Letter From the Editor
9 Feb. 2025



A correspondent has kindly provided the following update to the story of Hetchins Cycles Ltd.

... the threat was there, but has now gone. I have just checked direct at Companies House on line. The info you had was from an independent business directory - they are often out of date. There were 2 companies as follows:

1. Co. No. 07087207. Set up in 2009 as Max Photography Ltd. Changed its name and was called Hetchins Ltd from 2014 to 2019. Then changed its name to Neave's Farm Ltd, and changed its name again, from Neave's Farm to WW House, in 2020. There is an active proposal to strike it off as it has failed to file accounts and confirmation statement (shareholder info). I expect it will be struck off, as the defaults are for about 4 or 5 years. Its purpose was said to be 'specialised design activities'.

2. Co. No. 07518556. Set up in 2011 as Oakley Investments Ltd. Changed its name and was Hetchins Cycles Ltd from 2014 to 2016 when it changed its name to Cruise Automation Ltd. It was struck off in Dec 2021 so no longer exists. Its purpose was said to be 'retail sale by mail or internet'.

So the previous info was a bit out of date. I suspect these were speculative company set-ups by some chancers looking for an outlet. One is now dead - looks likely the other will be soon. No Hetchins name links remain. So unless they made some 'Magnum Boguses' sometime between 2014 and 2019, no worries now.

All best wishes and keep the Hetchins flame burning!


So, it's "cancel red alert, Mr. Sulu" for now. The Editor wishes to thank Nick Crook for doing additional research on this. The search engine entry was obviously four or more years out of date.

The Editor hopes to feature Nick's Cottingham racer at this site in due course.


The hetchins.com web site was taken off-line recently for administrative reasons. David and I corresponded about this last year and it was agreed to retain the domain to prevent anyone else co-opting it, but it contains no web content. Hetchins.org and hetchins.com have been de facto consolidated into a single web space, with David's kind permission.

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