R OPEN AND SON LIMITED, CM1 3SD : Companies House Number 02425671

Executive summary

R Open And Son Limited presents a high-risk profile characterized by a decade-long decline in net assets and a severe contraction in cash reserves. The balance sheet is heavily reliant on a single, unexplained debtor ("Applebys") and is propped up entirely by a Director's Loan Account, masking underlying operational cash flow deficiencies. While the company is technically solvent with a freehold property asset, its financial stability is highly vulnerable to any disruption in the collection of the Applebys debt or a call on the director's loan.

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Shareholders' funds

£143,191

Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31

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Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1989-09-22
Employees: 2 (2025 accounts)
Registered office: 1 Sturgeon Cottages Cow Watering Lane, Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3SD
Postcode: CM1 3SD
Capital: 100 GBP
Accounts category: Total Exemption Full
Charges: 1 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Next due by: 2027-09-30
Financial year end: 31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2025-09-22
Next due by: 2026-10-06

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Nature of business (SIC)

49410 Freight transport by road

Officers 2 current

Celia Ann OPEN Secretary

Robert OPEN Director

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA911116 (Tier 1), registered since 2021.

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Previous company names

Name	Date changed
WINMILL LIMITED	1990-02-14

Previous registered addresses 6

Address	Changed on
33 THE UPLANDS, LOUGHTON, ESSEX, IG10 1NQ	2015-03-20
UNIT 15 OAKWOOD HILL INDUSTRIAL, ESTATE, OAKWOOD HILL, LOUGHTON, ESSEX, IG10 3TZ	2013-12-05
59 GEORGE LANE, SOUTH WOODFORD, LONDON, E18 1JJ	2001-11-06
CROWN HOUSE, 151 HIGH ROAD, LOUGHTON, ESSEX 1G1O 4LG	1994-10-28
113 SILVER STREET, EDMONTON, LONDON, N18	1990-01-24
84 TEMPLE CHAMBERS, TEMPLE AVENUE, LONDON, EC4Y OHP	1989-11-03

Among its peers

Top 25%

by shareholders' funds, of 452 similar companies in CM

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1989.

Competitors Chelmsford

1. PROFESSIONAL FREIGHT SOLUTIONS LIMITED

£11,660,865
2. FIPL LIMITED

£7,089,088
3. UNIQUE FORWARDING LIMITED

£3,890,207
4. ROBERT KUKLA SPEDITION UK LTD

£2,105,110
5. VALLEY TRANSPORT SERVICES LIMITED

£2,037,612

This company ranks 74 among freight transport by road in Chelmsford.

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The class of 1989

50%

of the 21,096 companies incorporated in 1989 are still active today; 44% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 1 title

Freehold: 1
Most recent registration: 2015-03-09
Where: Essex

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
EX917757	Essex	Freehold	2015-03-09	—

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