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Register entry · No. 00539359

R.HARKNESS & CO. LIMITED

Active Private Limited Company Incorporated 16 Oct 1954

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    Net liabilities of £169,927: it owed more than it owned.

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    1 outstanding: a lender holds security over its assets and is paid first if it fails.

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    Company status

    Active.

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    Accounts on time

    Next due 29 Jun 2027.

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    Confirmation statement on time

    Next due 11 Feb 2027.

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    Owners

    2 owners on file.

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    Trading history

    Incorporated 16 Oct 1954 (72 years ago).

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    Never renamed.

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From the public register, filing history, officers, owners and filed accounts, as of 31 Oct 2026. Not a credit score or advice: open the filings before relying on them. JSON

  1. Registered office

    CAMBRIDGE ROAD, HITCHIN, HERTFORDSHIRE, SG4 0JT

    As filed with Companies House.

  2. Nature of business

    • 01300 Plant propagation
    • 46220 Wholesale of flowers and plants

  3. Accounts

    Next due
    29 Jun 2027
    Last made up to
    29 Sep 2025
    Type
    TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL

  4. Confirmation statement

    Next due
    11 Feb 2027
    Last made up to
    28 Jan 2026

  5. Charges

    Outstanding
    1
    All time
    1

  6. Names

    1. R.HARKNESS & CO. LIMITED current

Figures

Year endTurnoverProfitCashNet assetsStaff
29 Sep 2025 not published not published £8,154 £-169,927 6
29 Sep 2024 not published not published £14,821 £-147,948 6
29 Sep 2023 not published not published — £113,540 5
29 Sep 2022 not published not published £3,823 £-72,951 6
29 Sep 2021 * not published not published £10,342 £-32,916 6

* From the following year's accounts (prior-year figures).

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  • P Harkness · Secretary, named in the accounts to 29 Sep 2025

Owners and controllers All 2, with past →

NameControlNotifiedCeasedBornNationality · lives in
Mrs Edda Harkness Ownership of shares 25 to 50 percent 6 Apr 2016 — April 1954 German · France
Mr Philip Austin Harkness Ownership of shares 25 to 50 percent 6 Apr 2016 — August 1954 British · England

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Is R.HARKNESS & CO. LIMITED still trading?

The register shows R.HARKNESS & CO. LIMITED as active.

What does R.HARKNESS & CO. LIMITED do?

It files these industry codes 01300 (Plant propagation); 46220 (Wholesale of flowers and plants).

When was R.HARKNESS & CO. LIMITED set up?

It was incorporated on 16 October 1954.

When are R.HARKNESS & CO. LIMITED's accounts due?

Next accounts are due by 29 June 2027. The last accounts were made up to 29 September 2025.

When is R.HARKNESS & CO. LIMITED's next confirmation statement due?

By 11 February 2027.

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