TXT In plain English
Company description
CHARACTER OPTIONS LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 1 March 1991; registered for 35 years; registered office reported in LONDON, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 46900 · Non-specialised wholesale trade.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 30 trade marks, 1 waste registration. 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
- CHARACTER OPTIONS LIMITED
- Company number
- 02587289
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 11 total · 2 outstanding · 9 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 August 2025Next accounts due
31 May 2027Last statement made up to
1 March 2026Next statement due
15 March 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
CHARACTER OPTIONS LIMITED
LEI 213800VNEZZ5QZZU8J12 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 1 March 1991
- Initial LEI registration
- 24 March 2014
- LEI last updated
- 26 February 2026
- Next renewal
- 23 April 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- CITYPOINT 16TH FLOOR, ONE ROPEMAKER STREET, LONDON, GB-LND, EC2Y 9AW, GB
- Headquarters address
- 86-88 COOMBE ROAD, NEW MALDEN, GB-LND, KT3 4QS, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
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.
04 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- CHARACTER OPTIONS LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- THE CHARACTER GROUP PLC
- Statement period
- 1 September 2023 – 31 August 2024
- Approved
- 17 December 2024
- Sectors
- Other
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Not reported as covered
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £100 million to £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 6 January 2025
Policies described
Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees Prohibits compulsory overtime Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery
Training described
Your front line staff Human resources Executive-level staff Procurement staff Your suppliers
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Trade unions or worker representative groups Professional auditors Workers within your supply chain Businesses in your industry or sector
Social audits
Audit conducted by your staff Third party audit arranged by your organisation Audit conducted by your supplier’s staff Announced audit Unannounced audit
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups
Demonstrated progress
We do not use KPI's, we always rely on recognised independent ethical audits such as ICTI, BSCI, SMETA and for the first time in 2023/4 a review of freight forwarders to publish their own independent Modern Slavery Statements.
Earlier linked statements (1)
- CHARACTER OPTIONS LIMITED31 December 2021
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
05 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Character Options Limited
Registration Z5964589
- Registered from
- 4 September 2012
- Current end date
- 3 September 2027
- Trading names
- WWW.CHARACTER-ONLINE.CO.UK
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
STACKIES
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 25 April 2016
- Valid until / renewal due
- 25 April 2026
CB CHARACTER BUILDING
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 16 September 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 September 2020
LET'S COOK
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 6 November 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 November 2019
HAWK EYES
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 9,25,28
- Filed / designated
- 22 October 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 October 2019
GoGo Hamsters
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 15 July 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 15 July 2019
Let's Cook
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 3 March 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 March 2019
LOVABLE BUDDIES
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 13 April 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 April 2020
LOVEABLE FRIENDS
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 10 December 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 December 2019
Lovable Friends
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 10 December 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 December 2019
BABY KNOWS HER NAME
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 5 February 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 February 2013
SNUBBIES
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 7 January 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 January 2013
SUBTLE KNIFE
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 5 March 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 March 2012
JOEY THE MONSTER
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 29 March 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 March 2011
JOEY THE MONSTER
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 29 March 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 29 March 2011
BABY LOVES TO CRAWL
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 1 December 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 December 2010
Baby Loves To Crawl
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 1 December 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 December 2010
PICNIC PALS
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 11 October 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 October 2010
PICNIC PALS
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 10 October 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 October 2010
DOG.E
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 17 April 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 April 2010
Walkin Talkin Toddler
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 14 March 2000
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 March 2010
LOVABLE SINGERS
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 16 December 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 December 2009
LOVABLE SINGERS
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 16 December 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 December 2009
KISSES AND CUDDLES
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 6 October 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 October 2009
Kisses and Cuddles
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 6 October 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 6 October 2009
PRETTY PLAITS
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 3 March 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 March 2009
Pretty Plaits
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 3 March 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 March 2009
Pretty Plaits
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 3 March 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 March 2009
Pretty Plaits
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 3 March 1999
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 March 2009
Lovable Bears
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 5 October 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 October 2008
Lovable Puppies
Owner Character Options Limited · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 5 October 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 October 2008
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
The Character Group Plc
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 50% to 75% of voting rights
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Companies Act 2006
- Legal form
- Public Limited Company
- Place registered
- England And Wales
- Registration number
- 3033333
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
Mr Thomas Mark SpainSee 12 companies with this PSC name →
- Controls 25% to 50% of voting rights
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- United Kingdom
- Notified
- 2 April 2025
- Ceased
- 2 April 2025
- Appointment Verification End On: 9999-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Appointment Verification Start On: 2026-01-26T00:00:00Z
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
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
Find a Tender did not explicitly identify this Companies House number in a procurement party. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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
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
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
1 exact company-number registration.
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
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
15 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
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.