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Register entry · No. 04333341

SHORT MESSAGE SERVICES LIMITED

Active Private Limited Company Incorporated 4 Dec 2001

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    Company status

    Active.

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    Accounts on time

    Next due 31 Dec 2026.

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    Confirmation statement on time

    Next due 21 Nov 2026.

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    None of the 1 current officer checked is disqualified.

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    Directors

    1 current director.

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    Owners

    1 owner on file.

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    Last filed accounts

    Net assets £45,536.

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    Charges

    None registered.

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    Trading history

    Incorporated 4 Dec 2001 (24 years ago).

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    Name changes

    Never renamed.

    Names over time

From the public register, filing history, officers, owners and filed accounts, as of 5 Nov 2026. Not a credit score or advice: open the filings before relying on them. JSON

  1. Registered office

    UNIT 2 NEAR TRAIN STATION, STATION ROAD, ALTON, ENGLAND, GU34 2PZ

    As filed with Companies House.

  2. Nature of business

    • 74909 Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.

  3. Accounts

    Next due
    31 Dec 2026
    Last made up to
    31 Mar 2025
    Type
    UNAUDITED ABRIDGED

  4. Confirmation statement

    Next due
    21 Nov 2026
    Last made up to
    7 Nov 2025

  5. Charges

    Outstanding
    0
    All time
    0

  6. Names

    1. SHORT MESSAGE SERVICES LIMITED current

Figures

Year endTurnoverProfitCashNet assetsStaff
31 Mar 2025 not published not published £2,110 £45,536 3
31 Mar 2024 not published not published £9,862 £47,606 3
31 Mar 2023 not published not published £26,014 £60,147 4
31 Mar 2022 not published not published £17,081 £59,792 3
31 Mar 2021 not published not published £94,020 £92,978 1
31 Mar 2020 not published not published £16,963 £184,188 1

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

People

Officers All 10, with past →

NameRoleAppointedResignedBornNationality · lives in
Richard Robert Ward Director Director 30 Nov 2010 — February 1967 British · England

Owners and controllers All 1, with past →

NameControlNotifiedCeasedBornNationality · lives in
Mr Richard Robert Ward Ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent 1 Jun 2016 — February 1967 British · England

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Is SHORT MESSAGE SERVICES LIMITED still trading?

The register shows SHORT MESSAGE SERVICES LIMITED as active.

What does SHORT MESSAGE SERVICES LIMITED do?

It files the industry code 74909 (Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.).

When was SHORT MESSAGE SERVICES LIMITED set up?

It was incorporated on 4 December 2001.

When are SHORT MESSAGE SERVICES LIMITED's accounts due?

Next accounts are due by 31 December 2026. The last accounts were made up to 31 March 2025.

When is SHORT MESSAGE SERVICES LIMITED's next confirmation statement due?

By 21 November 2026.

Who runs SHORT MESSAGE SERVICES LIMITED?

SHORT MESSAGE SERVICES LIMITED has 1 current director. They're listed under People on this page.

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