Annual accounts
Medium 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
BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Manor Road Farm, Manor Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire OX12 8NE
- Classification (2 SIC codes)
- Mixed farming (01.50 - SIC 2007)Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (45.11/2 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Medium
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 16/12/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Caroline Kate Bridle as a director on 2025-12-15
- 16/12/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr William John Smith on 2025-12-16
- 16/12/2025View PDF (6 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-16 with updates
- 09/12/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Qubic Trustees Ltd as a person with significant control on 2025-11-25
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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
30/12/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 16/12/2025Due 30/12/2026
- Next statement date
- 16/12/2026
- Last statement dated
- 16/12/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£43.60M2025
1.48%vs 20242024: £42.96M
Total Assets
£78.29M2025
1.33%vs 20242024: £77.26M
Cash in Bank
£5.52M2025
10.47%vs 20242024: £4.99M
Total Liabilities
£5.83M2025
2.13%vs 20242024: £5.70M
Employees
392025
0vs 20242024: 39
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 rose. Total assets moved furthest, up 1.33% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +<0.1% 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 | 39 | 0 |
| 2024 | 39 | +3 |
| 2023 | 36 | +5 |
| 2022 | 31 | -4 |
| 2021 | 35 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 35 in 2021 to 39 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
7Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 01/03/2012–Present | 3 | |
| Director | 01/03/2012–Present | 3 | |
| Director | 01/03/2012–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 01/03/2012–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 01/03/2012–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 01/03/2012–Present | 1 | |
| Secretary | 02/06/2023–Present | 0 |
Persons with significant control
5Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 01/03/2024–Present | 0 | |
| 01/03/2024–25/11/2025 | 0 | |
| 27/02/2017–Present | 2 | |
| 27/02/2017–01/03/2024 | 2 | |
| 25/11/2025–Present | 91 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 135
- Since 20/03/1958
- Last 12 months
- 6
- +5 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 16/12/2025
- 9 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Officer changes (4)Latest 16/12/2025
- Confirmation statementLatest 16/12/2025
- Accounts filedLatest 06/11/2025
Filing timeline
- 16/12/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Caroline Kate Bridle as a director on 2025-12-15
- 16/12/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr William John Smith on 2025-12-16
- 16/12/2025View PDF (6 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-16 with updates
- 09/12/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Qubic Trustees Ltd as a person with significant control on 2025-11-25
- 09/12/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Helen Joanna Shepherd as a person with significant control on 2025-11-25
- 06/11/2025View PDF (30 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2025-03-31
- 07/02/2025View PDF (25 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2024-03-31
- 05/03/2024View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-03-01 with updates
- 04/03/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Helen Joanna Shepherd as a person with significant control on 2024-03-01
- 04/03/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Gilbert John Smith as a person with significant control on 2024-03-01
- 28/06/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Gilbert John Smith as a director on 2023-06-02
- 28/06/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Gilbert John Smith as a secretary on 2023-06-02
Showing 12 of 135 filings
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About BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Manor Road Farm, Manor Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire OX12 8NE. Companies House classifies its business as Mixed farming, one of 2 SIC classifications on its record. It has been on the register for 68 years 6 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £43.60M and 39 employees.
BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED under 2 registered business activities: Mixed farming (01.50 - SIC 2007) and Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (45.11/2 - SIC 2007).
BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 20/03/1958.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £43.60M, total assets of £78.29M, cash in bank of £5.52M and total liabilities of £5.83M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 16/12/2025: Termination of appointment of Caroline Kate Bridle as a director on 2025-12-15, 9 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 30/12/2026.
Companies House lists 7 officers and 5 people with significant control (3 current).