Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/05/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/08/2025Due 31/05/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/08/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/08/2025
JOSEPH HUGHES & SONS LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Black Flag Works Pottery Street, Whitwood Mere, Castleford, West Yorkshire WF10 1NJ
- Classification (SIC)
- Freight transport by road (49.41 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 19/02/2026View PDF (3 pages)
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- 08/12/2025View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-08-31
- 13/11/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-13 with no updates
- 06/02/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-01-29 with no updates
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- Whether the filed accounts are strengthening or weakening year on year.
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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
27/11/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 13/11/2025Due 27/11/2026
- Next statement date
- 13/11/2026
- Last statement dated
- 13/11/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures JOSEPH HUGHES & SONS LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2023; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£643.19K2023
5.33%vs 20222022: £610.63K
Cash in Bank
£363.81K2023
49.23%vs 20222022: £243.79K
Employees
162023
0vs 20222022: 16
Of the 2 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 2 rose. Cash in bank moved furthest, up 49.23% on 2022. See the full financial analysis for JOSEPH HUGHES & SONS LIMITED.
The full financial record
Three ways through JOSEPH HUGHES & SONS LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +6.1% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2021–2023Every measure end to end across 2021, 2022 and 2023, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved3 chartsCharts by indicator3 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2023.Plot the figures5 × 3 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 3 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2023.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 16 | 0 |
| 2022 | 16 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16 | – |
Reported employee count was unchanged at 16 between 2021 and 2023. 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
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- Past performance
- Future prospects
Officers
6Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 13/03/2006–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 13/03/2006–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 13/03/2006–Present | 0 | |
| Secretary | 01/08/2004–03/02/2020 | 0 | |
| Director | 13/03/2006–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 13/03/2006–Present | 0 |
Persons with significant control
2Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/01/2020–Present | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–06/01/2020 | 0 |
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
- 3
- +1 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 19/02/2026
- 7 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 08/12/2025
- Confirmation statementLatest 13/11/2025
Filing timeline
- 19/02/2026View PDF (3 pages)
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- 08/12/2025View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-08-31
- 13/11/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-13 with no updates
- 06/02/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-01-29 with no updates
- 06/12/2024View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-08-31
- 25/04/2024View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-08-31
- 29/01/2024View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-01-29 with updates
- 02/02/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-01-29 with no updates
- 29/01/2023View PDF (15 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2022-08-31
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About JOSEPH HUGHES & SONS LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
JOSEPH HUGHES & SONS LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Black Flag Works Pottery Street, Whitwood Mere, Castleford, West Yorkshire WF10 1NJ. Companies House classifies its business as Freight transport by road. It has been on the register for 68 years 10 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2023 accounts report net assets of £643.19K and 16 employees.
JOSEPH HUGHES & SONS LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records JOSEPH HUGHES & SONS LIMITED under one registered business activity: Freight transport by road (49.41 - SIC 2007).
JOSEPH HUGHES & SONS LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 18/11/1957.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2023 and report net assets of £643.19K and cash in bank of £363.81K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 19/02/2026, 7 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/05/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 27/11/2026.
Companies House lists 6 officers (5 currently in post) and 2 people with significant control (1 current).