Annual accounts
Unaudited abridged accounts
30/11/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 28/02/2025Due 30/11/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 28/02/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 28/02/2025
HILDITCH & KEY LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Irene House 5 Arches Business Park, Maidstone Road, Sidcup, Kent DA14 5AE
- Classification (2 SIC codes)
- Wholesale of clothing and footwear (46.42 - SIC 2007)Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores (47.71 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Unaudited abridged
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 12/11/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-31 with no updates
- 28/05/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2025-02-28
- 20/11/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2024-02-28
- 18/11/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-10-31 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 58 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
14/11/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 31/10/2025Due 14/11/2026
- Next statement date
- 31/10/2026
- Last statement dated
- 31/10/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures HILDITCH & KEY LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£-700.04K2025
29.04%vs 20242024: £-986.53K
Total Assets
£3.40M2025
10.75%vs 20242024: £3.07M
Cash in Bank
£358.91K2025
117.52%vs 20242024: £165.00K
Total Liabilities
£4.05M2025
1.27%vs 20242024: £4.00M
Employees
102025
-1vs 20242024: 11
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 rose. Total assets moved furthest, up 10.75% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for HILDITCH & KEY LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through HILDITCH & KEY LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Cash in Bank · +857% 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 | 10 | -1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 0 |
| 2023 | 11 | -3 |
| 2022 | 14 | -3 |
| 2021 | 17 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 17 in 2021 to 10 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
6Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 06/02/2024–Present | 4 | |
| Director | 27/04/2010–30/01/2014 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 26/05/1995–Present | 0 | |
| Secretary | 14/01/1994–28/11/1994 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 31/01/1993–13/01/1994 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 28/11/1994–25/05/1995 | 0 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 05/04/2016–Present | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 11 | |
| 05/04/2016–05/04/2016 | 11 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 12
- Since 16/11/2022
- Last 12 months
- 1
- -2 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 12/11/2025
- 10 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 12/11/2025
Filing timeline
- 12/11/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-31 with no updates
- 28/05/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2025-02-28
- 20/11/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2024-02-28
- 18/11/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-10-31 with no updates
- 01/03/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Steven Miller as a director on 2024-02-06
- 07/11/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-10-31 with no updates
- 01/11/2023View PDF (9 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2023-02-28
- 28/03/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from Art's House (2nd Floor) 13 Banks Lane Bexleyheath Kent DA6 7BH England to Irene House 5 Arches Business Park Maidstone Road Sidcup Kent DA14 5AE on 2023-03-28
- 19/02/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Michael John Booth as a person with significant control on 2016-04-06
- 19/02/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Hilditch & Key (Holdings) Ltd as a person with significant control on 2016-04-06
- 29/11/2022View PDF (10 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2022-02-28
- 16/11/2022View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2022-10-31 with no updates
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About HILDITCH & KEY LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
HILDITCH & KEY LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Irene House 5 Arches Business Park, Maidstone Road, Sidcup, Kent DA14 5AE. Companies House classifies its business as Wholesale of clothing and footwear, one of 2 SIC classifications on its record. It has been on the register for 58 years 10 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £-700.04K and 10 employees.
HILDITCH & KEY LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records HILDITCH & KEY LIMITED under 2 registered business activities: Wholesale of clothing and footwear (46.42 - SIC 2007) and Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores (47.71 - SIC 2007).
HILDITCH & KEY LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 01/12/1967.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £-700.04K, total assets of £3.40M, cash in bank of £358.91K and total liabilities of £4.05M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 12/11/2025: Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-31 with no updates, 10 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/11/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 14/11/2026.
Companies House lists 6 officers (2 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (2 current).