Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
10/04/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 10/07/2025Due 10/04/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 10/07/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 10/07/2025
ERNEST BOWLES & SONS LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- C/O MCABE FORD WILLIAMS, Bank Chamber, High Street, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 3EG
- Classification (SIC)
- Mixed farming (01.50 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 06/07/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-06-23 with no updates
- 26/03/2026View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-07-10
- 01/07/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-06-23 with no updates
- 27/03/2025View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-07-10
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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
07/07/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 23/06/2026Due 07/07/2027
- Next statement date
- 23/06/2027
- Last statement dated
- 23/06/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures ERNEST BOWLES & SONS LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£152.87K2025
0.21%vs 20242024: £152.54K
Total Assets
£163.51K2025
-0.13%vs 20242024: £163.72K
Cash in Bank
£159.02K2025
-0.36%vs 20242024: £159.60K
Total Liabilities
£10.64K2025
-4.86%vs 20242024: £11.19K
Employees
42025
0vs 20242024: 4
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Cash in bank moved furthest, down 0.36% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for ERNEST BOWLES & SONS LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through ERNEST BOWLES & SONS LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +1.2% 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 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | – |
Reported employee count was unchanged at 4 between 2021 and 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.
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Officers
6Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 05/04/2015–23/06/2015 | 1 | |
| Director | 20/04/2014–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 16/04/2003–Present | 0 | |
| Secretary | 16/04/2003–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 23/06/2015–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 16/04/2003–Present | 2 |
Persons with significant control
1Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 8
- Since 16/03/2023
- Last 12 months
- 2
- Same as the year before (2)
- Most recent filing
- 06/07/2026
- 2 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 06/07/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 26/03/2026
Filing timeline
- 06/07/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-06-23 with no updates
- 26/03/2026View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-07-10
- 01/07/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-06-23 with no updates
- 27/03/2025View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-07-10
- 28/06/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-06-23 with no updates
- 27/03/2024View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-07-10
- 23/06/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-06-23 with no updates
- 16/03/2023View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2022-07-10
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About ERNEST BOWLES & SONS LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
ERNEST BOWLES & SONS LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in C/O MCABE FORD WILLIAMS, Bank Chamber, High Street, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 3EG. Companies House classifies its business as Mixed farming. It has been on the register for 76 years 2 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £152.87K and 4 employees.
ERNEST BOWLES & SONS LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records ERNEST BOWLES & SONS LIMITED under one registered business activity: Mixed farming (01.50 - SIC 2007).
ERNEST BOWLES & SONS LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 11/07/1950.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £152.87K, total assets of £163.51K, cash in bank of £159.02K and total liabilities of £10.64K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 06/07/2026: Confirmation statement made on 2026-06-23 with no updates, 2 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 10/04/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 07/07/2027.
Companies House lists 6 officers (5 currently in post) and 1 person with significant control.