Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/11/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 28/02/2025Due 30/11/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 28/02/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 28/02/2025
W. C. BENSTEAD & SON LTD
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Haslers, Old Station Road, Loughton, Essex IG10 4PL
- Classification (SIC)
- Other retail sale not in stores stalls or markets (47.99 - 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
- 28/11/2025View PDF (13 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-02-28
- 17/10/2025View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-16 with updates
- 26/02/2025View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-02-29
- 22/10/2024View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-10-16 with updates
Coming soon
What Pre-Score will tell you
- Whether the filed accounts are strengthening or weakening year on year.
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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 58 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
30/10/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 16/10/2025Due 30/10/2026
- Next statement date
- 16/10/2026
- Last statement dated
- 16/10/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures W. C. BENSTEAD & SON LTD filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£394.48K2025
44.33%vs 20242024: £273.31K
Total Assets
£548.73K2025
31.91%vs 20242024: £416.00K
Cash in Bank
£458.46K2025
47.50%vs 20242024: £310.81K
Total Liabilities
£143.36K2025
14.53%vs 20242024: £125.18K
Employees
62025
0vs 20242024: 6
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 rose. Cash in bank moved furthest, up 47.50% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for W. C. BENSTEAD & SON LTD.
The full financial record
Four ways through W. C. BENSTEAD & SON LTD's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +42.6% 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 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 |
| 2021 | 6 | – |
Reported employee count was unchanged at 6 between 2021 and 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.
- Company potential
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- Past performance
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Officers
8Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominee Director | 15/10/1995–15/10/1995 | 7164 | |
| Director | 15/10/1995–12/05/1997 | 0 | |
| Nominee Secretary | 15/10/1995–15/10/1995 | 16535 | |
| Nominee Director | 15/10/1995–15/10/1995 | 16535 | |
| Secretary | 15/10/1995–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 16/10/1995–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 12/05/1997–12/12/1999 | 0 | |
| Director | 13/12/1999–Present | 0 |
Persons with significant control
1Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 8
- Since 25/10/2022
- Last 12 months
- 2
- Same as the year before (2)
- Most recent filing
- 28/11/2025
- 10 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 28/11/2025
- Confirmation statementLatest 17/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 28/11/2025View PDF (13 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-02-28
- 17/10/2025View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-16 with updates
- 26/02/2025View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-02-29
- 22/10/2024View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-10-16 with updates
- 30/11/2023View PDF (4 pages)
Micro company accounts made up to 2023-02-28
- 23/10/2023View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-10-16 with updates
- 30/11/2022View PDF (4 pages)
Micro company accounts made up to 2022-02-28
- 25/10/2022View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2022-10-16 with updates
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About W. C. BENSTEAD & SON LTD
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
W. C. BENSTEAD & SON LTD is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Haslers, Old Station Road, Loughton, Essex IG10 4PL. Companies House classifies its business as Other retail sale not in stores stalls or markets. It has been on the register for 30 years 11 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £394.48K and 6 employees.
W. C. BENSTEAD & SON LTD: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records W. C. BENSTEAD & SON LTD under one registered business activity: Other retail sale not in stores stalls or markets (47.99 - SIC 2007).
W. C. BENSTEAD & SON LTD is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 16/10/1995.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £394.48K, total assets of £548.73K, cash in bank of £458.46K and total liabilities of £143.36K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 28/11/2025: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-02-28, 10 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/11/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 30/10/2026.
Companies House lists 8 officers (3 currently in post) and 1 person with significant control.