£6.21m
+17%vs Apr 2024Active06208047Private limited companyChelmsford
MACKNESS CONTRACTING LIMITED
Significant control: Douglas Ronald Mackness (50–75%), Sarah Louise Mackness (25–50%)
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Summary
MACKNESS CONTRACTING LIMITED is an active private limited company (company number 06208047) incorporated on 11 April 2007, registered in Chelmsford. Its registered activity is landscape service activities (SIC 81300). Latest small accounts cover the period ending 30 April 2025, showing net assets of £6.21m and cash of £2.06m, with 14 employees on average. Net assets rose 17% on the prior period (£5.30m).
Peer position · net assets
By net assets it sits in the top quarter of 458 comparable companies in Essex (median £204, upper quartile £12k).
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Ownership and control
- Mr Douglas Ronald Mackness
- owns 50–75% of shares
- holds 75–100% of voting rights
- can appoint or remove directors
- Mrs Sarah Louise Mackness
- owns 25–50% of shares
Persons with significant control hold 25% or more of shares or voting rights. Smaller shareholdings are only listed in confirmation-statement documents. Directors and secretaries: see the officers list at Companies House.
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Key dates
- Incorporated
- 11 April 200719 yrs ago
- Next accounts due
- 30 January 2027in 98 days
- Confirmation statement due
- 25 April 2027in 183 days
Due dates are expected from Companies House filing rules; confirm on the official register before relying on them.
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Activity
- SIC 81300
- Landscape service activities
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
- Size band
- SmallCompanies Act thresholds
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Financials
£2.06m
−5%vs Apr 2024Not reported
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+8%vs Apr 2024| Period end | Net assets | Cash | Debtors | Creditors <1y | Turnover | Profit | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 2025 | £6.21m | £2.06m | £3.68m | £508k | — | £1.08m | 14 |
| 30 April 2024 | £5.30m | £2.16m | £2.80m | £548k | — | £710k | 13 |
| 30 April 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Current ratio11.3Current assets ÷ creditors within one year
Cash per employee£147kCash ÷ average employees
Figures as filed in iXBRL accounts at Companies House. "—" means the line was not reported in that filing.
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Filing and accounts signals
- Net assets above zeroNet assets £6,205,653 at 30 April 2025
- Net assets up 10% or more on the prior period+17.1% vs prior period
- Current assets at least 1.5× creditors within one yearCurrent ratio 11.3
- Cash at bank of £50,000 or moreCash £2,056,729
- Three or more accounting periods on record3 periods on record
- Incorporated five or more years agoIncorporated 11 April 2007
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Timeline
- Confirmation statement duein 183 days
- Next accounts duein 98 days
- Accounts period endNet assets £6.21m · small accounts
- Accounts period endNet assets £5.30m · small accounts
- Accounts period end
- Incorporated
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- MD LANDSCAPES (ANGLIA) LIMITEDBraintree · inc. Aug 2007
- RICHARDSON LANDSCAPES LIMITEDIngatestone · inc. Sept 2007
- HARLOW GARDEN SERVICES LIMITEDStansted · inc. Nov 2007
All companies incorporated on 11 April 2007 · in Apr 2007.
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