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
DARBY GROUNDWORKS LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Rose Cottage Collingwood Farm Brentwood Road, Orsett, Grays, Essex RM16 3DJ
- Classification (SIC)
- Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c. (42.99 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 08/12/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 30/10/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-28 with no updates
- 19/12/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 31/10/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-10-28 with no 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.
Due in 89 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
11/11/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 28/10/2025Due 11/11/2026
- Next statement date
- 28/10/2026
- Last statement dated
- 28/10/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures DARBY GROUNDWORKS LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£-2.52M2025
-385.77%vs 20242024: £-518.70K
Total Assets
£856.96K2025
-67.58%vs 20242024: £2.64M
Cash in Bank
£12.43K2025
-72.21%vs 20242024: £44.74K
Total Liabilities
£3.38M2025
6.79%vs 20242024: £3.16M
Employees
62025
0vs 20242024: 6
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Net assets moved furthest, down 385.77% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for DARBY GROUNDWORKS LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through DARBY GROUNDWORKS LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Cash in Bank · -59.7% 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 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | -6 |
| 2023 | 12 | -2 |
| 2022 | 14 | -4 |
| 2021 | 18 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 18 in 2021 to 6 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
- Risk indicators
- Past performance
- Future prospects
Officers
6Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominee Secretary | 28/10/1998–28/10/1998 | 3899 | |
| Director | 21/10/2004–Present | 14 | |
| Secretary | 28/10/1998–Present | 1 | |
| Nominee Director | 28/10/1998–28/10/1998 | 5429 | |
| Director | 01/06/2000–09/03/2005 | 0 | |
| Director | 28/10/1998–05/02/2001 | 0 |
Persons with significant control
2Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 14 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 3 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 12
- Since 02/11/2022
- Last 12 months
- 2
- Same as the year before (2)
- Most recent filing
- 08/12/2025
- 9 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 08/12/2025
- Confirmation statementLatest 30/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 08/12/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 30/10/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-28 with no updates
- 19/12/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 31/10/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-10-28 with no updates
- 20/12/2023View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 03/11/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-10-28 with no updates
- 21/12/2022View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2022-03-31
- 08/11/2022View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2022-10-28 with no updates
- 02/11/2022View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from Emerald House Swinbourne Road Burnt Mills Industrial Estate Basildon Essex SS13 1EF to Rose Cottage Collingwood Farm Brentwood Road Orsett Grays Essex RM16 3DJ on 2022-11-02
- 02/11/2022View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Darby Holdings Limited as a person with significant control on 2022-11-01
- 02/11/2022View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr David Oliver Darby on 2022-11-01
- 02/11/2022View PDF (1 pages)
Secretary's details changed for Mr Laurence Anthony Darby on 2022-11-01
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About DARBY GROUNDWORKS LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
DARBY GROUNDWORKS LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Rose Cottage Collingwood Farm Brentwood Road, Orsett, Grays, Essex RM16 3DJ. Companies House classifies its business as Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.. It has been on the register for 27 years 11 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £-2.52M and 6 employees.
DARBY GROUNDWORKS LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records DARBY GROUNDWORKS LIMITED under one registered business activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c. (42.99 - SIC 2007).
DARBY GROUNDWORKS LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 28/10/1998.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £-2.52M, total assets of £856.96K, cash in bank of £12.43K and total liabilities of £3.38M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 08/12/2025: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31, 9 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 11/11/2026.
Companies House lists 6 officers (2 currently in post) and 2 people with significant control.