Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/01/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 30/04/2025Due 31/01/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 30/04/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 30/04/2025
THE ACTIVE SPRING COMPANY LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Sibleys Green, Thaxted, Dunmow, Essex CM6 2NU
- Classification (3 SIC codes)
- Manufacture of wire products chain and springs (25.93 - SIC 2007)Engineering design activities for industrial process and production (71.12/1 - SIC 2007)specialised design activities (74.10 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 20/01/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr James Douglas Francis Crane on 2026-01-20
- 20/01/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr James Douglas Francis Crane as a person with significant control on 2026-01-20
- 19/01/2026View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-04-30
- 05/11/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-21 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.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
04/11/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 21/10/2025Due 04/11/2026
- Next statement date
- 21/10/2026
- Last statement dated
- 21/10/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures THE ACTIVE SPRING COMPANY LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£377.54K2025
9.91%vs 20242024: £343.51K
Total Assets
£2.87M2025
-3.96%vs 20242024: £2.99M
Cash in Bank
£245.61K2025
-20.61%vs 20242024: £309.38K
Total Liabilities
£757.40K2025
-15.69%vs 20242024: £898.31K
Employees
322025
+1vs 20242024: 31
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Total liabilities moved furthest, down 15.69% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for THE ACTIVE SPRING COMPANY LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through THE ACTIVE SPRING COMPANY LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +31.3% 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 | 32 | +1 |
| 2024 | 31 | +7 |
| 2023 | 24 | -12 |
| 2022 | 36 | -3 |
| 2021 | 39 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 39 in 2021 to 32 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 | 01/04/2001–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 05/07/1996–31/10/1999 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 01/04/2002–25/02/2022 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/04/2002–25/02/2022 | 5 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 05/04/2016–Present | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–25/02/2022 | 5 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 12
- Since 04/11/2022
- Last 12 months
- 4
- +2 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 20/01/2026
- 8 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Officer changes (2)Latest 20/01/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 19/01/2026
- Confirmation statementLatest 05/11/2025
Filing timeline
- 20/01/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr James Douglas Francis Crane on 2026-01-20
- 20/01/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr James Douglas Francis Crane as a person with significant control on 2026-01-20
- 19/01/2026View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-04-30
- 05/11/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-21 with no updates
- 21/01/2025View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-04-30
- 04/11/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-10-21 with no updates
- 25/01/2024View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-04-30
- 27/10/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-10-27 with updates
- 20/10/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-10-20 with no updates
- 29/01/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr James Douglas Francis Crane as a person with significant control on 2023-01-03
- 18/01/2023View PDF (8 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2022-04-30
- 04/11/2022View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2022-10-20 with updates
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About THE ACTIVE SPRING COMPANY LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
THE ACTIVE SPRING COMPANY LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Sibleys Green, Thaxted, Dunmow, Essex CM6 2NU. Companies House classifies its business as Manufacture of wire products chain and springs, one of 3 SIC classifications on its record. It has been on the register for 44 years 10 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £377.54K and 32 employees.
THE ACTIVE SPRING COMPANY LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records THE ACTIVE SPRING COMPANY LIMITED under 3 registered business activities: Manufacture of wire products chain and springs (25.93 - SIC 2007), Engineering design activities for industrial process and production (71.12/1 - SIC 2007) and specialised design activities (74.10 - SIC 2007).
THE ACTIVE SPRING COMPANY LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 20/11/1981.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £377.54K, total assets of £2.87M, cash in bank of £245.61K and total liabilities of £757.40K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 20/01/2026: Director's details changed for Mr James Douglas Francis Crane on 2026-01-20, 8 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/01/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 04/11/2026.
Companies House lists 4 officers (1 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (2 current).