Annual accounts
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
W.D. CLOSE & SONS LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Carville Works, Hadrian Road, Wallsend NE28 6HF
- Classification (SIC)
- Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. (25.99 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 30/01/2026View PDF (26 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 29/01/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-13 with no updates
- 06/01/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-12-13 with no updates
- 18/12/2024View PDF (27 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
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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 89 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
27/12/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 13/12/2025Due 27/12/2026
- Next statement date
- 13/12/2026
- Last statement dated
- 13/12/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures W.D. CLOSE & SONS LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£6.29M2025
1.59%vs 20242024: £6.19M
Total Assets
£8.64M2025
2.70%vs 20242024: £8.41M
Cash in Bank
£1.25M2025
-29.03%vs 20242024: £1.76M
Total Liabilities
£2.35M2025
5.79%vs 20242024: £2.22M
Employees
12025
0vs 20242024: 1
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 3 rose and 1 fell. Cash in bank moved furthest, down 29.03% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for W.D. CLOSE & SONS LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through W.D. CLOSE & SONS LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +10.3% 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | -125 |
| 2023 | 126 | +30 |
| 2022 | 96 | +16 |
| 2021 | 80 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 80 in 2021 to 1 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
4Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 08/07/2016–Present | 5 | |
| Director | 01/09/1989–25/08/2000 | 10 | |
| Director | 22/03/2005–30/07/2021 | 8 | |
| Director | 22/03/2005–01/08/2024 | 7 |
Persons with significant control
10Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 5 | |
| 06/04/2016–21/05/2019 | 11 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 11 | |
| 11/12/2017–21/05/2019 | 5 | |
| 06/04/2016–21/05/2019 | 5 | |
| 21/05/2019–Present | 0 | |
| 11/12/2017–Present | 5 | |
| 11/12/2017–30/07/2021 | 8 | |
| 11/12/2017–Present | 7 | |
| 11/12/2017–21/05/2019 | 7 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 17
- Since 24/03/1987
- Last 12 months
- 2
- Same as the year before (2)
- Most recent filing
- 30/01/2026
- 8 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 30/01/2026
- Confirmation statementLatest 29/01/2026
Filing timeline
- 30/01/2026View PDF (26 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 29/01/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-12-13 with no updates
- 06/01/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-12-13 with no updates
- 18/12/2024View PDF (27 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 12/08/2024View PDF (1 pages)
Termination of appointment of Kelly Christopher Scott as a director on 2024-08-01
- 20/03/2024View PDF (28 pages)
Full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 13/12/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-12-13 with no updates
- 14/08/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Shelford Holdings Ltd as a person with significant control on 2019-05-21
- 14/08/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Ann Helen Close as a person with significant control on 2019-05-21
- 14/08/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of William Dixon Close as a person with significant control on 2019-05-21
- 14/08/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Kelly Christopher Scott as a person with significant control on 2019-05-21
- 14/08/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Christopher Paul Close as a person with significant control on 2019-05-21
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About W.D. CLOSE & SONS LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
W.D. CLOSE & SONS LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Carville Works, Hadrian Road, Wallsend NE28 6HF. Companies House classifies its business as Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c.. It has been on the register for 40 years 3 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £6.29M and 1 employee.
W.D. CLOSE & SONS LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records W.D. CLOSE & SONS LIMITED under one registered business activity: Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. (25.99 - SIC 2007).
W.D. CLOSE & SONS LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 27/06/1986.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £6.29M, total assets of £8.64M, cash in bank of £1.25M and total liabilities of £2.35M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 30/01/2026: Full accounts made up to 2025-03-31, 8 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 27/12/2026.
Companies House lists 4 officers (1 currently in post) and 10 people with significant control (5 current).