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
FRIENDLY SOAP LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Unit 6c Topland Country Business Park, Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7 5RW
- Classification (SIC)
- Manufacture of soap and detergents (20.41/1 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 03/12/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 24/04/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-04-23 with no updates
- 22/11/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 14/05/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from Unit 6C Unit 6C Top Land Country Business Park Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire HX7 5RW England to Unit 6C Topland Country Business Park Cragg Vale Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire HX7 5RW on 2024-05-14
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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
07/05/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 23/04/2026Due 07/05/2027
- Next statement date
- 23/04/2027
- Last statement dated
- 23/04/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures FRIENDLY SOAP LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£476.48K2025
-9.21%vs 20242024: £524.82K
Total Assets
£675.07K2025
-7.53%vs 20242024: £730.03K
Cash in Bank
£134.69K2025
-0.02%vs 20242024: £134.72K
Total Liabilities
£198.59K2025
-3.22%vs 20242024: £205.21K
Employees
162025
-4vs 20242024: 20
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 fell. Total assets moved furthest, down 7.53% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for FRIENDLY SOAP LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through FRIENDLY SOAP LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -1.4% 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 | 16 | -4 |
| 2024 | 20 | 0 |
| 2023 | 20 | -1 |
| 2022 | 21 | -8 |
| 2021 | 29 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 29 in 2021 to 16 in 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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- Past performance
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Officers
13Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominee Director | 29/04/1996–29/04/1996 | 5938 | |
| Director | 29/05/1996–05/02/1999 | 0 | |
| Director | 29/05/1996–05/10/1999 | 0 | |
| Director | 29/05/1996–27/02/2008 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 29/04/1996–13/06/1996 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 29/05/1996–11/10/1999 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 26/02/2008–Present | 0 | |
| Secretary | 28/04/2008–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 29/04/2008–Present | 0 | |
| Nominee Secretary | 29/04/1996–29/04/1996 | 5918 | |
| Director | 29/04/1996–31/05/1999 | 1 | |
| Secretary | 11/10/1999–27/02/2008 | 0 | |
| Director | 27/02/2008–Present | 0 |
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 | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 13
- Since 29/01/2023
- Last 12 months
- 1
- -1 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 03/12/2025
- 10 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 03/12/2025
Filing timeline
- 03/12/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 24/04/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-04-23 with no updates
- 22/11/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 14/05/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from Unit 6C Unit 6C Top Land Country Business Park Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire HX7 5RW England to Unit 6C Topland Country Business Park Cragg Vale Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire HX7 5RW on 2024-05-14
- 14/05/2024View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-04-23 with updates
- 11/12/2023View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 31/05/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-04-23 with no updates
- 08/04/2023View PDF (18 pages)
Memorandum and Articles of Association
- 08/04/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Resolutions
- 29/01/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Robin Costello on 2021-06-21
- 29/01/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Secretary's details changed for Mr Geoffrey David Kerouac on 2023-01-01
- 29/01/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Secretary's details changed for Mr Robin Costello on 2021-06-21
Showing 12 of 13 filings
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About FRIENDLY SOAP LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
FRIENDLY SOAP LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Unit 6c Topland Country Business Park, Cragg Vale, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7 5RW. Companies House classifies its business as Manufacture of soap and detergents. It has been on the register for 30 years 5 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £476.48K and 16 employees.
FRIENDLY SOAP LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records FRIENDLY SOAP LIMITED under one registered business activity: Manufacture of soap and detergents (20.41/1 - SIC 2007).
FRIENDLY SOAP LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 29/04/1996.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £476.48K, total assets of £675.07K, cash in bank of £134.69K and total liabilities of £198.59K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 03/12/2025: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31, 10 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 07/05/2027.
Companies House lists 13 officers (4 currently in post) and 2 people with significant control.