Annual accounts
Small accounts
31/01/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/01/2024Due 31/01/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/01/2025
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/01/2024
SWALLOW AQUATICS (COLCHESTER) LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- 7 - 8 Britannia Business Park, Comet Way, Southend On Sea, Essex SS2 6GE
- Classification (SIC)
- Retail sale of flowers plants seeds fertilizers pet animals and pet food in specialised stores (47.76 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Small
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 02/03/2026View PDF (24 pages)
Registration of charge 035916330002, created on 2026-02-23
- 26/11/2025View PDF (8 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2024-01-31
- 14/10/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-07-02 with no updates
- 06/08/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-07-02 with no updates
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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.
245 days overdue
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
16/07/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 02/07/2025Due 16/07/2026
- Next statement date
- 02/07/2026
- Last statement dated
- 02/07/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures SWALLOW AQUATICS (COLCHESTER) LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£-689.38K2024
-72.31%vs 20232023: £-400.09K
Total Assets
£30.20K2024
-57.49%vs 20232023: £71.05K
Cash in Bank
£596.002024
-92.28%vs 20232023: £7.73K
Total Liabilities
£719.59K2024
52.73%vs 20232023: £471.15K
Employees
12024
-56vs 20232023: 57
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Net assets moved furthest, down 72.31% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for SWALLOW AQUATICS (COLCHESTER) LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through SWALLOW AQUATICS (COLCHESTER) LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Cash in Bank · -75.5% 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 | 1 | -56 |
| 2023 | 57 | +1 |
| 2022 | 56 | 0 |
| 2021 | 56 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 56 in 2021 to 1 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.
- Company potential
- Risk indicators
- Past performance
- Future prospects
Officers
6Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Secretary | 02/07/1998–15/02/2000 | 90 | |
| Director | 06/04/2000–Present | 10 | |
| Director | 02/07/1998–Present | 10 | |
| Corporate Director | 02/07/1998–02/07/1998 | 15 | |
| Secretary | 15/02/2000–Present | 4 | |
| Director | 02/07/1998–31/08/2014 | 4 |
Persons with significant control
1Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 02/07/2016–Present | 3 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 12
- Since 31/10/2022
- Last 12 months
- 3
- Most recent filing
- 02/03/2026
- 7 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Charges and mortgagesLatest 02/03/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 26/11/2025
- Confirmation statementLatest 14/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 02/03/2026View PDF (24 pages)
Registration of charge 035916330002, created on 2026-02-23
- 26/11/2025View PDF (8 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2024-01-31
- 14/10/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-07-02 with no updates
- 06/08/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-07-02 with no updates
- 08/06/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued
- 05/06/2024View PDF (8 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2023-01-31
- 14/05/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Compulsory strike-off action has been suspended
- 02/04/2024View PDF (1 pages)
First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off
- 08/01/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Meldongreen Limited as a person with significant control on 2023-12-18
- 19/12/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from 1 Nelson Street Southend on Sea Essex SS1 1EG to 7 - 8 Britannia Business Park Comet Way Southend on Sea Essex SS2 6GE on 2023-12-19
- 17/07/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-07-02 with no updates
- 31/10/2022View PDF (8 pages)
Accounts for a small company made up to 2022-01-31
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About SWALLOW AQUATICS (COLCHESTER) LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
SWALLOW AQUATICS (COLCHESTER) LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 7 - 8 Britannia Business Park, Comet Way, Southend On Sea, Essex SS2 6GE. Companies House classifies its business as Retail sale of flowers plants seeds fertilizers pet animals and pet food in specialised stores. It has been on the register for 28 years 3 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £-689.38K and 1 employee. Its accounts and its confirmation statement are past the filing deadline shown on the registry record.
SWALLOW AQUATICS (COLCHESTER) LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records SWALLOW AQUATICS (COLCHESTER) LIMITED under one registered business activity: Retail sale of flowers plants seeds fertilizers pet animals and pet food in specialised stores (47.76 - SIC 2007).
SWALLOW AQUATICS (COLCHESTER) LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 02/07/1998.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £-689.38K, total assets of £30.20K, cash in bank of £596.00 and total liabilities of £719.59K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 02/03/2026: Registration of charge 035916330002, created on 2026-02-23, 7 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/01/2026, which has passed and the next confirmation statement is due by 16/07/2026, which has passed.
Companies House lists 6 officers (3 currently in post) and 1 person with significant control.