Annual accounts
Unaudited abridged accounts
30/04/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/07/2025Due 30/04/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/07/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/07/2025
L.DARBY & SON LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Torrington Ave, Coventry, West Midlands CV4 9SX
- Classification (SIC)
- Plumbing heat and air-conditioning installation (43.22 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Unaudited abridged
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 30/04/2026View PDF (9 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2025-07-31
- 16/12/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-09 with no updates
- 30/04/2025View PDF (8 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2024-07-31
- 18/12/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-12-09 with no updates
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What Pre-Score will tell you
- 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
23/12/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 09/12/2025Due 23/12/2026
- Next statement date
- 09/12/2026
- Last statement dated
- 09/12/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures L.DARBY & SON LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£1.45M2025
1.96%vs 20242024: £1.42M
Total Assets
£3.00M2025
6.30%vs 20242024: £2.82M
Cash in Bank
£776.28K2025
-28.44%vs 20242024: £1.08M
Total Liabilities
£1.55M2025
10.69%vs 20242024: £1.40M
Employees
162025
+2vs 20242024: 14
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 3 rose and 1 fell. Cash in bank moved furthest, down 28.44% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for L.DARBY & SON LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through L.DARBY & SON LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +9.3% 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 | 16 | +2 |
| 2024 | 14 | -1 |
| 2023 | 15 | -1 |
| 2022 | 16 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16 | – |
Reported employee count was unchanged at 16 between 2021 and 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
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Officers
12Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Secretary | 29/02/2008–30/11/2010 | 35 | |
| Director | 30/11/2010–01/06/2015 | 4 | |
| Director | 29/02/2008–30/06/2008 | 7 | |
| Director | 29/02/2008–30/06/2008 | 11 | |
| Director | 30/11/2010–Present | 2 | |
| Director | 29/02/2008–30/11/2010 | 1 | |
| Secretary | 01/12/2021–Present | 0 | |
| Secretary | 02/01/2014–30/11/2021 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 17/07/2004–29/02/2008 | 0 | |
| Director | 10/07/2008–30/11/2010 | 0 | |
| Director | 21/05/2008–30/11/2010 | 0 | |
| Director | 19/04/2023–Present | 1 |
Persons with significant control
1Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 09/12/2016–Present | 2 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 127
- Since 09/07/1956
- Last 12 months
- 2
- Same as the year before (2)
- Most recent filing
- 30/04/2026
- 5 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 30/04/2026
- Confirmation statementLatest 16/12/2025
Filing timeline
- 30/04/2026View PDF (9 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2025-07-31
- 16/12/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-09 with no updates
- 30/04/2025View PDF (8 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2024-07-31
- 18/12/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-12-09 with no updates
- 30/07/2024View PDF (8 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2023-07-31
- 12/12/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-12-09 with no updates
- 28/04/2023View PDF (9 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2022-07-31
- 19/04/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Christopher James Horton as a director on 2023-04-19
- 13/12/2022View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2022-12-09 with updates
- 17/08/2022View PDF (91 pages)
Registration of charge 005686840005, created on 2022-08-17
- 29/07/2022View PDF (9 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2021-07-31
- 13/12/2021View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Roslyn Chrichlow as a secretary on 2021-11-30
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About L.DARBY & SON LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
L.DARBY & SON LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Torrington Ave, Coventry, West Midlands CV4 9SX. Companies House classifies its business as Plumbing heat and air-conditioning installation. It has been on the register for 70 years 2 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £1.45M and 16 employees.
L.DARBY & SON LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records L.DARBY & SON LIMITED under one registered business activity: Plumbing heat and air-conditioning installation (43.22 - SIC 2007).
L.DARBY & SON LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 09/07/1956.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £1.45M, total assets of £3.00M, cash in bank of £776.28K and total liabilities of £1.55M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 30/04/2026: Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2025-07-31, 5 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/04/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 23/12/2026.
Companies House lists 12 officers (3 currently in post) and 1 person with significant control.