Annual accounts
Small accounts
31/08/2025Filing deadline
Made up to 31/08/2023Due 31/08/2025
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/08/2024
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/08/2023
MERIT COURIERS LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Merit House Whitewall Road, Medway City Estate, Rochester ME2 4WS
- Classification (SIC)
- Unlicensed carriers (53.20/2 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Small
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 15/07/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Voluntary strike-off action has been suspended
- 09/07/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Satisfaction of charge 109221710001 in full
- 03/06/2025View PDF (1 pages)
First Gazette notice for voluntary strike-off
- 21/05/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Application to strike the company off the register
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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.
398 days overdue
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
31/08/2025Filing deadline
Last statement 17/08/2024Due 31/08/2025
- Next statement date
- 17/08/2025
- Last statement dated
- 17/08/2024
Financial performance
The latest figures MERIT COURIERS LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2023; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£-6.82K2023
-164.99%vs 20222022: £10.49K
Total Assets
£35.37K2023
-89.85%vs 20222022: £348.33K
Cash in Bank
£208.002023
-98.57%vs 20222022: £14.59K
Total Liabilities
£42.19K2023
-82.80%vs 20222022: £245.20K
Employees
72023
-2vs 20222022: 9
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 fell. Total assets moved furthest, down 89.85% on 2022. See the full financial analysis for MERIT COURIERS LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through MERIT COURIERS LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Cash in Bank · -80.6% 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 moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2023.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 × 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 | 7 | -2 |
| 2022 | 9 | -2 |
| 2021 | 11 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 11 in 2021 to 7 in 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
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Officers
6Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 18/08/2017–Present | 14 | |
| Director | 18/08/2017–Present | 15 | |
| Director | 18/08/2017–Present | 14 | |
| Director | 18/08/2017–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 18/08/2017–Present | 20 | |
| Secretary | 20/06/2023–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 14
- Since 08/11/2022
- Last 12 months
- 0
- -7 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 15/07/2025
- 1 year 2 months ago
Filing timeline
- 15/07/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Voluntary strike-off action has been suspended
- 09/07/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Satisfaction of charge 109221710001 in full
- 03/06/2025View PDF (1 pages)
First Gazette notice for voluntary strike-off
- 21/05/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Application to strike the company off the register
- 06/11/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued
- 05/11/2024View PDF (1 pages)
First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off
- 05/11/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-08-17 with no updates
- 30/08/2024View PDF (16 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2023-08-31
- 17/08/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-08-17 with no updates
- 20/06/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Steven Peter Weekes as a secretary on 2023-06-20
- 10/06/2023View PDF (13 pages)
Amended accounts for a small company made up to 2021-08-31
- 31/05/2023View PDF (16 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2022-08-31
Showing 12 of 14 filings
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About MERIT COURIERS LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
MERIT COURIERS LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Merit House Whitewall Road, Medway City Estate, Rochester ME2 4WS. Companies House classifies its business as Unlicensed carriers. It has been on the register for 9 years 1 month.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2023 accounts report net assets of £-6.82K and 7 employees. Its accounts and its confirmation statement are past the filing deadline shown on the registry record.
MERIT COURIERS LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records MERIT COURIERS LIMITED under one registered business activity: Unlicensed carriers (53.20/2 - SIC 2007).
MERIT COURIERS LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 18/08/2017.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2023 and report net assets of £-6.82K, total assets of £35.37K, cash in bank of £208.00 and total liabilities of £42.19K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 15/07/2025: Voluntary strike-off action has been suspended, 1 year 2 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/08/2025, which has passed and the next confirmation statement is due by 31/08/2025, which has passed.
Companies House lists 6 officers and 0 people with significant control.