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
J. BRAKE & SON LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Brakes Motor Company, Station Road, Ilminster, Somerset TA19 9BQ
- Classification (4 SIC codes)
- Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles (45.11/1 - SIC 2007)Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (45.11/2 - SIC 2007)Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (45.20 - SIC 2007)Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories (45.32 - 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
- 05/02/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-01-28 with no updates
- 30/10/2025View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-01-31
- 28/01/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-01-28 with no updates
- 04/06/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-01-31
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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
11/02/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 28/01/2026Due 11/02/2027
- Next statement date
- 28/01/2027
- Last statement dated
- 28/01/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures J. BRAKE & SON LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£859.86K2025
-26.96%vs 20242024: £1.18M
Total Assets
£964.03K2025
11.26%vs 20242024: £866.44K
Cash in Bank
£395.002025
-99.46%vs 20242024: £73.64K
Total Liabilities
£1.11M2021
First reported yearEmployees
242025
-2vs 20242024: 26
Of the 3 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 2 fell. Net assets moved furthest, down 26.96% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for J. BRAKE & SON LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through J. BRAKE & SON LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -14% 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 | 24 | -2 |
| 2024 | 26 | -1 |
| 2023 | 27 | +3 |
| 2022 | 24 | 0 |
| 2021 | 24 | – |
Reported employee count was unchanged at 24 between 2021 and 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
13Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 01/02/1999–Present | 1 | |
| Secretary | 22/03/2012–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 01/11/2015–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 21/01/1997–01/06/2011 | 0 | |
| Director | 21/01/1997–20/10/2004 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/02/1999–06/02/2006 | 0 | |
| Director | 21/01/1997–15/02/2011 | 0 | |
| Nominee Secretary | 21/01/1997–21/01/1997 | 976 | |
| Nominee Director | 21/01/1997–21/01/1997 | 890 | |
| Director | 21/01/1997–15/02/2011 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 21/01/1997–01/02/1999 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 01/02/1999–22/03/2012 | 0 | |
| Director | 27/02/2024–Present | 0 |
Persons with significant control
1Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 1 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 9
- Since 29/01/2023
- Last 12 months
- 2
- +1 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 05/02/2026
- 7 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 05/02/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 30/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 05/02/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-01-28 with no updates
- 30/10/2025View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-01-31
- 28/01/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-01-28 with no updates
- 04/06/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-01-31
- 21/05/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Register inspection address has been changed from Hendford Manor Yeovil Somerset BA20 1UN England to Albert Goodman Lupin Way Yeovil Somerset BA22 8WW
- 11/03/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Lauren Michele Lanfranchi as a director on 2024-02-27
- 29/01/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-01-28 with no updates
- 24/08/2023View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-01-31
- 29/01/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-01-28 with no updates
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About J. BRAKE & SON LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
J. BRAKE & SON LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Brakes Motor Company, Station Road, Ilminster, Somerset TA19 9BQ. Companies House classifies its business as Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles, one of 4 SIC classifications on its record. It has been on the register for 29 years 8 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £859.86K and 24 employees.
J. BRAKE & SON LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records J. BRAKE & SON LIMITED under 4 registered business activities: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles (45.11/1 - SIC 2007), Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (45.11/2 - SIC 2007), Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (45.20 - SIC 2007) and Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories (45.32 - SIC 2007).
J. BRAKE & SON LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 21/01/1997.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £859.86K, total assets of £964.03K, cash in bank of £395.00 and total liabilities of £1.11M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 05/02/2026: Confirmation statement made on 2026-01-28 with no updates, 7 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/10/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 11/02/2027.
Companies House lists 13 officers (4 currently in post) and 1 person with significant control.