Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/04/2026Filing deadline
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/07/2025
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/07/2024
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-07-31
Termination of appointment of William Gordon Southcott as a director on 2025-12-08
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement made on 2025-08-14 with no updates
What Pre-Score will tell you

The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/04/2026Filing deadline
Confirms the registry record is up to date
The latest figures THORNTON SHIPBROKERS LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
2024: £2.97M
Total Assets
2024: £3.09M
Cash in Bank
2024: £1.05M
Total Liabilities
2024: £118.86K
Employees
2024: 4
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Cash in bank moved furthest, down 66.66% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for THORNTON SHIPBROKERS LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through THORNTON SHIPBROKERS LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | +1 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | +2 |
| 2021 | 1 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 1 in 2021 to 4 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 04/03/2023–08/12/2025 | 6 | |
| Director | 04/01/2023–Present | 11 | |
| Director | 04/03/2023–Present | 3 | |
| Director | 01/08/2002–11/10/2024 | 8 | |
| Secretary | 10/08/2014–Present | 0 | |
| Secretary | 31/03/1998–10/08/2014 | 0 |
Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–11/10/2024 | 8 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 8 | |
| 11/04/2016–11/10/2024 | 3 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 1 | |
| 06/04/2016–11/10/2024 | 1 | |
| 11/04/2016–Present | 3 | |
| 11/04/2016–Present | 6 |
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-07-31
Termination of appointment of William Gordon Southcott as a director on 2025-12-08
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement made on 2025-08-14 with no updates
Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued
First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off
Cessation of David Stewart Southcott as a person with significant control on 2024-10-11
Cessation of Gordon John Southcott as a person with significant control on 2024-10-11
Cessation of Gillian Southcott as a person with significant control on 2024-10-11
Termination of appointment of Gordon John Southcott as a director on 2024-10-11
Confirmation statement made on 2024-08-14 with updates
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-07-31
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A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
THORNTON SHIPBROKERS LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in The Old Temperance House, 34/36 Fore Street, Bovey Tracey, Devon TQ13 9AE. Companies House classifies its business as Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate. It has been on the register for 52 years 2 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £3.06M and 4 employees. Its accounts are past the filing deadline shown on the registry record.
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records THORNTON SHIPBROKERS LIMITED under one registered business activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate (68.20/9 - SIC 2007).
THORNTON SHIPBROKERS LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 12/07/1974.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £3.06M, total assets of £2.92M, cash in bank of £349.97K and total liabilities of £-141.49K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 30/04/2026: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-07-31, 4 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/04/2026, which has passed.
Companies House lists 6 officers (3 currently in post) and 7 people with significant control (4 current).