Annual accounts
Small accounts
30/04/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/07/2025Due 30/04/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/07/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/07/2025
ARU DIRECT LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Sawyers Building, Bishop Hall Lane, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1SQ
- Classification (SIC)
- First-degree level higher education (85.42/1 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Small
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 22/06/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mrs Celeste Virginia Jones as a director on 2026-06-16
- 16/12/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2025-07-31
- 17/06/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation as a person with significant control on 2025-04-01
- 06/06/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-06-06 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
20/06/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 06/06/2026Due 20/06/2027
- Next statement date
- 06/06/2027
- Last statement dated
- 06/06/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures ARU DIRECT LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£-459.002025
No changevs 20242024: £-459.00
Total Assets
£296.51K2025
92.29%vs 20242024: £154.20K
Cash in Bank
£294.92K2025
511.18%vs 20242024: £48.25K
Total Liabilities
£296.97K2025
92.02%vs 20242024: £154.65K
Employees
2062025
+42vs 20242024: 164
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 3 rose and 1 was unchanged. Cash in bank moved furthest, up 511.18% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for ARU DIRECT LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through ARU DIRECT LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Cash in Bank · +108% 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 | 206 | +42 |
| 2024 | 164 | +63 |
| 2023 | 101 | +78 |
| 2022 | 23 | +19 |
| 2021 | 4 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 4 in 2021 to 206 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
13Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 09/08/1999–25/06/2014 | 4 | |
| Director | 09/08/1999–31/12/2016 | 13 | |
| Secretary | 20/05/1999–09/08/1999 | 47 | |
| Director | 03/01/2017–Present | 13 | |
| Director | 25/06/2014–Present | 4 | |
| Secretary | 09/08/1999–31/12/2016 | 7 | |
| Secretary | 03/01/2017–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 29/02/2024–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 04/03/2024–11/06/2026 | 0 | |
| Director | 16/06/2026–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 06/05/2020–01/03/2024 | 1 | |
| Director | 06/05/2020–01/11/2023 | 0 | |
| Nominee Director | 20/05/1999–09/08/1999 | 81 |
Persons with significant control
1Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 30/06/2016–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 88
- Since 20/05/1999
- Last 12 months
- 2
- -2 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 22/06/2026
- 3 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Officer changesLatest 22/06/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 16/12/2025
Filing timeline
- 22/06/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mrs Celeste Virginia Jones as a director on 2026-06-16
- 16/12/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2025-07-31
- 17/06/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation as a person with significant control on 2025-04-01
- 06/06/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-06-06 with no updates
- 22/05/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-05-19 with no updates
- 17/12/2024View PDF (7 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2024-07-31
- 20/05/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-05-19 with no updates
- 06/03/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Thomas Patrick Robert Taylor as a director on 2024-03-04
- 01/03/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Jonathan Bryan Bouffler as a director on 2024-03-01
- 29/02/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Miss Priyanthi Nalika Pinnaduwa as a director on 2024-02-29
- 01/12/2023View PDF (7 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2023-07-31
- 03/11/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of John Russell Keddie as a director on 2023-11-01
Showing 12 of 88 filings
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About ARU DIRECT LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
ARU DIRECT LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Sawyers Building, Bishop Hall Lane, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1SQ. Companies House classifies its business as First-degree level higher education. It has been on the register for 27 years 4 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £-459.00 and 206 employees.
ARU DIRECT LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records ARU DIRECT LIMITED under one registered business activity: First-degree level higher education (85.42/1 - SIC 2007).
ARU DIRECT LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 20/05/1999.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £-459.00, total assets of £296.51K, cash in bank of £294.92K and total liabilities of £296.97K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 22/06/2026: Appointment of Mrs Celeste Virginia Jones as a director on 2026-06-16, 3 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/04/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 20/06/2027.
Companies House lists 13 officers (5 currently in post) and 1 person with significant control.