Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full 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
STEPHEN A. SIMS (CARS) LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Stephen A Sims (Cars) Limited, Mcmullen Road, Darlington, County Durham DL1 1XT
- Classification (SIC)
- Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles (45.11/1 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 14/04/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-04-04 with no updates
- 16/09/2025View PDF (13 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 14/04/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-04-04 with no updates
- 08/04/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Stephen Andrew Sims as a person with significant control on 2016-04-07
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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
18/04/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 04/04/2026Due 18/04/2027
- Next statement date
- 04/04/2027
- Last statement dated
- 04/04/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures STEPHEN A. SIMS (CARS) LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£1.11M2024
2.37%vs 20232023: £1.09M
Total Assets
£5.24M2024
1.18%vs 20232023: £5.17M
Cash in Bank
£1.30K2024
16.07%vs 20232023: £1.12K
Total Liabilities
£2.53M2024
1.26%vs 20232023: £2.50M
Employees
282024
+2vs 20232023: 26
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 rose. Total assets moved furthest, up 1.18% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for STEPHEN A. SIMS (CARS) LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through STEPHEN A. SIMS (CARS) LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +0.9% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2022–2024Every measure end to end across 2022, 2023 and 2024, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2024.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 × 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 2021–2024.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28 | +2 |
| 2023 | 26 | 0 |
| 2022 | 26 | +1 |
| 2021 | 25 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 25 in 2021 to 28 in 2024. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
3Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 08/11/2022–Present | 2 | |
| Secretary | 14/02/1992–01/01/2017 | 3 | |
| Secretary | 01/01/2017–Present | 0 |
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 | 12 | |
| 07/04/2016–Present | 0 | |
| 07/04/2016–07/04/2016 | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 13
- Since 20/10/2022
- Last 12 months
- 1
- -4 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 14/04/2026
- 5 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 14/04/2026
Filing timeline
- 14/04/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-04-04 with no updates
- 16/09/2025View PDF (13 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 14/04/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-04-04 with no updates
- 08/04/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Stephen Andrew Sims as a person with significant control on 2016-04-07
- 08/04/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Stephen Andrew Sims as a person with significant control on 2016-04-06
- 28/03/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Stephen Andrew Sims as a person with significant control on 2016-04-07
- 17/07/2024View PDF (13 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-12-31
- 11/04/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-04-04 with no updates
- 21/09/2023View PDF (13 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2022-12-31
- 18/04/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-04-04 with no updates
- 08/11/2022View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Stuart Bromley as a director on 2022-11-08
- 20/10/2022View PDF (22 pages)
Memorandum and Articles of Association
Showing 12 of 13 filings
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About STEPHEN A. SIMS (CARS) LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
STEPHEN A. SIMS (CARS) LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Stephen A Sims (Cars) Limited, Mcmullen Road, Darlington, County Durham DL1 1XT. Companies House classifies its business as Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles. It has been on the register for 36 years.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £1.11M and 28 employees.
STEPHEN A. SIMS (CARS) LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records STEPHEN A. SIMS (CARS) LIMITED under one registered business activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles (45.11/1 - SIC 2007).
STEPHEN A. SIMS (CARS) LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 07/09/1990.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £1.11M, total assets of £5.24M, cash in bank of £1.30K and total liabilities of £2.53M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 14/04/2026: Confirmation statement made on 2026-04-04 with no updates, 5 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 18/04/2027.
Companies House lists 3 officers (2 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (2 current).