Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/06/2026Filing deadline
- Next accounts made up to
- 30/09/2025
- Last accounts made up to
- 30/09/2024
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Director's details changed for Deirdre Elizabeth Shorthouse on 2025-11-03
Change of details for Mr Leslie John Shorthouse as a person with significant control on 2025-11-03
Director's details changed for Mr Leslie John Shorthouse on 2025-11-03
Director's details changed for Deirdre Elizabeth Shorthouse on 2025-08-05
What Pre-Score will tell you

The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/06/2026Filing deadline
Confirms the registry record is up to date
The latest figures SHORTHOUSE & MARTIN LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
2023: £624.29K
Total Assets
2023: £997.18K
Cash in Bank
2023: £37.45K
Total Liabilities
2023: £340.86K
Employees
2023: 18
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Net assets moved furthest, down 10.37% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for SHORTHOUSE & MARTIN LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through SHORTHOUSE & MARTIN LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2024.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18 | 0 |
| 2023 | 18 | -2 |
| 2022 | 20 | -1 |
| 2021 | 21 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 21 in 2021 to 18 in 2024. 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.
Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 29/06/1999–04/07/1999 | 2 | |
| Director | 20/02/2003–03/12/2007 | 2 | |
| Nominee Secretary | 12/02/1992–17/02/1992 | 99601 | |
| Director | 01/08/1995–Present | 17 | |
| Director | 01/06/2016–30/09/2021 | 2 | |
| Director | 12/02/1992–31/07/1995 | 1 | |
| Secretary | 01/02/2000–01/11/2002 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 14/12/2007–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 20/02/2003–Present | 0 | |
| Secretary | 12/02/1992–31/07/1995 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 01/11/2002–13/12/2007 | 5 | |
| Director | 05/06/2023–Present | 0 | |
| Corporate Secretary | 01/08/1995–01/12/1998 | 0 |
Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 17 |
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
Director's details changed for Deirdre Elizabeth Shorthouse on 2025-11-03
Change of details for Mr Leslie John Shorthouse as a person with significant control on 2025-11-03
Director's details changed for Mr Leslie John Shorthouse on 2025-11-03
Director's details changed for Deirdre Elizabeth Shorthouse on 2025-08-05
Director's details changed for Mr Leslie John Shorthouse on 2025-08-05
Confirmation statement made on 2025-05-12 with updates
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-09-30
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-09-30
Confirmation statement made on 2024-05-12 with updates
Appointment of Miss Rebecca Gillett as a director on 2023-06-05
Director's details changed for Miss Rebecca Gillett on 2023-06-05
Confirmation statement made on 2023-05-12 with updates
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See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
SHORTHOUSE & MARTIN LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Worthy House, 14 Winchester Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 8UQ. Companies House classifies its business as Accounting and auditing activities. It has been on the register for 34 years 7 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £559.56K and 18 employees. Its accounts are past the filing deadline shown on the registry record.
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records SHORTHOUSE & MARTIN LIMITED under one registered business activity: Accounting and auditing activities (69.20/1 - SIC 2007).
SHORTHOUSE & MARTIN LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 17/02/1992.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £559.56K, total assets of £949.15K, cash in bank of £24.95K and total liabilities of £369.90K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 03/11/2025: Director's details changed for Deirdre Elizabeth Shorthouse on 2025-11-03, 10 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/06/2026, which has passed.
Companies House lists 13 officers (4 currently in post) and 1 person with significant control.