Town trade profile · GU18

Lightwater importers & exporters

13 businesses in Lightwater appear in HMRC customs records for the last six months. It ranks 51 of 52 trading locations in Surrey. Most of that activity sits in machinery and mechanical appliances, furniture, bedding and lighting, printed books and media. Looking ahead, our model expects import activity here to ease back by around 25.0% over the next three months.

Refreshed every 24 hours · last run 22 Aug 2026, 20:26HMRC release in view: Jun 26Snapshot: 2026-08-22.1

30Import declarations▲ 3.4% on the 6 months before

15Export declarations

−25.0%Forecast, next 3 monthsBased on 2 years of data

13Trading businesses

Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

Ranked by declaration volume and months active. Hover any bar in the 24-month indicators for that month's figures. Log in for keyword search and HMRC category filters across all 13 businesses.

★ Most active in LightwaterFiled more customs declarations than any other Lightwater business over the last six months — roughly 47% of the town's total import activity, mostly in plastics.

Most active business

MAGELLAN WORLD LTD

14 import declarations 4 export declarations GU18 *Ch. 39Ch. 42Ch. 48Ch. 49 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner (excl. magnetic tape-type and video camera recorders), folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard, made-up articles of textile materials, incl. dress patterns, n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity14 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity4 in the last 6 months

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CHELSEA ARTISANS GLASS LTD

0 import declarations 3 export declarations GU18 *Ch. 70 Active in 2 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include laminated safety glass (excl. glass of size and shape suitable for incorporation in motor vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft, vessels or other vehicles, multiple-walled insulating units), glass mirrors, unframed (excl. rear-view mirrors for vehicles, optical mirrors, optically worked, mirrors > 100 years old).

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months

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STEPHEN PHAIR

1 import declarations Imports only GU18 *Ch. 06 Active in 1 of the last 6 months

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity1 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months

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LIFE CHARMS LIMITED

5 import declarations 7 export declarations GU18 *Ch. 44Ch. 71Ch. 94 Active in 6 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include imitation jewellery, of base metal, whether or not plated with precious metal (excl. cuff links and studs), metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture), articles of precious or semi-precious stones "natural, synthetic or reconstructed", n.e.s..

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity5 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity7 in the last 6 months

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W GODFREY AND SONS LTD

3 import declarations Imports only GU18 *Ch. 06 Active in 2 of the last 6 months

Recent shipments include live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses), bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant (excl. those used for human consumption and chicory plants and roots).

▲ Expected to increase by 0.0% over the next 3 months, based on their last 2 years

Imports — 2 years of monthly activity3 in the last 6 months

Exports — 2 years of monthly activity0 in the last 6 months

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What Lightwater trades

The most frequently declared goods across all 13 businesses in the last six months — useful for picking which trade lanes to prospect.

Imitation jewellery, of base metal, whether or not plated with precious metal (excl. cuff links and studs)Live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses)Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner (excl. magnetic tape-type and video camera recorders)Metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture)Cheese (excl. fresh cheese, incl. whey cheese, curd, processed cheese, blue-veined cheese and other cheese containing veins produced by "Penicillium roqueforti", and grated or powdered cheese)Parts of machinery of heading 8428, n.e.s.Printing ink, whether or not concentrated or solid (excl. black ink)Folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper or paperboard

Common questions about trade in Lightwater

How many businesses import or export from Lightwater?

HMRC customs records show 13 businesses in Lightwater (GU18) filed declarations over the last six months — 30 import declarations and 15 export declarations in total. This page is rebuilt every 24 hours as new HMRC data is published.

What do Lightwater businesses import most?

The most common category is machinery and mechanical appliances. Across all Lightwater traders the leading goods are imitation jewellery, of base metal, whether or not plated with precious metal (excl. cuff links and studs), live plants, incl. their roots, and mushroom spawn (excl. bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, incl. chicory plants and roots, unrooted cuttings and slips, fruit and nut trees, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses), video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner (excl. magnetic tape-type and video camera recorders), metal furniture (excl. for offices, seats and medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture). You can filter the full list by HMRC category once logged in.

Is trade from Lightwater growing?

Import activity is up 3.4% compared with the previous six months. Our model, which reads two years of monthly history, expects the next three months to soften by roughly 25.0%. That figure is our estimate, not an HMRC projection.

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Lightwater importers & exporters

Top 5 businesses by 6-month activity Free tier

MAGELLAN WORLD LTD

CHELSEA ARTISANS GLASS LTD

STEPHEN PHAIR

LIFE CHARMS LIMITED

W GODFREY AND SONS LTD

8 more Lightwater businesses

What Lightwater trades

Common questions about trade in Lightwater

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