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
W.S.BARRETT & SON LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Riverside Industrial Estate, Marsh Lane, Boston, Lincolnshire PE21 7PJ
- Classification (4 SIC codes)
- Machining (25.62 - SIC 2007)Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. (25.99 - SIC 2007)Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment (28.22 - SIC 2007)Manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers (29.20/2 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
Every document filed at Companies House for this company.
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Cessation of Francis Charles Bramwell Deceased as a person with significant control on 2026-09-17
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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
01/10/2027Filing deadline
Last statement 17/09/2026Due 01/10/2027
- Next statement date
- 17/09/2027
- Last statement dated
- 17/09/2026
Financial performance
The latest figures W.S.BARRETT & SON LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£316.73K2025
-20.56%vs 20242024: £398.72K
Total Assets
£951.41K2025
-0.59%vs 20242024: £957.09K
Cash in Bank
£21.29K2025
73.76%vs 20242024: £12.25K
Total Liabilities
£634.68K2025
13.67%vs 20242024: £558.36K
Employees
112025
+1vs 20242024: 10
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 2 rose and 2 fell. Net assets moved furthest, down 20.56% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for W.S.BARRETT & SON LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through W.S.BARRETT & SON LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -7.7% 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 | 11 | +1 |
| 2024 | 10 | -1 |
| 2023 | 11 | -5 |
| 2022 | 16 | 0 |
| 2021 | 16 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 16 in 2021 to 11 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
3Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 06/04/1998–01/07/2017 | 1 | |
| Director | 06/04/1998–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 03/05/2023–Present | 0 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 24/04/2023–Present | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 2 | |
| 06/04/2016–19/07/2022 | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 1
- Since 17/09/2026
- Last 12 months
- 1
- Most recent filing
- 17/09/2026
- less than a month ago
What changed in the last year
- Officer changesLatest 17/09/2026
Filing timeline
- 17/09/2026View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Francis Charles Bramwell Deceased as a person with significant control on 2026-09-17
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About W.S.BARRETT & SON LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
W.S.BARRETT & SON LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Riverside Industrial Estate, Marsh Lane, Boston, Lincolnshire PE21 7PJ. Companies House classifies its business as Machining, one of 4 SIC classifications on its record. It has been on the register for 77 years 1 month.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £316.73K and 11 employees.
W.S.BARRETT & SON LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records W.S.BARRETT & SON LIMITED under 4 registered business activities: Machining (25.62 - SIC 2007), Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c. (25.99 - SIC 2007), Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment (28.22 - SIC 2007) and Manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers (29.20/2 - SIC 2007).
W.S.BARRETT & SON LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 30/08/1949.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £316.73K, total assets of £951.41K, cash in bank of £21.29K and total liabilities of £634.68K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 17/09/2026: Cessation of Francis Charles Bramwell Deceased as a person with significant control on 2026-09-17, less than a month ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 01/10/2027.
Companies House lists 3 officers (2 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (2 current).