Annual accounts
Unaudited abridged accounts
30/09/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 31/12/2025Due 30/09/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 30/12/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
THE GUN TRADE ASSOCIATION LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Coastwise House, 17 Liverpool Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 1SU
- Classification (SIC)
- Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c. (94.99 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Unaudited abridged
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 05/03/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of David Ian Stapley as a director on 2026-02-20
- 05/03/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-02-21 with no updates
- 08/12/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Samuel Perry as a director on 2025-12-05
- 05/12/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Edward Peter King on 2025-10-22
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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
07/03/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 21/02/2026Due 07/03/2027
- Next statement date
- 21/02/2027
- Last statement dated
- 21/02/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures THE GUN TRADE ASSOCIATION LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£11.18K2025
-71.14%vs 20242024: £38.72K
Total Assets
£42.48K2025
-20.45%vs 20242024: £53.41K
Cash in Bank
£37.52K2025
-2.82%vs 20242024: £38.61K
Total Liabilities
£31.31K2025
113.19%vs 20242024: £14.69K
Employees
32025
-1vs 20242024: 4
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Net assets moved furthest, down 71.14% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for THE GUN TRADE ASSOCIATION LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through THE GUN TRADE ASSOCIATION LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -58.6% 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 | 3 | -1 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | -1 |
| 2021 | 5 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 5 in 2021 to 3 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
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Officers
47Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 14/05/2009–07/08/2019 | 1 | |
| Director | 15/07/2009–07/08/2019 | 5 | |
| Director | 07/04/1998–10/10/2022 | 5 | |
| Director | 14/06/1999–10/04/2003 | 2 | |
| Director | 30/03/1995–23/03/2011 | 0 | |
| Director | 24/03/1994–10/01/2003 | 0 | |
| Director | 14/06/1999–30/03/2001 | 0 | |
| Director | 25/03/1993–15/09/1998 | 0 | |
| Director | 14/06/1999–27/05/2015 | 1 | |
| Director | 25/04/2000–10/04/2002 | 1 | |
| Director | 14/04/2021–Present | 2 | |
| Director | 28/03/1996–25/04/2001 | 4 | |
| Director | 14/05/2009–13/03/2020 | 2 | |
| Director | 25/03/1993–25/02/2002 | 4 | |
| Director | 30/01/2019–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 25/03/1993–07/04/1998 | 1 | |
| Director | 19/09/2025–Present | 9 | |
| Director | 07/04/1998–20/02/2023 | 1 | |
| Secretary | 01/11/1991–30/06/1994 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 01/07/1994–31/12/1999 | 1 | |
| Secretary | 12/07/2018–10/03/2025 | 0 | |
| Director | 26/03/1993–25/04/2000 | 0 | |
| Director | 25/04/2000–01/08/2018 | 0 | |
| Director | 15/07/2009–15/05/2013 | 3 | |
| Director | 25/03/1993–27/05/2015 | 4 | |
| Director | 10/03/2025–20/03/2025 | 7 | |
| Director | 23/03/2006–20/07/2018 | 9 | |
| Secretary | 20/03/2025–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 07/04/1998–Present | 7 | |
| Director | 19/05/2014–26/11/2018 | 5 | |
| Director | 12/05/2011–27/05/2015 | 14 | |
| Director | 23/06/2025–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 31/10/2022–Present | 3 | |
| Director | 12/05/2011–20/02/2026 | 4 | |
| Director | 22/10/2019–Present | 6 | |
| Director | 27/05/2015–Present | 12 | |
| Director | 27/05/2015–13/03/2020 | 39 | |
| Director | 19/08/2025–Present | 15 | |
| Director | 16/02/2023–Present | 3 | |
| Director | 13/03/2020–23/06/2025 | 3 | |
| Director | 25/04/2000–10/04/2003 | 2 | |
| Director | 25/04/2000–01/03/2011 | 0 | |
| Director | 13/03/2020–15/07/2025 | 22 | |
| Director | 05/12/2025–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 30/09/2025–Present | 8 | |
| Director | 22/01/2023–Present | 0 | |
| Secretary | 01/01/2000–12/07/2018 | 2 |
Persons with significant control
1Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 21/02/2017–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 35
- Since 18/10/2022
- Last 12 months
- 17
- +8 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 05/03/2026
- 6 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Officer changes (15)Latest 05/03/2026
- Confirmation statementLatest 05/03/2026
- Registered officeLatest 14/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 05/03/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of David Ian Stapley as a director on 2026-02-20
- 05/03/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-02-21 with no updates
- 08/12/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Appointment of Mr Samuel Perry as a director on 2025-12-05
- 05/12/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Edward Peter King on 2025-10-22
- 05/12/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Ms Rebecca Mary Draper on 2025-11-06
- 05/12/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr David Ian Stapley on 2025-10-14
- 14/10/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mrs Samantha Emma Ravenhill Macarthur on 2025-10-14
- 14/10/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Simon Kerr Barr on 2025-10-14
- 14/10/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr John Steven Henderson on 2025-10-14
- 14/10/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Registered office address changed from The Gun Trade Association Ltd Bisley Camp Brookwood Woking GU24 0PB England to Coastwise House 17 Liverpool Road Worthing West Sussex BN11 1SU on 2025-10-14
- 14/10/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Nils Bjorn Oskar Waktare on 2025-10-14
- 14/10/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Secretary's details changed for Mr Stephen William Jolly on 2025-10-14
Showing 12 of 35 filings
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About THE GUN TRADE ASSOCIATION LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
THE GUN TRADE ASSOCIATION LIMITED is a private limited by guarantee without share capital registered in the United Kingdom, based in Coastwise House, 17 Liverpool Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 1SU. Companies House classifies its business as Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.. It has been on the register for 113 years 10 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £11.18K and 3 employees.
THE GUN TRADE ASSOCIATION LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records THE GUN TRADE ASSOCIATION LIMITED under one registered business activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c. (94.99 - SIC 2007).
THE GUN TRADE ASSOCIATION LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 20/11/1912.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £11.18K, total assets of £42.48K, cash in bank of £37.52K and total liabilities of £31.31K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 05/03/2026: Termination of appointment of David Ian Stapley as a director on 2026-02-20, 6 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 07/03/2027.
Companies House lists 47 officers (14 currently in post) and 1 person with significant control.