Raleigh Cycle Company Ltd

Registered 1889. Company number 28064. Re-registered 4th March 1896 as a reconstruction of a company of the same name based in Nottingham. The Raleigh name was first used by Woodhead and Angois in 1885 and the first Raleigh Cycle Company was registered in 1889 and controlled by Frank Bowden (later Sir Frank Bowden). The company was reorganised under the same name several times and by 1913 had become the largest bicycle manufacturer in the world. This company was liquidated and reorganised in 1899.
Capital by 1896, £200,000 in shares of £1. 100,000 Ordinary and 100,000 6% Cumulative Preference shares.