Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/10/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/01/2025Due 31/10/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/01/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/01/2025
HORSE FIRST LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- 11/14 Flurrybridge Enterprise Centre, Jonesborough, Newry, County Down BT35 8SQ
- Classification (SIC)
- Manufacture of prepared pet foods (10.92 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 12/11/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued
- 11/11/2025View PDF (1 pages)
First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off
- 11/11/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-08-20 with updates
- 16/06/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Patrick Hughes as a person with significant control on 2025-06-10
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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 28 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
03/09/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 20/08/2025Due 03/09/2026
- Next statement date
- 20/08/2026
- Last statement dated
- 20/08/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures HORSE FIRST LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£213.26K2025
-7.94%vs 20242024: £231.65K
Total Assets
£328.42K2025
2.31%vs 20242024: £320.99K
Cash in Bank
£50.91K2025
-24.42%vs 20242024: £67.36K
Total Liabilities
£115.16K2025
28.90%vs 20242024: £89.34K
Employees
82025
0vs 20242024: 8
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 2 rose and 2 fell. Total liabilities moved furthest, up 28.90% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for HORSE FIRST LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through HORSE FIRST LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +1.7% 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 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 |
| 2022 | 8 | +1 |
| 2021 | 7 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 7 in 2021 to 8 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.
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Officers
10Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 12/05/2008–26/09/2008 | 36 | |
| Director | 10/06/2025–Present | 14 | |
| Corporate Secretary | 12/05/2008–26/09/2008 | 80 | |
| Secretary | 26/09/2008–10/06/2025 | 0 | |
| Director | 26/09/2008–10/06/2025 | 0 | |
| Director | 12/05/2008–26/09/2008 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/06/2016–10/06/2025 | 0 | |
| Director | 10/06/2025–Present | 2 | |
| Director | 10/06/2025–Present | 2 | |
| Secretary | 10/06/2025–Present | 0 |
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 | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–10/06/2025 | 0 | |
| 10/06/2025–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 18
- Since 31/10/2022
- Last 12 months
- 3
- -8 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 12/11/2025
- 10 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Insolvency or dissolution (2)Latest 12/11/2025
- Confirmation statementLatest 11/11/2025
Filing timeline
- 12/11/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued
- 11/11/2025View PDF (1 pages)
First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off
- 11/11/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-08-20 with updates
- 16/06/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Patrick Hughes as a person with significant control on 2025-06-10
- 16/06/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Equine America (Uk) Limited as a person with significant control on 2025-06-10
- 13/06/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Nicholas John Townsend as a director on 2025-06-10
- 13/06/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mrs Victoria Emma Adams as a director on 2025-06-10
- 13/06/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Tanya Hughes as a director on 2025-06-10
- 13/06/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Tanya Hughes as a secretary on 2025-06-10
- 13/06/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Patrick Hughes as a director on 2025-06-10
- 13/06/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Lee James Middleton as a director on 2025-06-10
- 13/06/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Alex Prior as a secretary on 2025-06-10
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About HORSE FIRST LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
HORSE FIRST LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 11/14 Flurrybridge Enterprise Centre, Jonesborough, Newry, County Down BT35 8SQ. Companies House classifies its business as Manufacture of prepared pet foods. It has been on the register for 18 years 4 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £213.26K and 8 employees. Its confirmation statement is past the filing deadline shown on the registry record.
HORSE FIRST LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records HORSE FIRST LIMITED under one registered business activity: Manufacture of prepared pet foods (10.92 - SIC 2007).
HORSE FIRST LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 12/05/2008.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £213.26K, total assets of £328.42K, cash in bank of £50.91K and total liabilities of £115.16K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 12/11/2025: Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued, 10 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/10/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 03/09/2026, which has passed.
Companies House lists 10 officers (4 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (2 current).