Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/01/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 30/04/2025Due 31/01/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 30/04/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 30/04/2025
HUGH BLACK & SONS LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Block 3 Units 10/11, Whiteside Industrial Estate, Bathgate EH48 2RX
- Classification (SIC)
- Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores (47.22 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 22/01/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-01-19 with no updates
- 10/11/2025View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-04-30
- 23/01/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-01-19 with no updates
- 27/08/2024View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-04-30
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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.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
02/02/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 19/01/2026Due 02/02/2027
- Next statement date
- 19/01/2027
- Last statement dated
- 19/01/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures HUGH BLACK & SONS LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£527.08K2025
-32.19%vs 20242024: £777.24K
Total Assets
£1.24M2025
-22.72%vs 20242024: £1.61M
Cash in Bank
£396.37K2025
-15.03%vs 20242024: £466.46K
Total Liabilities
£561.74K2025
0.73%vs 20242024: £557.68K
Employees
1402025
0vs 20242024: 140
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Total assets moved furthest, down 22.72% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for HUGH BLACK & SONS LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through HUGH BLACK & SONS LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -24.2% 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 | 140 | 0 |
| 2024 | 140 | +1 |
| 2023 | 139 | 0 |
| 2022 | 139 | +4 |
| 2021 | 135 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 135 in 2021 to 140 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
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Officers
1Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 01/03/1992–Present | 4 |
Persons with significant control
5Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 3 | |
| 05/04/2016–29/03/2022 | 3 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 4 | |
| 05/04/2016–29/03/2022 | 4 | |
| 29/03/2022–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 12
- Since 11/11/2022
- Last 12 months
- 2
- +1 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 22/01/2026
- 8 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 22/01/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 10/11/2025
Filing timeline
- 22/01/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-01-19 with no updates
- 10/11/2025View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-04-30
- 23/01/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-01-19 with no updates
- 27/08/2024View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-04-30
- 24/01/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-01-19 with no updates
- 12/09/2023View PDF (12 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-04-30
- 26/01/2023View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-01-19 with updates
- 25/01/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Craig Alexander Black as a person with significant control on 2022-03-30
- 25/01/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Hugh Alexander Black as a person with significant control on 2022-03-30
- 25/01/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Burnhouse 2022 Limited as a person with significant control on 2022-03-30
- 22/01/2023View PDF (12 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2022-04-30
- 11/11/2022View PDF (12 pages)
Registration of charge SC1045370006, created on 2022-11-08
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About HUGH BLACK & SONS LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
HUGH BLACK & SONS LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Block 3 Units 10/11, Whiteside Industrial Estate, Bathgate EH48 2RX. Companies House classifies its business as Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores. It has been on the register for 39 years 4 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £527.08K and 140 employees.
HUGH BLACK & SONS LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records HUGH BLACK & SONS LIMITED under one registered business activity: Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores (47.22 - SIC 2007).
HUGH BLACK & SONS LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 07/05/1987.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £527.08K, total assets of £1.24M, cash in bank of £396.37K and total liabilities of £561.74K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 22/01/2026: Confirmation statement made on 2026-01-19 with no updates, 8 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/01/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 02/02/2027.
Companies House lists 1 officer and 5 people with significant control (3 current).