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
HARWOODS OF LONDON LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Unit 9 Hill Farm, Ford End, Chelmsford CM3 1LH
- Classification (SIC)
- Wholesale of fruit and vegetables (46.31 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 24/07/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr James Harwood Dew as a person with significant control on 2026-07-09
- 18/12/2025View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 28/10/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr James Harwood Dew on 2025-10-28
- 28/10/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr James Harwood Dew as a person with significant control on 2025-10-28
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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
05/11/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 22/10/2025Due 05/11/2026
- Next statement date
- 22/10/2026
- Last statement dated
- 22/10/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures HARWOODS OF LONDON LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£335.24K2025
-1.69%vs 20242024: £340.99K
Total Assets
£1.16M2025
-24.02%vs 20242024: £1.53M
Cash in Bank
£188.24K2025
-52.55%vs 20242024: £396.76K
Total Liabilities
£824.96K2025
-30.44%vs 20242024: £1.19M
Employees
132025
-1vs 20242024: 14
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 fell. Total assets moved furthest, down 24.02% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for HARWOODS OF LONDON LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through HARWOODS OF LONDON LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +5.3% 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 | 13 | -1 |
| 2024 | 14 | -1 |
| 2023 | 15 | -2 |
| 2022 | 17 | +3 |
| 2021 | 14 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 14 in 2021 to 13 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
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Officers
8Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominee Secretary | 22/10/2003–22/10/2003 | 8890 | |
| Nominee Director | 22/10/2003–22/10/2003 | 8717 | |
| Director | 28/10/2003–Present | 4 | |
| Director | 30/12/2014–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 04/12/2012–18/07/2020 | 2 | |
| Director | 15/05/2008–02/04/2025 | 5 | |
| Director | 28/10/2003–Present | 3 | |
| Secretary | 28/10/2003–Present | 1 |
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 | 4 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 3 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 22
- Since 27/10/2022
- Last 12 months
- 7
- -4 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 24/07/2026
- 2 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Officer changes (5)Latest 24/07/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 18/12/2025
- Confirmation statementLatest 28/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 24/07/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr James Harwood Dew as a person with significant control on 2026-07-09
- 18/12/2025View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 28/10/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr James Harwood Dew on 2025-10-28
- 28/10/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr James Harwood Dew as a person with significant control on 2025-10-28
- 28/10/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mrs Patricia Dew as a person with significant control on 2025-10-28
- 28/10/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-22 with no updates
- 28/10/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mrs Patricia Dew on 2025-10-28
- 04/04/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr James Harwood Dew on 2025-04-03
- 03/04/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from Unit 205-206 Distribution Block a New Covent Garden Market London SW8 5EN England to Unit 9 Hill Farm Ford End Chelmsford CM3 1LH on 2025-04-03
- 03/04/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Gareth Raymond Lewis as a director on 2025-04-02
- 03/04/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr James Harwood Dew as a person with significant control on 2025-04-03
- 03/04/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mrs Patricia Dew as a person with significant control on 2025-04-03
Showing 12 of 22 filings
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About HARWOODS OF LONDON LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
HARWOODS OF LONDON LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Unit 9 Hill Farm, Ford End, Chelmsford CM3 1LH. Companies House classifies its business as Wholesale of fruit and vegetables. It has been on the register for 22 years 11 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £335.24K and 13 employees.
HARWOODS OF LONDON LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records HARWOODS OF LONDON LIMITED under one registered business activity: Wholesale of fruit and vegetables (46.31 - SIC 2007).
HARWOODS OF LONDON LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 22/10/2003.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £335.24K, total assets of £1.16M, cash in bank of £188.24K and total liabilities of £824.96K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 24/07/2026: Change of details for Mr James Harwood Dew as a person with significant control on 2026-07-09, 2 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 05/11/2026.
Companies House lists 8 officers (4 currently in post) and 2 people with significant control.