Annual accounts
Small 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
HERBERT WATSON FREIGHT SERVICES LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- C/O S&W Partners (Manchester) Limited, Pall Mall, 1 Pollen Square, 59 King Street, Manchester M2 4PD
- Classification (SIC)
- Other transportation support activities (52.29 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Small
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 15/05/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from Northern Assurance Building 9-21 Princess Street Manchester M2 4DN to C/O S&W Partners (Manchester) Limited, Pall Mall 1 Pollen Square, 59 King Street Manchester M2 4PD on 2026-05-15
- 13/02/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-22 with no updates
- 28/12/2025View PDF (8 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2025-03-31
- 24/01/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-12-22 with no updates
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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
05/01/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 22/12/2025Due 05/01/2027
- Next statement date
- 22/12/2026
- Last statement dated
- 22/12/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures HERBERT WATSON FREIGHT SERVICES LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£4.48M2025
0.05%vs 20242024: £4.47M
Total Assets
£5.33M2025
2.64%vs 20242024: £5.19M
Cash in Bank
£3.67M2025
-24.13%vs 20242024: £4.84M
Total Liabilities
£850.09K2025
18.86%vs 20242024: £715.23K
Employees
82025
0vs 20242024: 8
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 3 rose and 1 fell. Cash in bank moved furthest, down 24.13% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for HERBERT WATSON FREIGHT SERVICES LIMITED.
The full financial record
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5 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 × 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 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | -3 |
| 2022 | 11 | -1 |
| 2021 | 12 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 12 in 2021 to 8 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
8Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 11/04/1995–24/08/2022 | 13 | |
| Director | 25/11/2004–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 01/09/1993–25/03/1999 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 17/06/1996–30/06/1999 | 5 | |
| Secretary | 30/06/1999–10/07/2000 | 4 | |
| Secretary | 10/07/2000–21/07/2022 | 8 | |
| Secretary | 21/07/2022–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 11/04/1995–Present | 18 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–18/04/2017 | 13 | |
| 18/04/2017–Present | 7 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 18 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 11
- Since 29/12/2022
- Last 12 months
- 3
- +1 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 15/05/2026
- 4 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Registered officeLatest 15/05/2026
- Confirmation statementLatest 13/02/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 28/12/2025
Filing timeline
- 15/05/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from Northern Assurance Building 9-21 Princess Street Manchester M2 4DN to C/O S&W Partners (Manchester) Limited, Pall Mall 1 Pollen Square, 59 King Street Manchester M2 4PD on 2026-05-15
- 13/02/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-22 with no updates
- 28/12/2025View PDF (8 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2025-03-31
- 24/01/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-12-22 with no updates
- 24/12/2024View PDF (8 pages)
Audited abridged accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 29/02/2024View PDF (8 pages)
Audited abridged accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 16/02/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Satisfaction of charge 1 in full
- 22/12/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-12-22 with no updates
- 29/11/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Previous accounting period shortened from 2023-09-30 to 2023-03-31
- 30/06/2023View PDF (8 pages)
Audited abridged accounts made up to 2022-09-30
- 29/12/2022View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2022-12-22 with no updates
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About HERBERT WATSON FREIGHT SERVICES LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
HERBERT WATSON FREIGHT SERVICES LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in C/O S&W Partners (Manchester) Limited, Pall Mall, 1 Pollen Square, 59 King Street, Manchester M2 4PD. Companies House classifies its business as Other transportation support activities. It has been on the register for 48 years 11 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £4.48M and 8 employees.
HERBERT WATSON FREIGHT SERVICES LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records HERBERT WATSON FREIGHT SERVICES LIMITED under one registered business activity: Other transportation support activities (52.29 - SIC 2007).
HERBERT WATSON FREIGHT SERVICES LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 14/10/1977.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £4.48M, total assets of £5.33M, cash in bank of £3.67M and total liabilities of £850.09K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 15/05/2026: Registered office address changed from Northern Assurance Building 9-21 Princess Street Manchester M2 4DN to C/O S&W Partners (Manchester) Limited, Pall Mall 1 Pollen Square, 59 King Street Manchester M2 4PD on 2026-05-15, 4 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 05/01/2027.
Companies House lists 8 officers (3 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (2 current).