Annual accounts
Full accounts
30/06/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/12/2025Due 30/06/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
G.B. KENT & SONS PLC
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- London Road, Apsley, Hemel Hempstead HP3 9SA
- Classification (SIC)
- Manufacture of brooms and brushes (32.91 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 02/07/2025View PDF (7 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-07-02 with updates
- 25/06/2025View PDF (29 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 24/06/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Marcia Rose Cosby as a director on 2025-06-23
- 18/03/2025View PDF (6 pages)
Second filing of Confirmation Statement dated 2023-07-02
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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
16/07/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 02/07/2026Due 16/07/2027
- Next statement date
- 02/07/2027
- Last statement dated
- 02/07/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures G.B. KENT & SONS PLC filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£7.73M2024
-2.98%vs 20232023: £7.97M
Total Assets
£9.95M2024
2.98%vs 20232023: £9.66M
Cash in Bank
£1.00M2024
2.32%vs 20232023: £978.93K
Total Liabilities
£2.22M2024
31.07%vs 20232023: £1.69M
Employees
402024
+1vs 20232023: 39
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 3 rose and 1 fell. Total liabilities moved furthest, up 31.07% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for G.B. KENT & SONS PLC.
The full financial record
Four ways through G.B. KENT & SONS PLC's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -8% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2022–2024Every measure end to end across 2022, 2023 and 2024, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2024.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures5 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 2021–2024.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40 | +1 |
| 2023 | 39 | 0 |
| 2022 | 39 | -6 |
| 2021 | 45 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 45 in 2021 to 40 in 2024. 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 | 29/06/2023–Present | 2 | |
| Director | 01/04/1994–07/03/2000 | 2 | |
| Director | 22/11/2010–13/05/2014 | 0 | |
| Director | 23/11/2010–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 01/10/1996–30/09/2013 | 1 | |
| Secretary | 01/10/1996–10/10/2009 | 1 |
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 | 4 | |
| 06/04/2016–01/03/2024 | 4 | |
| 01/03/2024–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 13
- Since 09/06/2022
- Last 12 months
- 0
- -5 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 02/07/2025
- 1 year 3 months ago
Filing timeline
- 02/07/2025View PDF (7 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-07-02 with updates
- 25/06/2025View PDF (29 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 24/06/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Marcia Rose Cosby as a director on 2025-06-23
- 18/03/2025View PDF (6 pages)
Second filing of Confirmation Statement dated 2023-07-02
- 18/03/2025View PDF (6 pages)
Second filing of Confirmation Statement dated 2024-07-02
- 02/07/2024View PDF (7 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-07-02 with updates
- 26/06/2024View PDF (29 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2023-12-31
- 08/03/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Cosby Brushes (Chrh) Limited as a person with significant control on 2024-03-01
- 05/03/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Alan Hugo Lambert Cosby as a person with significant control on 2024-03-01
- 14/07/2023View PDF (8 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-07-02 with updates
- 05/07/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Stephen Ian Wright as a director on 2023-06-29
- 23/06/2023View PDF (34 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2022-12-31
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About G.B. KENT & SONS PLC
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
G.B. KENT & SONS PLC is a public limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in London Road, Apsley, Hemel Hempstead HP3 9SA. Companies House classifies its business as Manufacture of brooms and brushes. It has been on the register for 126 years 3 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £7.73M and 40 employees.
G.B. KENT & SONS PLC: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records G.B. KENT & SONS PLC under one registered business activity: Manufacture of brooms and brushes (32.91 - SIC 2007).
G.B. KENT & SONS PLC is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 02/07/1900.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £7.73M, total assets of £9.95M, cash in bank of £1.00M and total liabilities of £2.22M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 02/07/2025: Confirmation statement made on 2025-07-02 with updates, 1 year 3 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/06/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 16/07/2027.
Companies House lists 6 officers (2 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (2 current).