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
BENNETT KIRKHOPE SMITH LTD
Active- 09902584Copy
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Registry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Suites 5 & 6, The Printworks Hey Road, Barrow, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 9WB
- Classification (SIC)
- Accounting and auditing activities (69.20/1 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 31/12/2025View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 08/12/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-04 with no updates
- 30/12/2024View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 05/12/2024View PDF (6 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-12-04 with 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
- Next statement date
- 04/12/2026
- Last statement dated
- 31/03/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures BENNETT KIRKHOPE SMITH LTD filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£1.06M2025
-0.04%vs 20242024: £1.06M
Total Assets
£1.66M2025
-2.87%vs 20242024: £1.71M
Cash in Bank
£120.09K2025
3.32%vs 20242024: £116.23K
Total Liabilities
£573.46K2025
-8.74%vs 20242024: £628.40K
Employees
312025
+1vs 20242024: 30
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Total liabilities moved furthest, down 8.74% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for BENNETT KIRKHOPE SMITH LTD.
The full financial record
Four ways through BENNETT KIRKHOPE SMITH LTD'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 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 | 31 | +1 |
| 2024 | 30 | -1 |
| 2023 | 31 | -2 |
| 2022 | 33 | +1 |
| 2021 | 32 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 32 in 2021 to 31 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
5Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 04/12/2015–14/11/2022 | 14 | |
| Director | 04/12/2015–14/11/2022 | 2 | |
| Director | 04/12/2015–Present | 8 | |
| Secretary | 04/12/2015–30/11/2023 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 01/12/2023–Present | 0 |
Persons with significant control
4Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–14/11/2022 | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–14/11/2022 | 2 | |
| 06/04/2016–14/11/2022 | 8 | |
| 14/11/2022–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 49 Since 04/12/2015
- Last 12 months
- 2 Same as the year before (2)
- Most recent filing
- 31/12/2025 8 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 31/12/2025
- Confirmation statementLatest 08/12/2025
Filing timeline
- 31/12/2025View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 08/12/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-04 with no updates
- 30/12/2024View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 05/12/2024View PDF (6 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-12-04 with updates
- 05/12/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Elaine Pamela Offless as a secretary on 2023-11-30
- 05/12/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Samuel David Brown as a secretary on 2023-12-01
- 05/12/2023View PDF (6 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-12-04 with updates
- 19/11/2023View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 12/12/2022View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of David Malcolm Kirkhope as a person with significant control on 2022-11-14
- 12/12/2022View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mrs Alice Mary Smith on 2022-12-02
- 12/12/2022View PDF (7 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2022-12-04 with updates
- 29/11/2022View PDF (26 pages)
Registration of charge 099025840002, created on 2022-11-14
Showing 12 of 49 filings
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About BENNETT KIRKHOPE SMITH LTD
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
BENNETT KIRKHOPE SMITH LTD is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Suites 5 & 6, The Printworks Hey Road, Barrow, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 9WB. Companies House classifies its business as Accounting and auditing activities. It has been on the register for 10 years 9 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £1.06M and 31 employees.
BENNETT KIRKHOPE SMITH LTD: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
What does BENNETT KIRKHOPE SMITH LTD do?
Companies House records BENNETT KIRKHOPE SMITH LTD under one registered business activity: Accounting and auditing activities (69.20/1 - SIC 2007).
Is BENNETT KIRKHOPE SMITH LTD still active?
BENNETT KIRKHOPE SMITH LTD is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 04/12/2015.
What are BENNETT KIRKHOPE SMITH LTD's latest reported financials?
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £1.06M, total assets of £1.66M, cash in bank of £120.09K and total liabilities of £573.46K.
When did BENNETT KIRKHOPE SMITH LTD last file with Companies House?
The most recent document on the record is dated 31/12/2025: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31, 8 months ago.
When are BENNETT KIRKHOPE SMITH LTD's next filings due?
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026.
Who runs BENNETT KIRKHOPE SMITH LTD?
Companies House lists 5 officers (2 currently in post) and 4 people with significant control (1 current).