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
ABS (U.K.) LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Waddington & Ledger Building Lowfields Business Park, Lacy Way, Elland, Halifax HX5 9DA
- Classification (SIC)
- Other retail sale not in stores stalls or markets (47.99 - 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
- 30/12/2025View PDF (14 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 23/09/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-09-20 with no updates
- 11/10/2024View PDF (14 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 26/09/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from Newcombe Mill Rosemount Estates Huddersfield Road Elland West Yorkshire HX5 0EE England to Waddington & Ledger Building Lowfields Business Park Lacy Way, Elland Halifax HX5 9DA on 2024-09-26
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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
04/10/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 20/09/2025Due 04/10/2026
- Next statement date
- 20/09/2026
- Last statement dated
- 20/09/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures ABS (U.K.) LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£219.77K2025
-61.72%vs 20242024: £574.12K
Total Assets
£1.44M2025
-14.60%vs 20242024: £1.69M
Cash in Bank
£863.77K2025
-16.93%vs 20242024: £1.04M
Total Liabilities
£848.56K2025
13.67%vs 20242024: £746.48K
Employees
152025
+30vs 20242024: -15
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Net assets moved furthest, down 61.72% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for ABS (U.K.) LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through ABS (U.K.) LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -41.5% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 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 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | +30 |
| 2024 | -15 | +1 |
| 2023 | -16 | -34 |
| 2022 | 18 | -2 |
| 2021 | 20 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 20 in 2021 to 15 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
- Risk indicators
- Past performance
- Future prospects
Officers
14Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary | 13/08/1997–29/04/1998 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 16/06/2008–31/03/2014 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 31/08/2002–15/04/2008 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/05/2017–Present | 2 | |
| Director | 23/04/2001–Present | 5 | |
| Director | 06/02/1992–02/09/1997 | 0 | |
| Director | 17/07/2003–15/04/2008 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/09/2010–Present | 11 | |
| Director | 06/02/1992–30/03/2015 | 5 | |
| Secretary | 06/02/1992–13/08/1997 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 29/04/1998–31/08/2002 | 1 | |
| Director | 03/05/2019–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 17/07/2003–29/04/2014 | 0 | |
| Director | 31/08/2002–17/07/2003 | 0 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 04/09/2023–Present | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 5 | |
| 06/04/2016–04/09/2023 | 5 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 11
- Since 31/10/2022
- Last 12 months
- 1
- -1 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 30/12/2025
- 9 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 30/12/2025
Filing timeline
- 30/12/2025View PDF (14 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 23/09/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-09-20 with no updates
- 11/10/2024View PDF (14 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 26/09/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from Newcombe Mill Rosemount Estates Huddersfield Road Elland West Yorkshire HX5 0EE England to Waddington & Ledger Building Lowfields Business Park Lacy Way, Elland Halifax HX5 9DA on 2024-09-26
- 25/09/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-09-20 with no updates
- 19/12/2023View PDF (14 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 21/09/2023View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-09-20 with updates
- 11/09/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Uk It Holdings Ltd as a person with significant control on 2023-09-04
- 11/09/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of John Lees as a person with significant control on 2023-09-04
- 07/12/2022View PDF (1 pages)
Satisfaction of charge 026853510002 in full
- 31/10/2022View PDF (13 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2022-03-31
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About ABS (U.K.) LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
ABS (U.K.) LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Waddington & Ledger Building Lowfields Business Park, Lacy Way, Elland, Halifax HX5 9DA. Companies House classifies its business as Other retail sale not in stores stalls or markets. It has been on the register for 34 years 7 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £219.77K and 15 employees.
ABS (U.K.) LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records ABS (U.K.) LIMITED under one registered business activity: Other retail sale not in stores stalls or markets (47.99 - SIC 2007).
ABS (U.K.) LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 07/02/1992.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £219.77K, total assets of £1.44M, cash in bank of £863.77K and total liabilities of £848.56K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 30/12/2025: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31, 9 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 04/10/2026.
Companies House lists 14 officers (4 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (2 current).