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E.S. GAINFORD & SON LTD.

Active - Proposal to Strike off Private Limited Company Incorporated 6 May 2003

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    Company status

    Active - Proposal to Strike off: due to be closed and removed from the register.

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    Confirmation statement on time

    Overdue since 20 May 2026 (165 days).

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    Last filed accounts

    Net liabilities of £2,748: it owed more than it owned.

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    Accounts on time

    Next due 31 Jul 2027.

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    Owners

    1 owner on file.

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    Charges

    None registered.

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    Trading history

    Incorporated 6 May 2003 (23 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 1 Nov 2026. Not a credit score or advice: open the filings before relying on them. JSON

  1. Registered office

    MILL HOUSE CALDERBRIDGE, SEASCALE, CUMBRIA, UNITED KINGDOM, CA20 1DN

    As filed with Companies House.

  2. Nature of business

    • 47990 Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

  3. Accounts

    Next due
    31 Jul 2027
    Last made up to
    31 Oct 2025
    Type
    TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL

  4. Confirmation statement

    Next due
    20 May 2026 · OVERDUE
    Last made up to
    6 May 2025

  5. Charges

    Outstanding
    0
    All time
    0

  6. Names

    1. E.S. GAINFORD & SON LTD. current

Figures

Year endTurnoverProfitCashNet assetsStaff
31 Oct 2025 not published not published £1,463 £-2,748 0
31 Oct 2024 not published not published £18,690 £16,349 0
31 Oct 2023 not published not published £21,631 £22,952 1
31 Oct 2022 * not published not published £16,271 £65,315 1

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

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Named in the filed accounts meanwhile (not the register; no dates or whether still in office):

  • S R Gainford · Secretary, named in the accounts to 31 Oct 2025
  • John Gainford · Director, named in the accounts to 31 Oct 2025

Owners and controllers All 1, with past →

NameControlNotifiedCeasedBornNationality · lives in
Mr John Edward Gainford Ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent 1 Jul 2016 — May 1957 British · England

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Is E.S. GAINFORD & SON LTD. still trading?

The register shows E.S. GAINFORD & SON LTD. as active - proposal to strike off. That status is a warning sign: see the checks at the top of the page.

What does E.S. GAINFORD & SON LTD. do?

It files the industry code 47990 (Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets).

When was E.S. GAINFORD & SON LTD. set up?

It was incorporated on 6 May 2003.

When are E.S. GAINFORD & SON LTD.'s accounts due?

Next accounts are due by 31 July 2027. The last accounts were made up to 31 October 2025.

When is E.S. GAINFORD & SON LTD.'s next confirmation statement due?

It was due on 20 May 2026 and is overdue.

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