Annual accounts
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
DESIGN RESEARCH LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- The Coal Office 1 Bagley Walk, Kings Cross, London N1C 4PQ
- Classification (SIC)
- Wholesale of furniture carpets and lighting equipment (46.47 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 08/02/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-02-05 with no updates
- 04/02/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mrs Nicola Rosemary Lucy Hopkins on 2026-02-03
- 10/10/2025View PDF (38 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 06/02/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-02-05 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
19/02/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 05/02/2026Due 19/02/2027
- Next statement date
- 05/02/2027
- Last statement dated
- 05/02/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures DESIGN RESEARCH LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£-10.08M2024
-24.26%vs 20232023: £-8.11M
Total Assets
£10.94M2024
-17.63%vs 20232023: £13.29M
Cash in Bank
£384.81K2024
305.70%vs 20232023: £94.85K
Total Liabilities
£20.31M2024
-1.11%vs 20232023: £20.54M
Employees
702024
-4vs 20232023: 74
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Total assets moved furthest, down 17.63% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for DESIGN RESEARCH LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through DESIGN RESEARCH LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Cash in Bank · -44.2% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2022–2024Every measure end to end across 2022, 2023 and 2024, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2024.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 × 4 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 4 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2024.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 70 | -4 |
| 2023 | 74 | -3 |
| 2022 | 77 | -4 |
| 2021 | 81 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 81 in 2021 to 70 in 2024. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
7Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 16/06/2015–26/09/2018 | 21 | |
| Director | 22/06/2023–09/01/2025 | 21 | |
| Director | 17/08/2020–27/06/2024 | 15 | |
| Director | 27/06/2024–Present | 29 | |
| Secretary | 17/08/2020–27/06/2024 | 0 | |
| Director | 17/08/2020–24/07/2023 | 3 | |
| Director | 09/10/2023–Present | 5 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 126
- Since 10/12/2001
- Last 12 months
- 3
- Same as the year before (3)
- Most recent filing
- 08/02/2026
- 7 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 08/02/2026
- Officer changesLatest 04/02/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 10/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 08/02/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-02-05 with no updates
- 04/02/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mrs Nicola Rosemary Lucy Hopkins on 2026-02-03
- 10/10/2025View PDF (38 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 06/02/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-02-05 with no updates
- 14/01/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Jamie Matthew Mitchell as a director on 2025-01-09
- 23/12/2024View PDF (35 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 12/07/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mrs Nicola Rosemary Lucy Hopkins as a director on 2024-06-27
- 12/07/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Michael Patrick Mayo Trotman as a director on 2024-06-27
- 12/07/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Michael Patrick Mayo Trotman as a secretary on 2024-06-27
- 10/06/2024View PDF (35 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 16/03/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued
- 14/03/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-02-13 with no updates
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About DESIGN RESEARCH LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
DESIGN RESEARCH LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in The Coal Office 1 Bagley Walk, Kings Cross, London N1C 4PQ. Companies House classifies its business as Wholesale of furniture carpets and lighting equipment. It has been on the register for 24 years 9 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £-10.08M and 70 employees.
DESIGN RESEARCH LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records DESIGN RESEARCH LIMITED under one registered business activity: Wholesale of furniture carpets and lighting equipment (46.47 - SIC 2007).
DESIGN RESEARCH LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 10/12/2001.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £-10.08M, total assets of £10.94M, cash in bank of £384.81K and total liabilities of £20.31M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 08/02/2026: Confirmation statement made on 2026-02-05 with no updates, 7 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 19/02/2027.
Companies House lists 7 officers (2 currently in post) and 0 people with significant control.