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General Cable Limited

Age23 years
older than 97% of its sector
Same activity, United Kingdom119,904live companies · 3002nd oldest
In Reading15,081live companies · 359 in the same activity
At this address112live companies incl. this one
Latest accounts2025audit-exempt subsidiary accounts, made up to 31 Dec 2025

In brief

General Cable Limited is a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales on 8 October 2003. At 23 years old it is older than 97% of the 119,904 live companies whose main activity is activities of other holding companies n.e.c.. Its registered office is in Reading, South East, at an address shared with 111 other live companies. 359 live companies in Reading share the same main activity. Its latest accounts were made up to 31 December 2025 and filed as audit-exempt subsidiary accounts. It was previously called Telewest UK Limited, a name it changed on 12 August 2016.

Register details

Registered nameGENERAL CABLE LIMITED
Company number04925679
Company typePrivate Limited Company
Registered office500 Brook Drive, RG2 6UU Reading
JurisdictionEngland and Wales
Nature of business (UK SIC 2007)64209 Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
International sector (ISIC Rev.4)K · 64 Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding

Timeline

Register events, newest first.

  • Accounts made upAudit-exempt subsidiary accounts
  • Confirmation statement made up
  • Name changedPreviously Telewest UK Limited
  • Incorporated

Filings and charges

Deadlines and charge counts from the register.

Next accounts due30 September 2027
Accounting reference date31 December
Next confirmation statement31 October 2026
Last confirmation statement17 October 2025
Charges registered29
Outstanding · satisfied0 · 29

Charges are security interests (such as mortgages) registered against the company.

Activities of other holding companies n.e.c. in the United Kingdom

Live companies whose main activity is 64209: 119,904 in total, median age 3 years, 21,935 incorporated in the past 12 months.

All 119,904 companies
This company's decadeOther decades
025,00050,00075,000100,0001860s: 11860s1870s: 51870s1880s: 21880s1890s: 121890s1900s: 211900s1910s: 261910s1920s: 301920s1930s: 431930s1940s: 521940s1950s: 801950s1960s: 1241960s1970s: 2031970s1980s: 4621980s1990s: 1,0661990s2000s: 3,4102000s2010s: 25,8472010s2020s: 88,5202020s
Incorporated per year, still live
010,00020,00030,00040,0002011: 80720112012: 1,0762013: 1,32220132014: 1,6722015: 2,33320152016: 2,9022017: 4,01120172018: 5,0752019: 6,08120192020: 7,1852021: 9,19920212022: 9,6852023: 11,33020232024: 14,1792025: 19,26320252026: 17,679

Location

Registered office in Reading, South East.

Reading
Live companies in Reading15,081
Same activity in Reading359
New in Reading, past 12 months1,759

Also registered at this address

111 other live companies share this registered office; shown are those incorporated closest in time to this one.

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Sources

Register data: Companies House, Free Company Data Product, delivery of 1 October 2026. Places: ONS Postcode Directory (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sector names: Eurostat NACE Rev. 2. Context figures are computed by FirmsDB from these sources. This page is not an official register; check the official record before relying on it.