The Character Group plc is a United Kingdom-based independent toy company. The Company designs, manufactures and distributes a range of toys, games and playthings. Its diverse product ranges focus on key areas within the toy sector, which include pre-school, boys, girls and activity and crafts. The Company’s product brands include Goo Jit Zu, Terror Fried, Smooshzees, Shimmer ‘n Sparkle and Sticki Rolls. Its business in the United Kingdom, Scandinavia and the Far East is the design, development and international distribution of toys, games and gifts. It also partners with other overseas-based toy producers, either to market and distribute their products in the United Kingdom or to collaborate to jointly develop and distribute toy products and ranges worldwide. Its Far East operations are carried out from leased offices in Hong Kong and Shenzen, China and its Scandinavian operations are managed from leased offices in Copenhagen and a third-party warehouse in Sweden.
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Key people
Hamun Shah
Finance Director, Executive Director
Jonathan James Diver
Joint Managing Director, Executive Director
Joseph John Patrick Kissane
Managing Director - UK Operations, Executive Director
Kirankumar Premchand Shah
Joint Managing Director, Executive Director
Jeremiah Healy
Executive Director, Group Marketing Director
R. B. Smyth
Company Secretary
Carmel Elizabeth Elinor Warren
Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board
Jonathan Paul David Shearman
Non-Executive Independent Director
Kevin Charles Wall
Non-Executive Independent Director
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Key facts
- Shares in issue19.65m
- EPICCCT
- ISINGB0008976119
- LocationUnited Kingdom
- SectorConsumer Cyclical
- IndustryRecreational Products
- Market cap£41.86m
- Employees212
- ExchangeLondon Stock Exchange (LON)
- Index
- Website
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