EXTRA HELP LTD
Company number 07365213 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Extra Help Ltd has achieved a remarkable recovery from near-insolvency in 2017-2019 to a marginal positive net asset position, demonstrating operational resilience characteristic of established micro-providers in the home help sector. However, the sharp 88% decline in net assets to just £968 in 2025, combined with zero employees and a single director-owner, signals a business that is operationally fragile and strategically constrained. While the UK's ageing demographics support long-term demand for practical home support services, the company's lack of scale, minimal equity buffer, and absence of clear competitive differentiation leave it vulnerable to both market competition and operational shocks. The business appears to be surviving rather than thriving within a sector that increasingly rewards operators with branded propositions, workforce investment, and financial resilience.
Shareholders' funds
£968
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
What it does
88990
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2010-09-03
- Employees
- 0 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- Unit 8a Lee Mill Bridge, Ivybridge, England, PL21 9EF
- Postcode
- PL21 9EF
- Capital
- 2 GBP
- Accounts category
- Unaudited Abridged
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-05
- Next due by
- 2027-08-19
Nature of business (SIC)
- 88990 Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified
Officers 1 current · 5 resigned
Contact details
- Website
- extra-help.co.uk
- Phone
- 01752905790, 08456182904
Need help with your day-to-day tasks? Well, Extra Help is here to help with meal preparation, gardening, small maintenance jobs, dog walking & much more.
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| GENIE HEIGHTS BARRATT HOUSE, KINGSTHORPE ROAD, NORTHAMPTON, NN2 6EZ, ENGLAND | 2020-08-06 |
| 5 SANDY COURT ASHLEIGH WAY, PLYMPTON, PLYMOUTH, DEVON, PL7 5JX, UNITED KINGDOM | 2018-06-06 |
| VALLEY HOUSE 53 VALLEY ROAD, PLYMOUTH, DEVON, PL7 1RF, ENGLAND | 2017-07-27 |
| 114 HIGH STREET, CRANFIELD, MK43 0DG | 2017-01-18 |
Competitors Plymouth
This company ranks 33 among other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified in Plymouth.
The class of 2010
21%
of the 1,445 companies in this sector incorporated in 2010 are still active today; 78% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.