W.T. Knowles & Sons Limited
ActiveLiveW.T. Knowles & Sons Limited is an active private limited company incorporated on 16 Jul 1926 (100 years ago), with its registered office in Yorks, Yorkshire & the Humber. The company operates in Manufacturing.
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A live business, still light on evidence
A registered office is on file; phone and web are checked on Pro.
Companies House · ONS · Nomis · General opportunity model · 100% of the model measurable
Financials
From W.T. Knowles & Sons Limited's filed accounts at Companies House, period ending 2025-03-31. Change vs the prior year (to 2024-03-31). As-filed figures — a signal, not an audited verdict. Dashes are not tagged in the accounts.
CompetitionRead this one the other way round: a high number means a crowded market, where differentiation matters more than timing.
Answers: Is this a live, reachable business in a market worth being in?
A balanced read. Pick the lens that matches what you sell and every number on this page re-weights.
Accounts are next due 31 Dec 2026; the last set was made up to 31 Mar 2025.
What this means for you: Filings are up to date, which makes this an easier first conversation.
What we checked · General opportunity weighting
Rows marked Not checked are excluded from the score rather than assumed — the missing weight shows up as lower confidence, not as a worse company.
Commonly offered to a company like this
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Answers: is this market big, growing and survivable — and is the region ahead or behind?
Sector size & momentum
This sector is growing roughly in line with the national average in Yorkshire & the Humber.
Companies House · every incorporation with a SIC code in this sector (259 codes) · a company listing codes in more than one group can be counted twice (~2%)
How long companies last here
Of every 100 companies started in this sector, roughly 42 are still trading five years later. This company is past that point.
The market around it
Where the sector is heading
- 1Yorkshire & the Humber is a very high-density market for manufacturing, with about 20,427 companies in the same industry.
- 2Formation is broadly in line with the national average (+1.7%).
- 3Around 1,088 new companies registered in this industry locally over the last year.
- 4Sector survival sits at 42% over five years — the benchmark for businesses in this classification.
Answers: how crowded is this market, and where does this company sit against its peers?
Score distribution
A quick score from register status and company age only, because that is all the peer list carries. To compare like with like, this company is placed on the same quick score (100) — not the full 63/100 at the top of the page. Treat it as a position, not a ranking.
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Answers: what is formally on the public register — and what has not been filed yet?
Timeline
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with updates03 Jun 2026
- Ownership (PSC) changeNotification of a person with significant control03 Jun 2026
- Officer resignedCessation of a person with significant control03 Jun 2026
- Charge registeredMortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date21 Apr 2026
- Director appointedAppoint person director company with name date13 Apr 2026
- Director appointedAppoint person director company with name date13 Apr 2026
- Officer resignedTermination director company with name termination date17 Mar 2026
- Officer resignedTermination director company with name termination date17 Mar 2026
- Charge registeredMortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date02 Mar 2026
- Confirmation statementConfirmation statement with no updates16 Jun 2025
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Company details
- Company
- W.T. Knowles & Sons Limited
- Number
- 00215100
- Registered office
- Ash Grove Sanitary Pipe Works, Elland, Yorks, HX5 9JA
- Incorporated
- 16 Jul 1926
- Type
- Private limited company
- Nature of business
- 23320 — SIC division 23
- Status
- Active
- Region
- Yorkshire & the Humber · England
- Accounts
- Next due 31 Dec 2026
- Confirmation statement
- Next due 16 Jun 2027
Connected companies
Other companies run by the same directors are checked on paid plans — each appointment is a separate register lookup.
Who runs and owns it
- Created
- 16 Apr 2026
- Registered
- 21 Apr 2026
- Persons entitled
- Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending Limited
- Created
- 27 Feb 2026
- Registered
- 02 Mar 2026
- Persons entitled
- Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending Limited
- Created
- 21 May 1969
- Registered
- 30 May 1969
- Persons entitled
- Martins Bank LTD
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