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
APPLETON SIGNS MANUFACTURING LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Unit 7 East Horton Business Park, Knowle Lane, Fair Oak, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO50 7DZ
- Classification (SIC)
- Other manufacturing n.e.c. (32.99 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 13/07/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-07-13 with updates
- 03/10/2025View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 16/07/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-07-16 with updates
- 13/05/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Appleton Signs Holdings Limited as a person with significant control on 2025-05-13
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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
27/07/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 13/07/2026Due 27/07/2027
- Next statement date
- 13/07/2027
- Last statement dated
- 13/07/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures APPLETON SIGNS MANUFACTURING LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£1.61M2025
-56.74%vs 20242024: £3.73M
Total Assets
£2.44M2025
-45.10%vs 20242024: £4.45M
Cash in Bank
£1.01M2025
-69.57%vs 20242024: £3.33M
Total Liabilities
£320.49K2025
-27.22%vs 20242024: £440.35K
Employees
182025
+2vs 20242024: 16
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 fell. Cash in bank moved furthest, down 69.57% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for APPLETON SIGNS MANUFACTURING LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through APPLETON SIGNS MANUFACTURING LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -34.4% 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 | 18 | +2 |
| 2024 | 16 | -1 |
| 2023 | 17 | -1 |
| 2022 | 18 | -2 |
| 2021 | 20 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 20 in 2021 to 18 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
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Officers
6Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary | 15/08/2003–01/04/2004 | 6 | |
| Director | 01/09/2006–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 01/04/2004–Present | 2 | |
| Secretary | 01/04/2004–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 01/04/2004–Present | 2 | |
| Director | 15/08/2003–01/04/2004 | 58 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 01/08/2016–Present | 2 | |
| 01/08/2016–08/08/2024 | 2 | |
| 08/08/2024–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 79
- Since 15/08/2003
- Last 12 months
- 1
- -3 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 13/07/2026
- 2 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 13/07/2026
Filing timeline
- 13/07/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-07-13 with updates
- 03/10/2025View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 16/07/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-07-16 with updates
- 13/05/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Appleton Signs Holdings Limited as a person with significant control on 2025-05-13
- 13/05/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from Unit 1 Waterloo Industrial Estate Waterloo Industrial Estate, Flanders Road Hedge End Southampton SO30 2QT England to Unit 7 East Horton Business Park Knowle Lane, Fair Oak Eastleigh Hampshire SO50 7DZ on 2025-05-13
- 16/09/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Appleton Signs Holdings Limited as a person with significant control on 2024-08-08
- 16/09/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Julie Anne Appleton as a person with significant control on 2024-08-08
- 16/09/2024View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-08-15 with updates
- 02/07/2024View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 28/06/2024View PDF (40 pages)
Registration of charge 048677380001, created on 2024-06-26
- 29/11/2023View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 19/09/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-08-15 with no updates
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About APPLETON SIGNS MANUFACTURING LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
APPLETON SIGNS MANUFACTURING LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Unit 7 East Horton Business Park, Knowle Lane, Fair Oak, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO50 7DZ. Companies House classifies its business as Other manufacturing n.e.c.. It has been on the register for 23 years 1 month.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £1.61M and 18 employees.
APPLETON SIGNS MANUFACTURING LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records APPLETON SIGNS MANUFACTURING LIMITED under one registered business activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c. (32.99 - SIC 2007).
APPLETON SIGNS MANUFACTURING LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 15/08/2003.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £1.61M, total assets of £2.44M, cash in bank of £1.01M and total liabilities of £320.49K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 13/07/2026: Confirmation statement made on 2026-07-13 with updates, 2 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 27/07/2027.
Companies House lists 6 officers (4 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (2 current).