Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/03/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/03/2025
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-09 with updates
Confirmation statement made on 2025-02-07 with updates
Statement of capital following an allotment of shares on 2024-11-30
What Pre-Score will tell you

The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
Confirms the registry record is up to date
The latest figures DARBYS LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2023; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
2022: £1.06M
Cash in Bank
2022: £495.01K
Employees
2022: 22
Of the 2 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 2 rose. Cash in bank moved furthest, up 12.54% on 2022. See the full financial analysis for DARBYS LIMITED.
The full financial record
Three ways through DARBYS LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2023.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21 | -1 |
| 2022 | 22 | -1 |
| 2021 | 23 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 23 in 2021 to 21 in 2023. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 23/03/2000–13/09/2019 | 1 | |
| Director | 01/02/2017–Present | 4 | |
| Nominee Secretary | 23/03/2000–23/03/2000 | 99601 | |
| Director | 16/04/2018–01/10/2020 | 6 | |
| Secretary | 23/03/2000–14/11/2024 | 0 | |
| Director | 14/11/2024–Present | 2 | |
| Secretary | 14/11/2024–Present | 0 |
Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–24/12/2021 | 1 | |
| 01/02/2017–Present | 4 | |
| 24/12/2021–Present | 1 | |
| 24/12/2021–30/11/2024 | 1 | |
| 30/11/2024–Present | 2 |
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-09 with updates
Confirmation statement made on 2025-02-07 with updates
Statement of capital following an allotment of shares on 2024-11-30
Cessation of Lorna Victoria Darby as a person with significant control on 2024-11-30
Change of details for Mr Tom Darby as a person with significant control on 2024-11-30
Notification of John Dean Watkinson as a person with significant control on 2024-11-30
Purchase of own shares.
Cancellation of shares. Statement of capital on 2024-11-30
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
Appointment of Mr John Dean Watkinson as a director on 2024-11-14
Termination of appointment of Lorna Victoria Darby as a secretary on 2024-11-14
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A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
DARBYS LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 19 The Square, Retford, Nottinghamshire DN22 6DQ. Companies House classifies its business as Accounting and auditing activities. It has been on the register for 26 years 6 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2023 accounts report net assets of £1.09M and 21 employees.
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records DARBYS LIMITED under one registered business activity: Accounting and auditing activities (69.20/1 - SIC 2007).
DARBYS LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 23/03/2000.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2023 and report net assets of £1.09M and cash in bank of £557.07K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 30/12/2025: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31, 8 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026.
Companies House lists 7 officers (3 currently in post) and 5 people with significant control (3 current).