Annual accounts
Medium accounts
30/09/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/12/2025Due 30/09/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
DIRECT TOOL COMPANY LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Castlehill Business Park Flexford Road, North Baddesley, Southampton, Hampshire SO52 9DF
- Classification (SIC)
- Wholesale of machine tools (46.62 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Medium
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 23/03/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Flexford Holdings Limited as a person with significant control on 2018-01-30
- 08/01/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Satisfaction of charge 1 in full
- 31/10/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-20 with updates
- 04/10/2025View PDF (21 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
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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.
- How its officers and controlling parties connect to other UK companies.
Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
03/11/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 20/10/2025Due 03/11/2026
- Next statement date
- 20/10/2026
- Last statement dated
- 20/10/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures DIRECT TOOL COMPANY LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2023; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£1.31M2023
227.73%vs 20222022: £398.76K
Total Assets
£9.25M2023
86.24%vs 20222022: £4.97M
Cash in Bank
£2.46M2023
31.65%vs 20222022: £1.87M
Total Liabilities
£7.94M2023
73.89%vs 20222022: £4.57M
Employees
482023
+3vs 20222022: 45
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 rose. Total assets moved furthest, up 86.24% on 2022. See the full financial analysis for DIRECT TOOL COMPANY LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through DIRECT TOOL COMPANY LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +93.2% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2021–2023Every measure end to end across 2021, 2022 and 2023, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2023.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 × 3 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 3 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2023.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 48 | +3 |
| 2022 | 45 | +8 |
| 2021 | 37 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 37 in 2021 to 48 in 2023. 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
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- Past performance
- Future prospects
Officers
10Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 20/10/2008–Present | 2 | |
| Director | 20/10/2008–Present | 2 | |
| Director | 21/10/2018–23/12/2021 | 1 | |
| Director | 01/11/2008–23/12/2021 | 1 | |
| Corporate Secretary | 20/10/2008–20/10/2008 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 20/10/2008–23/12/2021 | 0 | |
| Director | 20/10/2008–Present | 5 | |
| Director | 21/10/2018–23/12/2021 | 1 | |
| Director | 20/10/2008–15/09/2020 | 0 | |
| Director | 20/10/2008–23/12/2021 | 0 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 21/09/2023–Present | 346 | |
| 30/01/2018–Present | 0 | |
| 20/10/2016–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 12
- Since 23/10/2018
- Last 12 months
- 4
- +3 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 23/03/2026
- 6 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Officer changesLatest 23/03/2026
- Charges and mortgagesLatest 08/01/2026
- Confirmation statementLatest 31/10/2025
- Accounts filedLatest 04/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 23/03/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Flexford Holdings Limited as a person with significant control on 2018-01-30
- 08/01/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Satisfaction of charge 1 in full
- 31/10/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-20 with updates
- 04/10/2025View PDF (21 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 06/11/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-10-20 with no updates
- 23/09/2024View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-12-31
- 02/11/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-10-20 with no updates
- 28/09/2023View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2022-12-31
- 27/09/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of The Direct Tool Trust as a person with significant control on 2023-09-21
- 21/09/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement on 2023-09-21
- 26/10/2022View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2022-10-20 with updates
- 23/10/2018View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from , Castlehill Farm Flexford Road, North Baddesley, Southampton, Hampshire, SO52 9DF to Castlehill Business Park Flexford Road North Baddesley Southampton Hampshire SO52 9DF on 2018-10-23
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About DIRECT TOOL COMPANY LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
DIRECT TOOL COMPANY LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Castlehill Business Park Flexford Road, North Baddesley, Southampton, Hampshire SO52 9DF. Companies House classifies its business as Wholesale of machine tools. It has been on the register for 17 years 11 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2023 accounts report net assets of £1.31M and 48 employees.
DIRECT TOOL COMPANY LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records DIRECT TOOL COMPANY LIMITED under one registered business activity: Wholesale of machine tools (46.62 - SIC 2007).
DIRECT TOOL COMPANY LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 20/10/2008.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2023 and report net assets of £1.31M, total assets of £9.25M, cash in bank of £2.46M and total liabilities of £7.94M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 23/03/2026: Notification of Flexford Holdings Limited as a person with significant control on 2018-01-30, 6 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 03/11/2026.
Companies House lists 10 officers (3 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control.