Register entry · No. 06094227
SKILLS DIRECT LTD
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Company status
Voluntary Arrangement: it has a formal deal with its creditors to repay debts.
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Insolvency
Company voluntary arrangement from 9 Oct 2026.
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Last filed accounts
Cash fell from £151,946 to £28,215 in a year.
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Charges
1 outstanding: a lender holds security over its assets and is paid first if it fails.
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The other 8 checks
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Disqualified directors
Not checked yet: officers' Companies House person numbers are still being loaded.
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Strike-off notices
No strike-off notice in the last three years.
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Directors
1 current director; 1 left in the last 12 months.
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Owners
1 owner on file.
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Trading history
Incorporated 12 Feb 2007 (19 years ago).
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Name changes
1 earlier name, none in the last year.
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Year-end changes
Not changed in three years.
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Office moves
Not moved in two years.
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From the public register, filing history, officers, owners and filed accounts, as of 25 Oct 2026. Not a credit score or advice: open the filings before relying on them. JSON
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Registered office
4 Fore Street, Trowbridge, England, BA14 8HD
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Nature of business
- 82990 Other business support service activities n.e.c.
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Accounts
- Next due
- 28 Feb 2027
- Last made up to
- 31 May 2025
- Type
- SMALL
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Confirmation statement
- Next due
- 26 Feb 2027
- Last made up to
- 12 Feb 2026
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Charges
- Outstanding
- 1
- All time
- 7
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Names
- SKILLS DIRECT LTD 9 May 2007 – now
- MANPOWER DIRECT LIMITED 12 Feb 2007 – 9 May 2007
Figures
| Year end | Turnover | Profit | Cash | Net assets | Staff |
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| 31 May 2025 | not published | not published | £28,215 | £1,015,212 | 27 |
| 31 May 2024 * | not published | not published | £151,946 | £749,005 | 15 |
* From the following year's accounts (prior-year figures).
People
Officers All 9, with past →
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Born | Nationality · lives in |
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| Julian Richard Charles Drake | Director | 1 Feb 2023 | — | June 1972 | British · United Kingdom |
Owners and controllers All 2, with past →
| Name | Control | Notified | Ceased | Born | Nationality · lives in |
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| Recruitment Acquisitions Group Ltd company · 11722532 · United Kingdom | Ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent; Voting rights 75 to 100 percent; Right to appoint and remove directors | 9 Jun 2021 | — | — |
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The file
3 of 3 free downloads left today · Last 5 years' accounts as one zip (1 credit a PDF)
| Date | Form | Description | Pages | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Oct 2026 | CVA1 | Liquidation voluntary arrangement meeting approving companies voluntary arrangement | paper | |
| 4 Sep 2026 | TM01 | Director left: Samantha Alice Rose | 1 | PDF ↓ |
| 26 Feb 2026 | AA | Accounts (small), made up to 31 May 2025 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| 18 Feb 2026 | CS01 | Confirmation statement, no changes, made up to 12 Feb 2026 | 3 | PDF ↓ |
| 4 Aug 2025 | MR04 | Charge satisfied | 1 | PDF ↓ |
| 1 Aug 2025 | MR01 | Charge created | 12 | PDF ↓ |
| 27 Feb 2025 | AA | Accounts (small), made up to 31 May 2024 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| 20 Feb 2025 | CS01 | Confirmation statement, no changes, made up to 12 Feb 2025 | 3 | PDF ↓ |
| 8 May 2024 | AD01 | Registered office changed | 1 | PDF ↓ |
| 3 Apr 2024 | TM01 | Director left: Helen Joan Garrett | 1 | PDF ↓ |
| 21 Feb 2024 | AA | Accounts (small), made up to 27 May 2023 | 9 | PDF ↓ |
| 12 Feb 2024 | CS01 | Confirmation statement, no changes, made up to 12 Feb 2024 | 3 | PDF ↓ |
| 12 Sep 2023 | MR04 | Charge satisfied | 1 | PDF ↓ |
| 31 May 2023 | AA | Accounts (small), made up to 31 May 2022 | 10 | PDF ↓ |
| 23 May 2023 | AP01 | Director appointed: Mrs Helen Joan Garrett | 2 | PDF ↓ |
| 15 May 2023 | AP01 | Director appointed: Mrs Samantha Alice Rose | 2 | PDF ↓ |
| 15 May 2023 | TM01 | Director left: Christopher John Moore | 1 | PDF ↓ |
| 27 Feb 2023 | CS01 | Confirmation statement, no changes, made up to 13 Feb 2023 | 3 | PDF ↓ |
| 6 Feb 2023 | AP01 | Director appointed: Mr Julian Richard Charles Drake | 2 | PDF ↓ |
| 6 Feb 2023 | TM02 | Secretary left: Clare Oakford | 1 | PDF ↓ |
| 30 Jan 2023 | TM01 | Director left: Clare Oakford | 1 | PDF ↓ |
| 30 Jan 2023 | AD01 | Registered office changed | 1 | PDF ↓ |
| 21 Mar 2022 | CS01 | Confirmation statement, with changes, made up to 13 Feb 2022 | 4 | PDF ↓ |
| 21 Mar 2022 | PSC07 | Person with significant control removed | 1 | PDF ↓ |
| 21 Mar 2022 | PSC02 | Person with significant control added | 2 | PDF ↓ |
| 21 Mar 2022 | AA01 | Accounting year extended, made up to 31 Mar 2022 to 31 May 2022 | 1 | PDF ↓ |
| 30 Jun 2021 | CH03 | Change person secretary company with change date: Mrs Clare Oakford | 1 | PDF ↓ |
| 30 Jun 2021 | TM01 | Director left: Ewan Macgregor Smith | 1 | PDF ↓ |
| 30 Jun 2021 | TM01 | Director left: Samantha Alice Rose | 1 | PDF ↓ |
| 30 Jun 2021 | TM02 | Secretary left: Sarah Melanie Neate | 1 | PDF ↓ |
| 30 Jun 2021 | AP01 | Director appointed: Mr Christopher John Moore | 2 | PDF ↓ |
| 30 Jun 2021 | AP03 | Secretary appointed: Mrs Clare Oakford | 2 | PDF ↓ |
| 30 Jun 2021 | AD01 | Registered office changed | 1 | PDF ↓ |
| 30 Jun 2021 | AP01 | Director appointed: Mrs Clare Oakford | 2 | PDF ↓ |
| 11 Jun 2021 | MR01 | Charge created | 26 | PDF ↓ |
| 10 Jun 2021 | AA | Accounts (total exemption full), made up to 31 Mar 2021 | 13 | PDF ↓ |
| 10 Jun 2021 | MR01 | Charge created | 16 | PDF ↓ |
| 28 May 2021 | MR04 | Charge satisfied | 1 | PDF ↓ |
| 26 May 2021 | MR04 | Charge satisfied | 1 | PDF ↓ |
| 6 May 2021 | MR01 | Charge created | 7 | PDF ↓ |
| 17 Mar 2021 | CS01 | Confirmation statement, with changes, made up to 13 Feb 2021 | 4 | PDF ↓ |
| 11 Jan 2021 | MR04 | Charge satisfied | 1 | PDF ↓ |
| 8 Jan 2021 | SH01 | Shares allotted | 3 | PDF ↓ |
| 5 Nov 2020 | AA | Accounts (total exemption full), made up to 31 Mar 2020 | 14 | PDF ↓ |
| 17 Feb 2020 | CS01 | Confirmation statement, no changes, made up to 13 Feb 2020 | 3 | PDF ↓ |
| 8 Oct 2019 | AA | Accounts (total exemption full), made up to 31 Mar 2019 | 14 | PDF ↓ |
| 5 Mar 2019 | CS01 | Confirmation statement, no changes, made up to 13 Feb 2019 | 3 | PDF ↓ |
| 7 Nov 2018 | AA | Accounts (total exemption full), made up to 31 Mar 2018 | 13 | PDF ↓ |
| 26 Feb 2018 | CS01 | Confirmation statement, no changes, made up to 13 Feb 2018 | 3 | PDF ↓ |
| 6 Dec 2017 | AA | Accounts (total exemption full), made up to 31 Mar 2017 | 13 | PDF ↓ |
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