Annual accounts
Medium accounts
30/09/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/12/2025Due 30/09/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
RICHARD PRESTON & SON LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Potto, Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL6 3HX
- Classification (SIC)
- Freight transport by road (49.41 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Medium
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 20/08/2026View PDF (25 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2025-12-31
- 29/09/2025View PDF (25 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2024-12-31
- 18/08/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-08-14 with no updates
- 16/09/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Second filing of Confirmation Statement dated 2024-08-14
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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
28/08/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 14/08/2026Due 28/08/2027
- Next statement date
- 14/08/2027
- Last statement dated
- 14/08/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures RICHARD PRESTON & SON LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2022–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£7.39M2025
0.16%vs 20242024: £7.38M
Total Assets
£25.18M2025
-0.28%vs 20242024: £25.26M
Cash in Bank
£1.02M2025
-7.79%vs 20242024: £1.10M
Total Liabilities
£7.19M2025
-1.64%vs 20242024: £7.31M
Employees
1412025
-1vs 20242024: 142
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Total liabilities moved furthest, down 1.64% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for RICHARD PRESTON & SON LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through RICHARD PRESTON & SON 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, 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, 2022–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures5 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 4 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 4 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2022–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 141 | -1 |
| 2024 | 142 | -7 |
| 2023 | 149 | +6 |
| 2022 | 143 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 143 in 2022 to 141 in 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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- Past performance
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Officers
4Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 28/01/2019–Present | 7 | |
| Director | 04/03/1992–14/03/2019 | 3 | |
| Director | 14/03/2019–28/02/2020 | 1 | |
| Director | 28/01/2019–Present | 4 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 4 | |
| 06/04/2016–30/11/2023 | 4 | |
| 30/11/2023–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 13
- Since 02/08/2023
- Last 12 months
- 1
- -1 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 20/08/2026
- 1 month ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 20/08/2026
Filing timeline
- 20/08/2026View PDF (25 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2025-12-31
- 29/09/2025View PDF (25 pages)
Accounts for a medium company made up to 2024-12-31
- 18/08/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-08-14 with no updates
- 16/09/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Second filing of Confirmation Statement dated 2024-08-14
- 28/08/2024View PDF (6 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-08-14 with updates
- 22/08/2024View PDF (24 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2023-12-31
- 30/01/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Satisfaction of charge 009671650014 in full
- 05/12/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Anne Preston Mbe as a person with significant control on 2023-11-30
- 05/12/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Potto Group Limited as a person with significant control on 2023-11-30
- 28/09/2023View PDF (30 pages)
Group of companies' accounts made up to 2022-12-31
- 17/08/2023View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-08-14 with updates
- 02/08/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Resolutions
Showing 12 of 13 filings
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About RICHARD PRESTON & SON LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
RICHARD PRESTON & SON LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Potto, Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL6 3HX. Companies House classifies its business as Freight transport by road. It has been on the register for 56 years 10 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £7.39M and 141 employees.
RICHARD PRESTON & SON LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records RICHARD PRESTON & SON LIMITED under one registered business activity: Freight transport by road (49.41 - SIC 2007).
RICHARD PRESTON & SON LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 28/11/1969.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £7.39M, total assets of £25.18M, cash in bank of £1.02M and total liabilities of £7.19M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 20/08/2026: Accounts for a medium company made up to 2025-12-31, 1 month ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 28/08/2027.
Companies House lists 4 officers (2 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (2 current).