Annual accounts
Group accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/03/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/03/2025
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Group of companies' accounts made up to 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-03 with no updates
Director's details changed for Mr Richard Simon Paynter on 2025-09-24
Director's details changed for Mr Stuart Edward White on 2025-09-24
What Pre-Score will tell you

The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Group accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
Confirms the registry record is up to date
The latest figures BARKER ASSOCIATES (ESSEX) LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
2024: £2.29M
Total Assets
2024: £5.60M
Cash in Bank
2023: £347.97K
Total Liabilities
2024: £2.72M
Employees
2024: 117
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Total assets moved furthest, down 12.47% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for BARKER ASSOCIATES (ESSEX) LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through BARKER ASSOCIATES (ESSEX) LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 142 | +25 |
| 2024 | 117 | +2 |
| 2023 | 115 | +31 |
| 2022 | 84 | +10 |
| 2021 | 74 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 74 in 2021 to 142 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
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Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 04/10/2018–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 04/10/2018–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 04/10/2018–Present | 6 | |
| Director | 04/10/2018–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 04/10/2018–Present | 2 |
Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 04/10/2018–14/03/2023 | 1 | |
| 04/10/2018–Present | 1 | |
| 04/10/2018–14/03/2023 | 1 | |
| 04/10/2018–Present | 1 | |
| 04/10/2018–Present | 6 | |
| 04/10/2018–14/03/2023 | 6 | |
| 04/10/2018–Present | 1 | |
| 04/10/2018–14/03/2023 | 1 | |
| 04/10/2018–14/03/2023 | 2 | |
| 04/10/2018–Present | 2 | |
| 14/03/2023–Present | 0 |
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
Group of companies' accounts made up to 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-03 with no updates
Director's details changed for Mr Richard Simon Paynter on 2025-09-24
Director's details changed for Mr Stuart Edward White on 2025-09-24
Director's details changed for Mr Michael Simon Merrill on 2025-09-24
Full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
Confirmation statement made on 2024-10-03 with updates
Resolutions
Memorandum and Articles of Association
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
Confirmation statement made on 2023-10-03 with updates
Change of share class name or designation
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A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
BARKER ASSOCIATES (ESSEX) LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Majesty House, Avenue West, Braintree, Essex CM77 7AA. Companies House classifies its business as Architectural activities, one of 2 SIC classifications on its record. It has been on the register for 7 years 11 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £1.61M and 142 employees.
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records BARKER ASSOCIATES (ESSEX) LIMITED under 2 registered business activities: Architectural activities (71.11/1 - SIC 2007) and Quantity surveying activities (74.90/2 - SIC 2007).
BARKER ASSOCIATES (ESSEX) LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 04/10/2018.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £1.61M, total assets of £4.90M, cash in bank of £138.45K and total liabilities of £2.75M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 23/12/2025: Group of companies' accounts made up to 2025-03-31, 9 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026.
Companies House lists 5 officers and 11 people with significant control (6 current).