Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/03/2025Due 31/12/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/03/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/03/2025
A. CARS (EXPRESS DESPATCH) LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Unit 14 Langley Terrace Ind Est, Latimer Road, Luton LU1 3XQ
- Classification (SIC)
- Unlicensed carriers (53.20/2 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 20/01/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Compulsory strike-off action has been suspended
- 14/01/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Compulsory strike-off action has been suspended
- 02/12/2025View PDF (1 pages)
First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off
- 02/07/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Due in 89 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
30/09/2025Filing deadline
Last statement 16/09/2024Due 30/09/2025
- Next statement date
- 16/09/2025
- Last statement dated
- 16/09/2024
Financial performance
The latest figures A. CARS (EXPRESS DESPATCH) LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£-47.09K2025
Decreasedvs 20232023: £-2.86K
Total Assets
£47.75K2025
Decreasedvs 20232023: £70.27K
Cash in Bank
£1.13K2025
Decreasedvs 20232023: £2.94K
Total Liabilities
£86.11K2025
Increasedvs 20232023: £57.19K
Employees
42025
-1vs 20232023: 5
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Net assets moved furthest, down on 2023. See the full financial analysis for A. CARS (EXPRESS DESPATCH) LIMITED.
The full financial record
Three ways through A. CARS (EXPRESS DESPATCH) LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 4 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 4 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | -1 |
| 2023 | 5 | -2 |
| 2022 | 7 | -3 |
| 2021 | 10 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 10 in 2021 to 4 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
It is a professional assessment of the company 's performance, revealing company's potential and risks, showing it's past experiences and revealing future prospects.
- Company potential
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- Past performance
- Future prospects
Officers
4Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 08/09/2023–Present | 2 | |
| Secretary | 04/09/2021–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 04/09/2021–31/01/2024 | 0 | |
| Director | 22/03/1996–20/04/2005 | 3 |
Persons with significant control
4Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–04/09/2021 | 4 | |
| 31/01/2024–Present | 2 | |
| 04/09/2021–Present | 3 | |
| 04/09/2021–31/01/2024 | 3 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 17
- Since 21/10/2022
- Last 12 months
- 3
- Same as the year before (3)
- Most recent filing
- 20/01/2026
- 8 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Insolvency or dissolution (3)Latest 20/01/2026
Filing timeline
- 20/01/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Compulsory strike-off action has been suspended
- 14/01/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Compulsory strike-off action has been suspended
- 02/12/2025View PDF (1 pages)
First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off
- 02/07/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 14/11/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Current accounting period extended from 2024-09-30 to 2025-03-31
- 30/10/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-09-16 with no updates
- 11/03/2024View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-09-30
- 31/01/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Pavel Anatolievich Bakhmatskiy as a director on 2024-01-31
- 31/01/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Pavel Anatolievich Bakhmatskiy as a person with significant control on 2024-01-31
- 31/01/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Marco Savoca as a person with significant control on 2024-01-31
- 01/12/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-10-30 with no updates
- 08/09/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Marco Savoca as a director on 2023-09-08
Showing 12 of 17 filings
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About A. CARS (EXPRESS DESPATCH) LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
A. CARS (EXPRESS DESPATCH) LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Unit 14 Langley Terrace Ind Est, Latimer Road, Luton LU1 3XQ. Companies House classifies its business as Unlicensed carriers. It has been on the register for 44 years 4 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £-47.09K and 4 employees. Its confirmation statement is past the filing deadline shown on the registry record.
A. CARS (EXPRESS DESPATCH) LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records A. CARS (EXPRESS DESPATCH) LIMITED under one registered business activity: Unlicensed carriers (53.20/2 - SIC 2007).
A. CARS (EXPRESS DESPATCH) LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 14/05/1982.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £-47.09K, total assets of £47.75K, cash in bank of £1.13K and total liabilities of £86.11K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 20/01/2026: Compulsory strike-off action has been suspended, 8 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 30/09/2025, which has passed.
Companies House lists 4 officers (2 currently in post) and 4 people with significant control (2 current).