Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/03/2025Due 31/12/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/03/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/03/2025
F. KNOWLES & SON LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Sherwood Industrial Estate, Robin Hood, Rothwell, Leeds WF3 3EL
- Classification (SIC)
- Freight transport by road (49.41 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 02/06/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-05-19 with updates
- 22/11/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 19/09/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of John Frederick Knowles as a person with significant control on 2023-05-17
- 09/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Robert John Knowles as a person with significant control on 2023-05-17
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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.
Due in 89 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
02/06/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 19/05/2026Due 02/06/2027
- Next statement date
- 19/05/2027
- Last statement dated
- 19/05/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures F. KNOWLES & SON LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2022–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£580.23K2025
-2.50%vs 20242024: £595.10K
Total Assets
£1.87M2025
3.87%vs 20242024: £1.80M
Cash in Bank
£39.30K2025
-33.19%vs 20242024: £58.82K
Total Liabilities
£686.20K2025
12.91%vs 20242024: £607.73K
Employees
122025
-3vs 20242024: 15
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 2 rose and 2 fell. Total liabilities moved furthest, up 12.91% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for F. KNOWLES & SON LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through F. KNOWLES & SON LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -9% 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, 2022–2025.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 × 4 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 4 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2022–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | -3 |
| 2024 | 15 | -6 |
| 2023 | 21 | +2 |
| 2022 | 19 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 19 in 2022 to 12 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 | 10/07/2013–Present | 68 | |
| Secretary | 16/12/1998–17/01/2015 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 12/11/1997–29/03/1998 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 31/03/1993–09/11/1997 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 17/05/2023–Present | 0 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 68 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–17/05/2023 | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 13
- Since 17/11/2022
- Last 12 months
- 2
- -2 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 02/06/2026
- 4 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 02/06/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 22/11/2025
Filing timeline
- 02/06/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-05-19 with updates
- 22/11/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 19/09/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of John Frederick Knowles as a person with significant control on 2023-05-17
- 09/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Robert John Knowles as a person with significant control on 2023-05-17
- 19/06/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-05-19 with no updates
- 18/12/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 30/05/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-05-19 with no updates
- 30/03/2024View PDF (11 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 19/05/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Kelly Knowles as a secretary on 2023-05-17
- 19/05/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of John Frederick Knowles as a director on 2023-05-17
- 19/05/2023View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-05-19 with updates
- 31/03/2023View PDF (10 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2022-03-31
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About F. KNOWLES & SON LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
F. KNOWLES & SON LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Sherwood Industrial Estate, Robin Hood, Rothwell, Leeds WF3 3EL. Companies House classifies its business as Freight transport by road. It has been on the register for 48 years 6 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £580.23K and 12 employees.
F. KNOWLES & SON LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records F. KNOWLES & SON LIMITED under one registered business activity: Freight transport by road (49.41 - SIC 2007).
F. KNOWLES & SON LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 23/03/1978.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £580.23K, total assets of £1.87M, cash in bank of £39.30K and total liabilities of £686.20K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 02/06/2026: Confirmation statement made on 2026-05-19 with updates, 4 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 02/06/2027.
Companies House lists 5 officers (2 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (2 current).