Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
28/02/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/05/2025Due 28/02/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/05/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/05/2025
ESPECIAL LTD
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Unit D Apollo Court, Love Lane, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 1ZR
- Classification (SIC)
- Other retail sale not in stores stalls or markets (47.99 - 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
- 17/06/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr David Stuart Williams as a director on 2026-06-01
- 16/02/2026View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-05-31
- 18/05/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-04-30 with updates
- 18/02/2025View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-05-31
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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.
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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.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
14/05/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 30/04/2026Due 14/05/2027
- Next statement date
- 30/04/2027
- Last statement dated
- 30/04/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures ESPECIAL LTD filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£-269.31K2025
13.91%vs 20242024: £-312.82K
Total Assets
£11.73K2025
-97.34%vs 20242024: £441.02K
Cash in Bank
£31.18K2025
-78.84%vs 20242024: £147.37K
Total Liabilities
£738.20K2024
-23.90%vs 20232023: £970.05K
Employees
102025
+1vs 20242024: 9
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Total assets moved furthest, down 97.34% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for ESPECIAL LTD.
The full financial record
Four ways through ESPECIAL LTD's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Cash in Bank · +195% 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 | 10 | +1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9 | -1 |
| 2022 | 10 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10 | – |
Reported employee count was unchanged at 10 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.
- Company potential
- Risk indicators
- Past performance
- Future prospects
Officers
5Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominee Director | 30/04/2001–01/05/2001 | 12634 | |
| Nominee Secretary | 30/04/2001–01/05/2001 | 12619 | |
| Director | 01/06/2026–Present | 5 | |
| Secretary | 30/04/2001–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 30/04/2001–Present | 3 |
Persons with significant control
1Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 01/05/2016–Present | 3 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 8
- Since 04/05/2023
- Last 12 months
- 2
- Same as the year before (2)
- Most recent filing
- 17/06/2026
- 3 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Officer changesLatest 17/06/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 16/02/2026
Filing timeline
- 17/06/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr David Stuart Williams as a director on 2026-06-01
- 16/02/2026View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-05-31
- 18/05/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-04-30 with updates
- 18/02/2025View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-05-31
- 08/05/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-05-31
- 30/04/2024View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-04-30 with updates
- 30/05/2023View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2022-05-31
- 04/05/2023View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-04-30 with updates
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About ESPECIAL LTD
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
ESPECIAL LTD is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Unit D Apollo Court, Love Lane, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 1ZR. Companies House classifies its business as Other retail sale not in stores stalls or markets. It has been on the register for 25 years 5 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £-269.31K and 10 employees.
ESPECIAL LTD: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records ESPECIAL LTD under one registered business activity: Other retail sale not in stores stalls or markets (47.99 - SIC 2007).
ESPECIAL LTD is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 30/04/2001.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £-269.31K, total assets of £11.73K, cash in bank of £31.18K and total liabilities of £738.20K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 17/06/2026: Appointment of Mr David Stuart Williams as a director on 2026-06-01, 3 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 28/02/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 14/05/2027.
Companies House lists 5 officers (3 currently in post) and 1 person with significant control.