Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/03/2025Due 31/12/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/03/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/03/2025
THE LIGHT AIRCRAFT COMPANY LTD
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- 23 Market Place, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 9BS
- Classification (SIC)
- Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery (30.30 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Pre-Score for UK companies is coming soon
- 11/03/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-02-26 with updates
- 11/03/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Paul Richard Hendry-Smith as a person with significant control on 2025-11-28
- 11/12/2025View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 18/08/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Henry Ivor Smith as a person with significant control on 2025-07-27
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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.
Due in 90 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
12/03/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 26/02/2026Due 12/03/2027
- Next statement date
- 26/02/2027
- Last statement dated
- 26/02/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures THE LIGHT AIRCRAFT COMPANY LTD filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2023; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£1.20M2023
25.66%vs 20222022: £955.28K
Cash in Bank
£520.84K2023
-9.87%vs 20222022: £577.89K
Employees
182023
+1vs 20222022: 17
Of the 2 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 1 fell. Net assets moved furthest, up 25.66% on 2022. See the full financial analysis for THE LIGHT AIRCRAFT COMPANY LTD.
The full financial record
Three ways through THE LIGHT AIRCRAFT COMPANY LTD's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +16% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2021–2023Every measure end to end across 2021, 2022 and 2023, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved3 chartsCharts by indicator3 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2023.Plot the figures5 × 3 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 3 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2023.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 18 | +1 |
| 2022 | 17 | +3 |
| 2021 | 14 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 14 in 2021 to 18 in 2023. 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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Officers
5Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 26/02/1997–27/07/2025 | 5 | |
| Director | 26/02/1997–Present | 1 | |
| Nominee Secretary | 25/02/1997–25/02/1997 | 97866 | |
| Secretary | 26/02/1997–Present | 2 | |
| Director | 26/02/1997–Present | 5 |
Persons with significant control
4Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 26/02/2017–27/07/2025 | 5 | |
| 26/02/2017–Present | 5 | |
| 26/02/2017–Present | 5 | |
| 26/02/2017–Present | 1 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 15
- Since 25/11/2022
- Last 12 months
- 3
- -1 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 11/03/2026
- 6 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 11/03/2026
- Officer changesLatest 11/03/2026
- Accounts filedLatest 11/12/2025
Filing timeline
- 11/03/2026View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2026-02-26 with updates
- 11/03/2026View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Paul Richard Hendry-Smith as a person with significant control on 2025-11-28
- 11/12/2025View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 18/08/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Henry Ivor Smith as a person with significant control on 2025-07-27
- 18/08/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Henry Ivor Smith as a director on 2025-07-27
- 28/02/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-02-26 with no updates
- 17/12/2024View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 08/03/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-02-26 with no updates
- 24/11/2023View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 27/03/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Paul Richard Hendry-Smith on 2023-03-24
- 27/03/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mrs Beryl Jean Smith on 2023-03-24
- 27/03/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Secretary's details changed for Mrs Beryl Jean Smith on 2023-03-24
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About THE LIGHT AIRCRAFT COMPANY LTD
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
THE LIGHT AIRCRAFT COMPANY LTD is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 23 Market Place, Fakenham, Norfolk NR21 9BS. Companies House classifies its business as Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery. It has been on the register for 29 years 7 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2023 accounts report net assets of £1.20M and 18 employees.
THE LIGHT AIRCRAFT COMPANY LTD: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records THE LIGHT AIRCRAFT COMPANY LTD under one registered business activity: Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery (30.30 - SIC 2007).
THE LIGHT AIRCRAFT COMPANY LTD is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 26/02/1997.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2023 and report net assets of £1.20M and cash in bank of £520.84K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 11/03/2026: Confirmation statement made on 2026-02-26 with updates, 6 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 12/03/2027.
Companies House lists 5 officers (3 currently in post) and 4 people with significant control (3 current).