Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/09/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/12/2025Due 30/09/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
ACTIVE RESEARCH LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- 21 Harwell Road, Poole, Dorset BH17 0GE
- Classification (SIC)
- Manufacture of other electrical equipment (27.90 - 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
- 17/11/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-17 with no updates
- 22/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Justin Marc Cohen as a director on 2025-09-01
- 17/06/2025View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 22/11/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-11-17 with no updates
Coming soon
What Pre-Score will tell you
- Whether the filed accounts are strengthening or weakening year on year.
- Whether this company files on time, and how often its record changes.
- How its officers and controlling parties connect to other UK companies.
Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
01/12/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 17/11/2025Due 01/12/2026
- Next statement date
- 17/11/2026
- Last statement dated
- 17/11/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures ACTIVE RESEARCH LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£483.17K2024
-49.25%vs 20232023: £951.98K
Total Assets
£64.52K2024
-19.28%vs 20232023: £79.92K
Cash in Bank
£12.90K2024
-84.83%vs 20232023: £84.99K
Employees
342024
+5vs 20232023: 29
Of the 3 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 3 fell. Net assets moved furthest, down 49.25% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for ACTIVE RESEARCH LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through ACTIVE RESEARCH LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -33.5% 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 moved4 chartsCharts by indicator4 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2024.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures2 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 | 34 | +5 |
| 2023 | 29 | 0 |
| 2022 | 29 | +2 |
| 2021 | 27 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 27 in 2021 to 34 in 2024. 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
7Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 23/12/1996–Present | 6 | |
| Nominee Director | 22/12/1996–22/12/1996 | 66414 | |
| Nominee Secretary | 22/12/1996–22/12/1996 | 67416 | |
| Director | 10/12/2018–Present | 3 | |
| Secretary | 22/12/1996–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 25/10/2020–31/01/2023 | 1 | |
| Director | 01/09/2025–Present | 1 |
Persons with significant control
2Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 6 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 3 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 9
- Since 21/11/2022
- Last 12 months
- 1
- -2 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 17/11/2025
- 10 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 17/11/2025
Filing timeline
- 17/11/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-17 with no updates
- 22/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Justin Marc Cohen as a director on 2025-09-01
- 17/06/2025View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 22/11/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-11-17 with no updates
- 08/08/2024View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-12-31
- 21/11/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-11-17 with no updates
- 07/09/2023View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2022-12-31
- 31/01/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Lesley Ann Keets as a director on 2023-02-01
- 21/11/2022View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2022-11-17 with updates
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About ACTIVE RESEARCH LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
ACTIVE RESEARCH LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 21 Harwell Road, Poole, Dorset BH17 0GE. Companies House classifies its business as Manufacture of other electrical equipment. It has been on the register for 29 years 9 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £483.17K and 34 employees.
ACTIVE RESEARCH LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records ACTIVE RESEARCH LIMITED under one registered business activity: Manufacture of other electrical equipment (27.90 - SIC 2007).
ACTIVE RESEARCH LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 23/12/1996.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £483.17K, total assets of £64.52K and cash in bank of £12.90K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 17/11/2025: Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-17 with no updates, 10 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 01/12/2026.
Companies House lists 7 officers (4 currently in post) and 2 people with significant control.