TXT In plain English
Company description
HALLMARK CARDS PLC is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Public Limited Company”. Incorporated on 30 July 1997; registered for 29 years; registered office reported in BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 58190 · Other publishing activities.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 30 trade marks. 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
- HALLMARK CARDS PLC
- Company number
- 03414540
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 2 total · 2 outstanding · 0 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 December 2024Next accounts due
30 September 2026Last statement made up to
30 July 2025Next statement due
13 August 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 0.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- 38.7%
- Women receiving bonus
- 63.2%
- Men receiving bonus
- 59.1%
- Women in top quartile
- 62.2%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 64.7%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 45.6%
- Women in lower quartile
- 60.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 250 to 499-7.7% median hourly gap
- 250 to 499-10.4% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99920.4% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499917.7% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499921.7% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499930.9% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499926.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499932.5% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 January 2026 – 30 June 2026
- Filed
- 6 July 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 60 days
- Longest standard term
- 90 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 January 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £9,047,086
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £8,079,940
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £2,513,577
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £3,594,656
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 34.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 90 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Standard terms are 60 days end of month, so if an invoice is invoice dated 01/03/2026 it is due 31/05/2026
- Dispute resolution process
standard process for disputed invoices is to leave those unpaid and contact the suppliers
Earlier payment reports (10 shown)
- 89.0 average days to pay9.0% outside terms
- 43.0 average days to pay13.0% outside terms
- 40.0 average days to pay13.0% outside terms
- 48.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 47.0 average days to pay14.0% outside terms
- 49.0 average days to pay17.0% outside terms
- 49.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 48.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 54.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 59.0 average days to pay4.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Hallmark Cards Plc
Registration Z9720238
- Registered from
- 2 January 2007
- Current end date
- 1 January 2027
- Trading names
- HAMBLEDON, TIGERPRINT, HALLMARK CARDS
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
FREDDIE AND THE BOOK LADDER
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 16,20,21,24,25,28
- Filed / designated
- 16 October 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 16 October 2023
MESSY MARTHA
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 14,16,20,21,24,25,28
- Filed / designated
- 11 October 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 October 2023
LITTLE MEOW
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 16,28
- Filed / designated
- 17 September 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 September 2023
KERFLUFFLE
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 9,16,18,21
- Filed / designated
- 18 April 2013
- Valid until / renewal due
- 18 April 2023
HAMBLEDON STUDIOS
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 16,21,28
- Filed / designated
- 31 October 2012
- Valid until / renewal due
- 31 October 2022
WELLIBOBS
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 6,9,16,20,21,24,26,28
- Filed / designated
- 3 September 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 3 September 2020
KNITTING HILL
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 16,20,21,28
- Filed / designated
- 30 June 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 30 June 2020
TICKLY BITS
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 9,16,20,21,25
- Filed / designated
- 9 December 2009
- Valid until / renewal due
- 9 December 2019
GALLERY
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 7 September 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 7 September 2027
LUCY CROMWELL
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 3,16
- Filed / designated
- 22 June 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 June 2027
roly bear by hutch
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 1 April 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 1 April 2025
DOTTY DAISY
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 17 January 2005
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 January 2025
MAD AS CHEESE
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 11 August 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 11 August 2023
BINGLEY BEAR
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 2 July 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 July 2023
FLITTER FAIRIES
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 16,20,21
- Filed / designated
- 19 December 2002
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 December 2022
PINK PENCIL
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 22 November 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 22 November 2021
CLASSMATES
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 28 August 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 August 2021
CARD CAFÉ
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 28 August 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 August 2021
DAN'S MOUSE
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 16,20,21,24,25,28
- Filed / designated
- 23 July 2001
- Valid until / renewal due
- 23 July 2021
PAPYRUS
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 17 June 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 June 2018
DOTTY DAISY
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 16,21,25,28
- Filed / designated
- 2 February 1998
- Valid until / renewal due
- 2 February 2028
PAWS FOR THOUGHT
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 13 November 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 13 November 2020
FOREVER FRIENDS CLUB
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 41
- Filed / designated
- 26 July 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 26 July 2020
COUNTRY COMPANIONS
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 21
- Filed / designated
- 19 May 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 May 2020
COUNTRY COMPANIONS
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 19 May 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 19 May 2020
Creative FUN
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 5 February 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 February 2020
Creative FUN
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 5 February 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 5 February 2020
Creative PLAY
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 8 January 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 January 2020
Creative PLAY
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 28
- Filed / designated
- 8 January 1993
- Valid until / renewal due
- 8 January 2020
TENDER THOUGHTS
Owner Hallmark Cards PLC · classes 16
- Filed / designated
- 14 May 1992
- Valid until / renewal due
- 14 May 2019
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
Hallmark Cards Uk
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Companies Act
- Legal form
- Unlimited Private Company
- Place registered
- Companies House, Cardiff
- Registration number
- 01213043
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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
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
0 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
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
15 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House 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.