
- Initial LEI registration
- 11 April 2016
- LEI last updated
- 31 July 2023
- Next renewal
- 18 February 2021
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- ALEX HOUSE 260-268, CHAPEL STREET, SALFORD, GB-SLF, M3 5JZ, GB
- Headquarters address
- ARBRY HOUSE UNIT 6, PICADILLY TRADING ESTATE, MANCHESTER, GB-MAN, M1 2NP, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NATURAL_PERSONS
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NATURAL_PERSONS
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
05 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Supply of Smoking Aprons, FR throws and FR Rubber Mats
West Midlands Fire Service · ocds-b5fd17-cb032345-4291-4bb2-b5ad-77bc925ee305
- Supplier named in award
- Thomas Kneale & Co Limited
- Award value
- £25,900
- Contract period
- 18 May 2026 – 17 May 2027
- Published
- 19 May 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 39143110
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-cb032345-4291-4bb2-b5ad-77bc925ee305-2026-05-19T15:22:52+01:00
Provision for Fire Retardant Beddings and Nightwear
Royal Berkshire Fire & Rescue Service · ocds-b5fd17-6012b3c7-34af-42ac-bcc9-8e8cb7dbbc49
- Supplier named in award
- Thomas Kneale & Co Ltd
- Award value
- £80,000
- Contract period
- 21 April 2025 – 20 April 2029
- Published
- 12 January 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 19200000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-6012b3c7-34af-42ac-bcc9-8e8cb7dbbc49-2026-01-12T17:44:21Z
Safe and Well Products- Fire Retardant Bedding & Rubber Mats
Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue Service · ocds-b5fd17-aed1155e-d2f3-4e9e-8397-9158bfc1449e
- Supplier named in award
- Thomas Kneale & Co Ltd
- Award value
- £45,000
- Contract period
- 13 October 2025 – 12 October 2029
- Published
- 20 November 2025
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 39512000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-aed1155e-d2f3-4e9e-8397-9158bfc1449e-2025-11-20T17:33:08Z
Safe and Well Equipment
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE · ocds-b5fd17-43e0c13b-9b61-4778-b5aa-19667a4fd9d9
- Supplier named in award
- Thomas Kneale
- Award value
- £113,373.66
- Contract period
- 4 August 2025 – 3 August 2029
- Published
- 24 September 2025
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 44480000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-43e0c13b-9b61-4778-b5aa-19667a4fd9d9-2025-09-24T10:10:45+01:00
Safe and Well Equipment
HEREFORD & WORCESTER FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE · ocds-b5fd17-3842bdd4-c728-4633-9ec9-29603c4da5ca
- Supplier named in award
- Thomas Kneale & Co Ltd
- Award value
- £6,341,334
- Contract period
- 21 April 2025 – 30 June 2029
- Published
- 20 June 2025
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 39000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-3842bdd4-c728-4633-9ec9-29603c4da5ca-2025-06-20T15:09:20+01:00
Provision of Safe and Well Bedding
Wiltshire Fire And Rescue Service · ocds-b5fd17-cd528c79-efc3-40c2-a357-c51f6b3c46f7
- Supplier named in award
- Thomas Kneale and Co Limited
- Award value
- £47,720.64
- Contract period
- 21 April 2025 – 20 April 2029
- Published
- 31 December 2025
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 39143110
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-cd528c79-efc3-40c2-a357-c51f6b3c46f7-2025-12-31T10:04:26Z
Published on behalf of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary for the provision of clothing and equipment for detainees and victims of crime
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-b5067568-d4aa-44aa-98f2-4e2c8b587815
- Supplier named in award
- THOMAS KNEALE & CO. LIMITED
- Award value
- £294,000
- Contract period
- 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2027
- Published
- 10 June 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 18000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-b5067568-d4aa-44aa-98f2-4e2c8b587815-2024-06-10T17:59:44+01:00
Fire Retardant Bedding, Throws, Blankets and Mattress Toppers
Wiltshire Fire And Rescue Service · ocds-b5fd17-e0c98469-6c5a-4ffa-9386-90825a36198e
- Supplier named in award
- THOS. KNEALE & CO. LIMITED
- Award value
- £8,294.32
- Contract period
- 24 June 2024 – 18 April 2025
- Published
- 11 June 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 39512000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e0c98469-6c5a-4ffa-9386-90825a36198e-2024-06-11T13:21:53+01:00
Custody Blankets & High Risk Clothing
Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner for Staffordshire · ocds-b5fd17-236b4fcf-eb9c-4f1d-8143-b35eb7c88a0c
- Supplier named in award
- Thomas Kneale Ltd
- Award value
- £20,000
- Contract period
- 7 May 2024 – 6 May 2026
- Published
- 8 August 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 39511100
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-236b4fcf-eb9c-4f1d-8143-b35eb7c88a0c-2024-08-08T10:06:28+01:00
Detainees Clothing 2024-2028
Lancashire Constabulary · ocds-b5fd17-ab774d56-269f-4edd-9485-8f1c48149cc7
- Supplier named in award
- THOMAS KNEALE & CO. LIMITED
- Award value
- £441,293.40
- Contract period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2028
- Published
- 16 April 2024
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 18400000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-ab774d56-269f-4edd-9485-8f1c48149cc7-2024-04-16T12:31:29+01:00
Fire Retardant Bedding, Throws, Blankets and Mattress Toppers
Wiltshire Fire And Rescue Service · ocds-b5fd17-0aebf900-366a-49b5-8697-84fc34959723
- Supplier named in award
- THOMAS KNEALE & CO. LIMITED
- Award value
- £8,078.52
- Contract period
- 24 June 2023 – 23 June 2024
- Published
- 3 July 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 39512000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-0aebf900-366a-49b5-8697-84fc34959723-2023-07-03T11:41:10+01:00
Fire Retardant Bedding, Throws, Blankets and Mattress Toppers
DORSET & WILTSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE · ocds-b5fd17-7b8f03b5-f21e-4ac6-a97f-4023878fda54
- Supplier named in award
- Thomas Kneale & Co Ltd
- Award value
- £7,445.90
- Contract period
- 23 June 2022 – 24 June 2023
- Published
- 6 July 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 39512000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-7b8f03b5-f21e-4ac6-a97f-4023878fda54-2022-07-06T08:35:35+01:00
Fire Retardant Bedding, Throws, Blankets and Mattress Toppers
DORSET & WILTSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE · ocds-b5fd17-00583eab-fe58-4acb-802f-0e3411a47207
- Supplier named in award
- Thomas Kneale & Co Ltd
- Award value
- £11,934.80
- Contract period
- 24 June 2021 – 23 June 2022
- Published
- 5 August 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 39512000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-00583eab-fe58-4acb-802f-0e3411a47207-2021-08-05T07:47:05+01:00
Fire Retardant Bedding, Throws, Blankets and Mattress Toppers
DORSET & WILTSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE · ocds-b5fd17-00583eab-fe58-4acb-802f-0e3411a47207
- Supplier named in award
- Thomas Kneale & Sons Ltd
- Award value
- £11,934.80
- Contract period
- 24 June 2021 – 23 June 2022
- Published
- 5 August 2021
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 39512000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-00583eab-fe58-4acb-802f-0e3411a47207-2021-08-05T07:47:05+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
ARBRY QUALITY PRODUCTS Established 1947
Owner Thomas Kneale & Co. Limited · classes 24,25
- Filed / designated
- 23 October 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 October 2022
ARBRY
Owner Thomas Kneale & Co. Limited · classes 24,25
- Filed / designated
- 23 October 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 October 2022
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
06 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Thomas Kneale & Co Eot Trustee Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares (as a trust)
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights (as a trust)
- Can appoint or remove directors (as a trust)
- Country registered
- United Kingdom
- Legal authority
- England And Wales
- Legal form
- Private Company Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Register Of Companies For England And Wales
- Registration number
- 15200163
- Notified
- 22 November 2023
Mr Richard Jeremy ManvilleSee 2 companies with this PSC name →
- Has significant influence or control
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 22 November 2023
Mr Shaun KillingleySee 5 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Has significant influence or control
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 22 November 2023
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
07 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
08 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
09 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
10 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Fire Retardant Bedding Packs & Associated Products
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority · updated 19 November 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Detainee Clothing & Accessories - Lot 2 High Risk Clothing & Bedding
Thames Valley Police · updated 23 April 2024
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
11 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
12 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
13 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
2 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
14 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: THOS. KNEALE & CO. LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
15 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Company-filed electronic accounts and extracted headline financial facts.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.