Annual accounts
Full accounts
31/05/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/08/2025Due 31/05/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/08/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/08/2025
H.J. LEA OAKES LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Aston Mill, Aston, Nantwich, Cheshire CW5 8DH
- Classification (SIC)
- Wholesale of grain unmanufactured tobacco seeds and animal feeds (46.21 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 24/06/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-06-23 with updates
- 05/05/2026View PDF (26 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2025-08-31
- 30/06/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-06-23 with updates
- 28/05/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mrs Sophie Cornish as a director on 2025-05-21
Coming soon
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.
- How its officers and controlling parties connect to other UK companies.
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
07/07/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 23/06/2026Due 07/07/2027
- Next statement date
- 23/06/2027
- Last statement dated
- 23/06/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures H.J. LEA OAKES LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£3.14M2025
26.64%vs 20242024: £2.48M
Total Assets
£22.89M2025
11.86%vs 20242024: £20.46M
Cash in Bank
£20.14K2025
1.61K%vs 20242024: £1.18K
Total Liabilities
£19.75M2025
9.82%vs 20242024: £17.98M
Employees
1252025
+4vs 20242024: 121
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 rose. Total assets moved furthest, up 11.86% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for H.J. LEA OAKES LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through H.J. LEA OAKES LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +10.4% 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 figures5 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 | 125 | +4 |
| 2024 | 121 | +3 |
| 2023 | 118 | +4 |
| 2022 | 114 | +13 |
| 2021 | 101 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 101 in 2021 to 125 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.
- Company potential
- Risk indicators
- Past performance
- Future prospects
Officers
8Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 01/01/2001–Present | 5 | |
| Director | 13/08/2010–Present | 20 | |
| Director | 01/09/2021–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 27/02/2013–Present | 7 | |
| Director | 01/02/2022–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 01/09/2021–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 21/05/2025–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 26/06/2023–Present | 0 |
Persons with significant control
2Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–05/04/2024 | 0 | |
| 05/04/2024–Present | 5 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 13
- Since 03/05/2023
- Last 12 months
- 2
- -1 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 24/06/2026
- 3 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 24/06/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 05/05/2026
Filing timeline
- 24/06/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-06-23 with updates
- 05/05/2026View PDF (26 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2025-08-31
- 30/06/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-06-23 with updates
- 28/05/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mrs Sophie Cornish as a director on 2025-05-21
- 06/05/2025View PDF (26 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2024-08-31
- 17/09/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Second filing of Confirmation Statement dated 2024-06-23
- 25/06/2024View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-06-23 with no updates
- 08/05/2024View PDF (25 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2023-08-31
- 30/04/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Agri Feed Holdings Limited as a person with significant control on 2024-04-05
- 30/04/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Oakes Millers Limited as a person with significant control on 2024-04-05
- 03/07/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mrs Ruth Elizabeth Mccombe as a director on 2023-06-26
- 23/06/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-06-23 with no updates
Showing 12 of 13 filings
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
About H.J. LEA OAKES LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
H.J. LEA OAKES LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Aston Mill, Aston, Nantwich, Cheshire CW5 8DH. Companies House classifies its business as Wholesale of grain unmanufactured tobacco seeds and animal feeds. It has been on the register for 99 years 8 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £3.14M and 125 employees.
H.J. LEA OAKES LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records H.J. LEA OAKES LIMITED under one registered business activity: Wholesale of grain unmanufactured tobacco seeds and animal feeds (46.21 - SIC 2007).
H.J. LEA OAKES LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 13/01/1927.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £3.14M, total assets of £22.89M, cash in bank of £20.14K and total liabilities of £19.75M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 24/06/2026: Confirmation statement made on 2026-06-23 with updates, 3 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/05/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 07/07/2027.
Companies House lists 8 officers and 2 people with significant control (1 current).