Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/04/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/07/2025Due 30/04/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/07/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/07/2025
ESSENTIAL WORKS LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- C/O Simmons Gainsford 14th Floor, 33 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0PW
- Classification (SIC)
- Book publishing (58.11 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 14/04/2026View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-07-31
- 17/09/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Secretary's details changed for John Anthony Conway on 2025-09-17
- 17/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Mal Peachey on 2025-09-17
- 17/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Mal Peachey as a person with significant control on 2025-09-17
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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
29/04/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 15/04/2026Due 29/04/2027
- Next statement date
- 15/04/2027
- Last statement dated
- 15/04/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures ESSENTIAL WORKS LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£79.56K2025
-20.91%vs 20242024: £100.59K
Total Assets
£319.11K2025
-1.74%vs 20242024: £324.76K
Cash in Bank
£115.17K2025
1.05%vs 20242024: £113.98K
Total Liabilities
£235.76K2025
7.60%vs 20242024: £219.11K
Employees
32025
0vs 20242024: 3
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 2 rose and 2 fell. Net assets moved furthest, down 20.91% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for ESSENTIAL WORKS LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through ESSENTIAL WORKS LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +8.7% 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 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | +1 |
| 2021 | 2 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 2 in 2021 to 3 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
6Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 18/07/2002–Present | 3 | |
| Nominee Director | 12/07/2002–18/07/2002 | 8717 | |
| Nominee Secretary | 12/07/2002–18/07/2002 | 8890 | |
| Director | 18/07/2002–01/09/2011 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 18/07/2002–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 18/07/2002–Present | 2 |
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 | 3 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 2 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 16
- Since 28/04/2023
- Last 12 months
- 1
- -6 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 14/04/2026
- 5 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 14/04/2026
Filing timeline
- 14/04/2026View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-07-31
- 17/09/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Secretary's details changed for John Anthony Conway on 2025-09-17
- 17/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Mal Peachey on 2025-09-17
- 17/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Mal Peachey as a person with significant control on 2025-09-17
- 17/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr John Anthony Conway as a person with significant control on 2025-09-17
- 30/06/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from C/O Defries Weiss 1 Bridge Lane London NW11 0EA England to C/O Simmons Gainsford 14th Floor 33 Cavendish Square London W1G 0PW on 2025-06-30
- 30/04/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-07-31
- 25/04/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-04-15 with updates
- 03/10/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-07-31
- 26/07/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-07-12 with no updates
- 14/08/2023View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-07-12 with updates
- 12/07/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Secretary's details changed for John Anthony Conway on 2014-08-07
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About ESSENTIAL WORKS LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
ESSENTIAL WORKS LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in C/O Simmons Gainsford 14th Floor, 33 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0PW. Companies House classifies its business as Book publishing. It has been on the register for 24 years 2 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £79.56K and 3 employees.
ESSENTIAL WORKS LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records ESSENTIAL WORKS LIMITED under one registered business activity: Book publishing (58.11 - SIC 2007).
ESSENTIAL WORKS LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 12/07/2002.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £79.56K, total assets of £319.11K, cash in bank of £115.17K and total liabilities of £235.76K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 14/04/2026: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-07-31, 5 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/04/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 29/04/2027.
Companies House lists 6 officers (3 currently in post) and 2 people with significant control.