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
READ MOTOR BODY COMMERCIALS LTD
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Unit 3a West End Business Park, Blackburn Road Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, Lancashire BB5 4WE
- Classification (SIC)
- Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (45.20 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
Every document filed at Companies House for this company.
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Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-08-31
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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.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
16/08/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 02/08/2026Due 16/08/2027
- Next statement date
- 02/08/2027
- Last statement dated
- 02/08/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures READ MOTOR BODY COMMERCIALS LTD filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£223.56K2025
-3.51%vs 20242024: £231.71K
Total Assets
£301.45K2025
-18.59%vs 20242024: £370.28K
Cash in Bank
£221.40K2025
-26.96%vs 20242024: £303.11K
Total Liabilities
£77.88K2025
-43.80%vs 20242024: £138.57K
Employees
92025
0vs 20242024: 9
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 fell. Cash in bank moved furthest, down 26.96% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for READ MOTOR BODY COMMERCIALS LTD.
The full financial record
Four ways through READ MOTOR BODY COMMERCIALS LTD's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +18.3% 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 | 9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | -1 |
| 2023 | 10 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10 | +1 |
| 2021 | 9 | – |
Reported employee count was unchanged at 9 between 2021 and 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
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Officers
10Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 31/03/2003–21/01/2013 | 0 | |
| Nominee Director | 02/08/2002–02/08/2002 | 3105 | |
| Nominee Secretary | 02/08/2002–02/08/2002 | 5368 | |
| Secretary | 07/05/2013–01/09/2016 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 13/12/2004–10/11/2009 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 02/08/2002–13/12/2004 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 01/09/2016–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 11/08/2005–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 31/03/2003–16/12/2003 | 0 | |
| Director | 02/08/2002–14/10/2010 | 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 | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 1
- Since 27/05/2026
- Last 12 months
- 1
- Most recent filing
- 27/05/2026
- 4 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 27/05/2026
Filing timeline
- 27/05/2026View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-08-31
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About READ MOTOR BODY COMMERCIALS LTD
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
READ MOTOR BODY COMMERCIALS LTD is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Unit 3a West End Business Park, Blackburn Road Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, Lancashire BB5 4WE. Companies House classifies its business as Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles. It has been on the register for 24 years 2 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £223.56K and 9 employees.
READ MOTOR BODY COMMERCIALS LTD: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records READ MOTOR BODY COMMERCIALS LTD under one registered business activity: Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (45.20 - SIC 2007).
READ MOTOR BODY COMMERCIALS LTD is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 02/08/2002.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £223.56K, total assets of £301.45K, cash in bank of £221.40K and total liabilities of £77.88K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 27/05/2026: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-08-31, 4 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/05/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 16/08/2027.
Companies House lists 10 officers (2 currently in post) and 1 person with significant control.