Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/01/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 30/04/2025Due 31/01/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 30/04/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 30/04/2025
BETTERCAR LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Lynwood Chestnut Walk, Little Baddow, Chelmsford CM3 4SP
- Classification (SIC)
- Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (45.11/2 - 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
- 04/03/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Kate Avery as a person with significant control on 2026-03-03
- 18/02/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Greg Avery as a person with significant control on 2026-02-18
- 18/02/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Greg Avery on 2026-02-18
- 29/01/2026View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-04-30
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- 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.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
02/06/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 19/05/2026Due 02/06/2027
- Next statement date
- 19/05/2027
- Last statement dated
- 19/05/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures BETTERCAR LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£-36.87K2025
-188.80%vs 20242024: £41.52K
Total Assets
£800.38K2025
-24.19%vs 20242024: £1.06M
Cash in Bank
£48.94K2025
-32.10%vs 20242024: £72.07K
Total Liabilities
£837.25K2025
-17.45%vs 20242024: £1.01M
Employees
42025
-1vs 20242024: 5
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 fell. Total assets moved furthest, down 24.19% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for BETTERCAR LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through BETTERCAR LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Cash in Bank · -46.6% 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 | 4 | -1 |
| 2024 | 5 | +1 |
| 2023 | 4 | -1 |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 5 in 2021 to 4 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.
- Company potential
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- Past performance
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Officers
2Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 20/05/2016–Present | 10 | |
| Director | 20/05/2016–Present | 5 |
Persons with significant control
5Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2017–Present | 5 | |
| 06/04/2017–31/05/2021 | 1 | |
| 06/04/2017–Present | 10 | |
| 19/05/2024–Present | 0 | |
| 19/05/2024–03/03/2026 | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 41
- Since 20/05/2016
- Last 12 months
- 4
- +1 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 04/03/2026
- 7 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Officer changes (3)Latest 04/03/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 29/01/2026
Filing timeline
- 04/03/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Kate Avery as a person with significant control on 2026-03-03
- 18/02/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Greg Avery as a person with significant control on 2026-02-18
- 18/02/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Greg Avery on 2026-02-18
- 29/01/2026View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-04-30
- 02/06/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-05-19 with updates
- 02/06/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Kate Avery as a person with significant control on 2024-05-19
- 31/01/2025View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-04-30
- 20/06/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-05-19 with no updates
- 29/01/2024View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-04-30
- 21/06/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-05-19 with no updates
- 18/11/2022View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Greg Avery as a person with significant control on 2022-11-18
- 18/11/2022View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Abubakar Ahmed on 2022-11-18
Showing 12 of 41 filings
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About BETTERCAR LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
BETTERCAR LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Lynwood Chestnut Walk, Little Baddow, Chelmsford CM3 4SP. Companies House classifies its business as Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles. It has been on the register for 10 years 4 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £-36.87K and 4 employees.
BETTERCAR LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records BETTERCAR LIMITED under one registered business activity: Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (45.11/2 - SIC 2007).
BETTERCAR LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 20/05/2016.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £-36.87K, total assets of £800.38K, cash in bank of £48.94K and total liabilities of £837.25K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 04/03/2026: Cessation of Kate Avery as a person with significant control on 2026-03-03, 7 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/01/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 02/06/2027.
Companies House lists 2 officers and 5 people with significant control (3 current).