Annual accounts
Medium accounts
31/05/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/08/2025Due 31/05/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/08/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/08/2025
APPLEFORD LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Appleford School, Shrewton, Nr Salisbury, Wilts SP3 4HL
- Classification (SIC)
- Primary education (85.20 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Medium
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 28/05/2026View PDF (22 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2025-08-31
- 18/12/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-12 with no updates
- 29/05/2025View PDF (22 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2024-08-31
- 17/12/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-12-12 with no updates
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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.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
26/12/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 12/12/2025Due 26/12/2026
- Next statement date
- 12/12/2026
- Last statement dated
- 12/12/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures APPLEFORD LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£9.21M2025
6.43%vs 20242024: £8.65M
Total Assets
£11.27M2025
1.28%vs 20242024: £11.13M
Cash in Bank
£2.85M2025
13.51%vs 20242024: £2.51M
Total Liabilities
£2.06M2025
-16.73%vs 20242024: £2.47M
Employees
1382025
-15vs 20242024: 153
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 3 rose and 1 fell. Net assets moved furthest, up 6.43% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for APPLEFORD LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through APPLEFORD LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +7.9% 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 figures5 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 | 138 | -15 |
| 2024 | 153 | -2 |
| 2023 | 155 | -10 |
| 2022 | 165 | -20 |
| 2021 | 185 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 185 in 2021 to 138 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
9Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 23/04/2004–23/07/2009 | 11 | |
| Secretary | 31/03/2004–23/07/2009 | 2 | |
| Director | 06/07/2023–Present | 1 | |
| Secretary | 05/06/2019–27/10/2023 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 20/08/2009–01/09/2014 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 01/09/2014–27/11/2015 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 01/06/2018–04/06/2019 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 07/11/2016–31/05/2018 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 27/10/2023–Present | 0 |
Persons with significant control
1Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 3 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 11
- Since 12/12/2022
- Last 12 months
- 2
- Same as the year before (2)
- Most recent filing
- 28/05/2026
- 4 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 28/05/2026
- Confirmation statementLatest 18/12/2025
Filing timeline
- 28/05/2026View PDF (22 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2025-08-31
- 18/12/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-12 with no updates
- 29/05/2025View PDF (22 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2024-08-31
- 17/12/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-12-12 with no updates
- 21/05/2024View PDF (21 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2023-08-31
- 12/12/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-12-12 with no updates
- 30/10/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr David Alun King as a secretary on 2023-10-27
- 27/10/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Carolyn Rosemarie Shipstone as a secretary on 2023-10-27
- 07/07/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr David Alun King as a director on 2023-07-06
- 26/05/2023View PDF (21 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2022-08-31
- 12/12/2022View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2022-12-12 with no updates
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Similar companies
3 UK companies are similar to APPLEFORD LIMITED, sharing the same company status (Active), the same industry sector and activity group (Primary education) and a comparable number of employees. The 3 closest matches are shown below to help you compare competitors and industry peers.
WALHAMPTON SCHOOL TRUST LTD
ActiveWalhampton School Trust Ltd, Main Road, Lymington, Hampshire SO41 5ZG
- Activity
- Pre-primary education
- Company no.
- 00871641
- Incorporated
- 16/02/1966
- Employees
- 143
WL PROPERTY LIMITED
Active58 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6AJ
- Activity
- Other education n.e.c.
- Company no.
- 05818130
- Incorporated
- 16/05/2006
- Employees
- 133
WELLINGTON SCHOOL (AYR) LIMITED
ActiveCarleton Turrets, 1 Craigweil Road, Ayr KA7 2XH
- Activity
- Pre-primary education
- Company no.
- SC026589
- Incorporated
- 11/10/1948
- Employees
- 100
About APPLEFORD LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
APPLEFORD LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Appleford School, Shrewton, Nr Salisbury, Wilts SP3 4HL. Companies House classifies its business as Primary education. It has been on the register for 39 years.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £9.21M and 138 employees.
APPLEFORD LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records APPLEFORD LIMITED under one registered business activity: Primary education (85.20 - SIC 2007).
APPLEFORD LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 02/10/1987.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £9.21M, total assets of £11.27M, cash in bank of £2.85M and total liabilities of £2.06M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 28/05/2026: Accounts for a medium company made up to 2025-08-31, 4 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/05/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 26/12/2026.
Companies House lists 9 officers (2 currently in post) and 1 person with significant control.