Annual accounts
Medium accounts
30/11/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 28/02/2025Due 30/11/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 28/02/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 28/02/2025
D.A. CANT LTD.
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Ground Floor Southway House, 29 Southway, Colchester, Essex CO2 7BA
- Classification (2 SIC codes)
- Construction of commercial buildings (41.20/1 - SIC 2007)Construction of roads and motorways (42.11 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Medium
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 09/04/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Karl Reuben Lord as a person with significant control on 2025-11-25
- 09/04/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Craig David Peterson as a person with significant control on 2025-11-25
- 09/04/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Craig David Peterson as a secretary on 2025-11-25
- 09/04/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-02-13 with updates
Coming soon
What Pre-Score will tell you
- 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.
Due in 58 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
27/02/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 13/02/2026Due 27/02/2027
- Next statement date
- 13/02/2027
- Last statement dated
- 13/02/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures D.A. CANT LTD. filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£9.17M2025
2.63%vs 20242024: £8.94M
Total Assets
£11.45M2025
6.19%vs 20242024: £10.78M
Cash in Bank
£2.33M2025
-17.37%vs 20242024: £2.82M
Total Liabilities
£2.28M2025
23.44%vs 20242024: £1.85M
Employees
562025
+3vs 20242024: 53
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 3 rose and 1 fell. Total assets moved furthest, up 6.19% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for D.A. CANT LTD..
The full financial record
Four ways through D.A. CANT LTD.'s filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +6.8% 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 | 56 | +3 |
| 2024 | 53 | -8 |
| 2023 | 61 | +5 |
| 2022 | 56 | +6 |
| 2021 | 50 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 50 in 2021 to 56 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.
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Officers
12Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 13/03/1998–22/12/2006 | 1 | |
| Director | 25/11/2025–Present | 7 | |
| Director | 25/11/2025–Present | 4 | |
| Director | 13/03/1998–25/11/2025 | 7 | |
| Director | 13/03/1998–25/11/2025 | 12 | |
| Secretary | 01/01/1999–25/11/2025 | 2 | |
| Director | 13/03/1998–01/10/1998 | 9 | |
| Nominee Director | 13/02/1998–13/03/1998 | 164 | |
| Nominee Secretary | 13/02/1998–13/03/1998 | 83 | |
| Secretary | 13/03/1998–01/10/1998 | 0 | |
| Nominee Director | 13/02/1998–13/03/1998 | 347 | |
| Director | 13/03/1998–22/12/2006 | 1 |
Persons with significant control
8Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 13/02/2017–25/11/2025 | 1 | |
| 25/11/2025–Present | 3 | |
| 25/11/2025–25/11/2025 | 3 | |
| 13/02/2017–25/11/2025 | 7 | |
| 13/02/2017–Present | 7 | |
| 13/02/2017–25/11/2025 | 12 | |
| 13/02/2017–Present | 12 | |
| 25/11/2025–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 104
- Since 13/02/1998
- Last 12 months
- 16
- +14 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 09/04/2026
- 5 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Officer changes (11)Latest 09/04/2026
- Confirmation statementLatest 09/04/2026
- Share capitalLatest 04/12/2025
- Charges and mortgages (2)Latest 02/12/2025
- Accounts filedLatest 19/11/2025
Filing timeline
- 09/04/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Karl Reuben Lord as a person with significant control on 2025-11-25
- 09/04/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Craig David Peterson as a person with significant control on 2025-11-25
- 09/04/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Craig David Peterson as a secretary on 2025-11-25
- 09/04/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-02-13 with updates
- 18/12/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Gun Hill 1 Limited as a person with significant control on 2025-11-25
- 18/12/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Stour View Construction Limited as a person with significant control on 2025-11-25
- 16/12/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Freddie William Stratford as a director on 2025-11-25
- 16/12/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Alexander William Isaac as a director on 2025-11-25
- 16/12/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Karl Reuben Lord as a director on 2025-11-25
- 16/12/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Craig David Peterson as a director on 2025-11-25
- 09/12/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Stour View Construction Limited as a person with significant control on 2025-11-25
- 09/12/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of D a C Group Ltd as a person with significant control on 2025-11-25
Showing 12 of 104 filings
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About D.A. CANT LTD.
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
D.A. CANT LTD. is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Ground Floor Southway House, 29 Southway, Colchester, Essex CO2 7BA. Companies House classifies its business as Construction of commercial buildings, one of 2 SIC classifications on its record. It has been on the register for 28 years 7 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £9.17M and 56 employees.
D.A. CANT LTD.: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records D.A. CANT LTD. under 2 registered business activities: Construction of commercial buildings (41.20/1 - SIC 2007) and Construction of roads and motorways (42.11 - SIC 2007).
D.A. CANT LTD. is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 13/02/1998.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £9.17M, total assets of £11.45M, cash in bank of £2.33M and total liabilities of £2.28M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 09/04/2026: Cessation of Karl Reuben Lord as a person with significant control on 2025-11-25, 5 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/11/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 27/02/2027.
Companies House lists 12 officers (2 currently in post) and 8 people with significant control (4 current).