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
BALKANS DIRECT LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- John Bywater House Pike Road Industrial Estate, Pike Road, Eythorne, Kent CT15 4ND
- Classification (SIC)
- Freight transport by road (49.41 - 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
- 07/04/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-04-04 with updates
- 01/04/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Freight Direct Limited as a person with significant control on 2025-11-07
- 01/04/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Colin Newman as a person with significant control on 2025-11-07
- 22/01/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Resolutions
Coming soon
What Pre-Score will tell you
- Whether the filed accounts are strengthening or weakening year on year.
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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
18/04/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 04/04/2026Due 18/04/2027
- Next statement date
- 04/04/2027
- Last statement dated
- 04/04/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures BALKANS DIRECT LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£258.92K2025
-31.05%vs 20242024: £375.50K
Total Assets
£455.04K2025
-19.37%vs 20242024: £564.37K
Cash in Bank
£287.56K2025
-23.66%vs 20242024: £376.69K
Total Liabilities
£196.13K2025
3.84%vs 20242024: £188.87K
Employees
62025
0vs 20242024: 6
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Net assets moved furthest, down 31.05% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for BALKANS DIRECT LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through BALKANS DIRECT LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -4.7% 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 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | -1 |
| 2023 | 7 | +1 |
| 2022 | 6 | +3 |
| 2021 | 3 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 3 in 2021 to 6 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.
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Officers
4Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 04/07/2017–01/01/2018 | 2 | |
| Director | 04/07/2017–Present | 2 | |
| Director | 04/07/2017–01/02/2018 | 1 | |
| Director | 04/07/2017–Present | 1 |
Persons with significant control
6Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 04/07/2017–Present | 0 | |
| 04/07/2017–05/07/2017 | 2 | |
| 04/07/2017–Present | 2 | |
| 30/10/2024–Present | 1 | |
| 04/07/2017–05/07/2017 | 2 | |
| 04/07/2017–Present | 2 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 38
- Since 04/07/2017
- Last 12 months
- 7
- -2 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 07/04/2026
- 5 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 07/04/2026
- Officer changes (2)Latest 01/04/2026
- Share capitalLatest 21/01/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 09/12/2025
Filing timeline
- 07/04/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-04-04 with updates
- 01/04/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Freight Direct Limited as a person with significant control on 2025-11-07
- 01/04/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Colin Newman as a person with significant control on 2025-11-07
- 22/01/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Resolutions
- 21/01/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Cancellation of shares. Statement of capital on 2025-11-07
- 21/01/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Purchase of own shares.
- 09/12/2025View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 07/04/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-04-04 with updates
- 04/04/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Colin Newman as a person with significant control on 2025-03-31
- 04/04/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Colin Newman on 2025-04-03
- 01/04/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Steven Russell Pettifer as a person with significant control on 2017-07-05
- 01/04/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Geoffrey Mark Purchase as a person with significant control on 2017-07-05
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About BALKANS DIRECT LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
BALKANS DIRECT LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in John Bywater House Pike Road Industrial Estate, Pike Road, Eythorne, Kent CT15 4ND. Companies House classifies its business as Freight transport by road. It has been on the register for 9 years 2 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £258.92K and 6 employees.
BALKANS DIRECT LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records BALKANS DIRECT LIMITED under one registered business activity: Freight transport by road (49.41 - SIC 2007).
BALKANS DIRECT LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 04/07/2017.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £258.92K, total assets of £455.04K, cash in bank of £287.56K and total liabilities of £196.13K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 07/04/2026: Confirmation statement made on 2026-04-04 with updates, 5 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 18/04/2027.
Companies House lists 4 officers (2 currently in post) and 6 people with significant control (4 current).