Annual accounts
Small accounts
31/10/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/01/2025Due 31/10/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/01/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/01/2025
DUCKWORTH AND KENT LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
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- Registered office
- Terence House, 7 Marquis Business Centre, Royston Road, Baldock SG7 6XL
- Classification (2 SIC codes)
- Manufacture of optical precision instruments (26.70/1 - SIC 2007)Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies (32.50 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Small
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 08/12/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Terence Arnold Waldock as a person with significant control on 2025-09-09
- 08/12/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Fay Waldock as a person with significant control on 2025-09-09
- 08/12/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-27 with updates
- 29/10/2025View PDF (14 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2025-01-31
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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 28 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
11/12/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 27/11/2025Due 11/12/2026
- Next statement date
- 27/11/2026
- Last statement dated
- 27/11/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures DUCKWORTH AND KENT LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£7.09M2025
-5.88%vs 20242024: £7.54M
Total Assets
£12.49M2025
-1.24%vs 20242024: £12.65M
Cash in Bank
£1.24M2025
-36.14%vs 20242024: £1.93M
Total Liabilities
£874.18K2025
25.12%vs 20242024: £698.69K
Employees
432025
-2vs 20242024: 45
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Cash in bank moved furthest, down 36.14% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for DUCKWORTH AND KENT LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through DUCKWORTH AND KENT LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -5.1% 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 | 43 | -2 |
| 2024 | 45 | -4 |
| 2023 | 49 | -1 |
| 2022 | 50 | -8 |
| 2021 | 58 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 58 in 2021 to 43 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
5Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 01/08/1995–Present | 0 | |
| Secretary | 01/11/2020–Present | 0 | |
| Secretary | 11/05/2000–01/11/2020 | 1 | |
| Director | 01/08/1995–Present | 2 | |
| Director | 01/01/2013–01/11/2020 | 1 |
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 | 1 | |
| 09/09/2025–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 10
- Since 28/10/2022
- Last 12 months
- 4
- +3 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 08/12/2025
- 9 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Officer changes (2)Latest 08/12/2025
- Confirmation statementLatest 08/12/2025
- Accounts filedLatest 29/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 08/12/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Terence Arnold Waldock as a person with significant control on 2025-09-09
- 08/12/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Fay Waldock as a person with significant control on 2025-09-09
- 08/12/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-27 with updates
- 29/10/2025View PDF (14 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2025-01-31
- 29/11/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-11-27 with no updates
- 30/09/2024View PDF (14 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2024-01-31
- 12/12/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-11-27 with no updates
- 27/10/2023View PDF (15 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2023-01-31
- 09/12/2022View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2022-11-27 with no updates
- 28/10/2022View PDF (31 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2022-01-31
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About DUCKWORTH AND KENT LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
DUCKWORTH AND KENT LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Terence House, 7 Marquis Business Centre, Royston Road, Baldock SG7 6XL. Companies House classifies its business as Manufacture of optical precision instruments, one of 2 SIC classifications on its record. It has been on the register for 67 years 8 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £7.09M and 43 employees.
DUCKWORTH AND KENT LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records DUCKWORTH AND KENT LIMITED under 2 registered business activities: Manufacture of optical precision instruments (26.70/1 - SIC 2007) and Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies (32.50 - SIC 2007).
DUCKWORTH AND KENT LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 30/01/1959.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £7.09M, total assets of £12.49M, cash in bank of £1.24M and total liabilities of £874.18K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 08/12/2025: Change of details for Mr Terence Arnold Waldock as a person with significant control on 2025-09-09, 9 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/10/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 11/12/2026.
Companies House lists 5 officers (3 currently in post) and 2 people with significant control.