DESPERATE MEASURES (GB) LTD

Liquidation Private Limited Company Incorporated 16 Mar 2012

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Company status
Liquidation: its assets are being sold to pay what it owes.
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Last filed accounts
Net liabilities of £166,702: it owed more than it owned.
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Owners
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Trading history
Incorporated 16 Mar 2012 (14 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 4 Nov 2026. Not a credit score or advice: open the filings before relying on them. JSON

Registered office

LANGLEY HOUSE 53, THEOBALD STREET, BOREHAMWOOD, HERTFORDSHIRE, WD6 4RT
As filed with Companies House.
Nature of business
- 47640 Retail sale of sports goods, fishing gear, camping goods, boats and bicycles
Accounts

Next due
31 Dec 2026

Last made up to
31 Mar 2025

Type
TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL
Confirmation statement

Next due
16 Mar 2027

Last made up to
2 Mar 2026
Charges

Outstanding
0

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0
Names
1. DESPERATE MEASURES (GB) LTD current

Figures

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Year end	Turnover	Profit	Cash	Net assets	Staff
31 Mar 2025	not published	not published	£27,937	£-166,702	4
31 Mar 2024	not published	not published	£7,996	£-114,702	4
31 Mar 2023	not published	not published	£11,635	£-73,813	3
31 Mar 2022	not published	not published	£26,872	£-21,591	2
31 Mar 2021	not published	not published	£3,831	£-10,244	2
31 Mar 2020	not published	not published	£3,024	£-3,479	2

* 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):

Mark Widdowson · Director, named in the accounts to 31 Mar 2025

Owners and controllers All 3, with past →

Name	Control	Notified	Ceased	Born	Nationality · lives in
Mr Clive Robert Passingham	Ownership of shares 25 to 50 percent	6 Apr 2016	—	July 1961	British · Wales
Mr Mark Frederick Widdowson	Ownership of shares 25 to 50 percent	6 Apr 2016	—	July 1974	British · England

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Is DESPERATE MEASURES (GB) LTD still trading?

No. The register shows DESPERATE MEASURES (GB) LTD as liquidation.

What does DESPERATE MEASURES (GB) LTD do?

It files the industry code 47640 (Retail sale of sports goods, fishing gear, camping goods, boats and bicycles).

When was DESPERATE MEASURES (GB) LTD set up?

It was incorporated on 16 March 2012.

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