Annual accounts
Unaudited abridged 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
BY DESIGN (CAMBRIDGE) LTD
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- 31 Clifton Road, Cambridge CB1 7EB
- Classification (SIC)
- Retail of furniture lighting and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store (47.59/9 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Unaudited abridged
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 09/07/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Michelle Mary Lowman as a person with significant control on 2026-04-21
- 09/07/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement on 2026-07-09
- 09/07/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Francis Roy Lowman as a person with significant control on 2026-04-21
- 09/07/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-07-09 with updates
Coming soon
What Pre-Score will tell you
- Whether the filed accounts are strengthening or weakening year on year.
- Whether this company files on time, and how often its record changes.
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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
23/07/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 09/07/2026Due 23/07/2027
- Next statement date
- 09/07/2027
- Last statement dated
- 09/07/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures BY DESIGN (CAMBRIDGE) LTD filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£25.74K2025
-57.81%vs 20242024: £61.01K
Total Assets
£219.64K2025
-30.55%vs 20242024: £316.24K
Cash in Bank
£111.26K2025
-47.72%vs 20242024: £212.82K
Total Liabilities
£193.90K2025
-24.03%vs 20242024: £255.23K
Employees
72025
0vs 20242024: 7
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 fell. Cash in bank moved furthest, down 47.72% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for BY DESIGN (CAMBRIDGE) LTD.
The full financial record
Four ways through BY DESIGN (CAMBRIDGE) LTD's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -49.6% 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 | 7 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7 | – |
Reported employee count was unchanged at 7 between 2021 and 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
- Risk indicators
- Past performance
- Future prospects
Officers
5Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 27/02/2003–21/04/2026 | 1 | |
| Director | 27/02/2003–Present | 3 | |
| Director | 14/09/2004–21/04/2026 | 1 | |
| Secretary | 27/02/2003–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 27/02/2003–Present | 3 |
Persons with significant control
4Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 27/02/2017–Present | 1 | |
| 27/02/2017–08/06/2023 | 3 | |
| 27/02/2017–Present | 3 | |
| 27/02/2017–08/06/2023 | 1 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 79
- Since 27/02/2003
- Last 12 months
- 13
- +11 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 09/07/2026
- 2 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Officer changes (10)Latest 09/07/2026
- Confirmation statement (2)Latest 09/07/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 30/12/2025
Filing timeline
- 09/07/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Michelle Mary Lowman as a person with significant control on 2026-04-21
- 09/07/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement on 2026-07-09
- 09/07/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Francis Roy Lowman as a person with significant control on 2026-04-21
- 09/07/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-07-09 with updates
- 22/04/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Mark Christopher Knightley as a director on 2026-04-21
- 22/04/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Lynne Elaine Knightley as a director on 2026-04-21
- 24/02/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Mark Knightley on 2026-02-22
- 24/02/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Lynne Knightley on 2026-02-22
- 24/02/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-02-19 with no updates
- 30/12/2025View PDF (6 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 30/10/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Mark Knightley on 2025-09-30
- 30/10/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Secretary's details changed for Michelle Mary Lowman on 2025-10-30
Showing 12 of 79 filings
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About BY DESIGN (CAMBRIDGE) LTD
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
BY DESIGN (CAMBRIDGE) LTD is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 31 Clifton Road, Cambridge CB1 7EB. Companies House classifies its business as Retail of furniture lighting and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store. It has been on the register for 23 years 7 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £25.74K and 7 employees.
BY DESIGN (CAMBRIDGE) LTD: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records BY DESIGN (CAMBRIDGE) LTD under one registered business activity: Retail of furniture lighting and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store (47.59/9 - SIC 2007).
BY DESIGN (CAMBRIDGE) LTD is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 27/02/2003.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £25.74K, total assets of £219.64K, cash in bank of £111.26K and total liabilities of £193.90K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 09/07/2026: Notification of Michelle Mary Lowman as a person with significant control on 2026-04-21, 2 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 23/07/2027.
Companies House lists 5 officers (3 currently in post) and 4 people with significant control (2 current).