Annual accounts
Small accounts
30/09/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/12/2024Due 30/09/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2024
ABILITY HANDLING LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Sheets Stores Industrial Estate Field Farm Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham NG10 1AU
- Classification (4 SIC codes)
- Repair of machinery (33.12 - SIC 2007)Agents involved in the sale of machinery industrial equipment ships and aircraft (46.14 - SIC 2007)Wholesale of other machinery and equipment (46.69 - SIC 2007)Renting and leasing of other machinery equipment and tangible goods n.e.c. (77.39 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Small
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 20/04/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-04-07 with no updates
- 09/10/2025View PDF (22 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2024-12-31
- 05/09/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Previous accounting period shortened from 2025-05-03 to 2024-12-31
- 04/09/2025View PDF (14 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-05-03
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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.
3 days overdue
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
21/04/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 07/04/2026Due 21/04/2027
- Next statement date
- 07/04/2027
- Last statement dated
- 07/04/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures ABILITY HANDLING LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£2.27M2024
22.49%vs 20232023: £1.85M
Total Assets
£6.63M2024
16.76%vs 20232023: £5.68M
Cash in Bank
£1.74M2024
248.39%vs 20232023: £498.00K
Total Liabilities
£2.22M2024
38.14%vs 20232023: £1.61M
Employees
26,0002024
-1000vs 20232023: 27,000
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 rose. Cash in bank moved furthest, up 248.39% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for ABILITY HANDLING LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through ABILITY HANDLING LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +10.7% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2022–2024Every measure end to end across 2022, 2023 and 2024, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2024.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures5 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 2021–2024.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26,000 | -1000 |
| 2023 | 27,000 | +26972 |
| 2022 | 28 | -1 |
| 2021 | 29 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 29 in 2021 to 26,000 in 2024. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
8Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 04/11/2024–Present | 5 | |
| Director | 07/04/1992–03/05/2024 | 4 | |
| Corporate Secretary | 03/05/2024–Present | 47 | |
| Director | 03/05/2024–Present | 14 | |
| Director | 01/05/2019–30/09/2022 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 07/04/1992–24/11/2003 | 1 | |
| Corporate Director | 07/04/1992–07/04/1992 | 0 | |
| Nominee Secretary | 24/11/2003–03/05/2024 | 27 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 4 | |
| 03/05/2024–Present | 2 | |
| 06/04/2016–03/05/2024 | 4 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 98
- Since 07/04/1992
- Last 12 months
- 2
- -3 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 20/04/2026
- 5 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 20/04/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 09/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 20/04/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-04-07 with no updates
- 09/10/2025View PDF (22 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2024-12-31
- 05/09/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Previous accounting period shortened from 2025-05-03 to 2024-12-31
- 04/09/2025View PDF (14 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-05-03
- 21/08/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Current accounting period shortened from 2024-12-31 to 2024-05-03
- 11/04/2025View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-04-07 with updates
- 04/11/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Ms Jocelyn Morris as a director on 2024-11-04
- 04/09/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Current accounting period extended from 2024-07-31 to 2024-12-31
- 13/08/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from Houghton Road North Anston Trading Estate Dinnington Sheffield S25 4JJ England to Sheets Stores Industrial Estate Field Farm Road Long Eaton Nottingham NG10 1AU on 2024-08-13
- 13/08/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Steven John Shakespeare on 2024-07-24
- 14/05/2024View PDF (23 pages)
Memorandum and Articles of Association
- 14/05/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Resolutions
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About ABILITY HANDLING LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
ABILITY HANDLING LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Sheets Stores Industrial Estate Field Farm Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham NG10 1AU. Companies House classifies its business as Repair of machinery, one of 4 SIC classifications on its record. It has been on the register for 34 years 5 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £2.27M and 26000 employees. Its accounts are past the filing deadline shown on the registry record.
ABILITY HANDLING LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records ABILITY HANDLING LIMITED under 4 registered business activities: Repair of machinery (33.12 - SIC 2007), Agents involved in the sale of machinery industrial equipment ships and aircraft (46.14 - SIC 2007), Wholesale of other machinery and equipment (46.69 - SIC 2007) and Renting and leasing of other machinery equipment and tangible goods n.e.c. (77.39 - SIC 2007).
ABILITY HANDLING LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 07/04/1992.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £2.27M, total assets of £6.63M, cash in bank of £1.74M and total liabilities of £2.22M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 20/04/2026: Confirmation statement made on 2026-04-07 with no updates, 5 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2026, which has passed and the next confirmation statement is due by 21/04/2027.
Companies House lists 8 officers (3 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (2 current).