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Your Best Car (Bucks) Limited

ActiveTotal exemption (full) accountsMotor tradersCranbrook
Company number
09232976
Incorporated
24 Sep 201412 years trading
Registered office
Your Best Car Ltd Maidstone Road, Cranbrook Common, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 2AF
Nature of business
Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles
Accounts due in
18 days
31 Oct 2026
Net assets
£314K▼
-14.7% on the year before
Cash at bank
£46K▼
At 31 Jan 2025
Employees
0
Average during the year
From the Companies House register, 1 Oct 2026

Your Best Car (Bucks) Limited is a 12-year-old private limited company registered in Cranbrook, company number 09232976, one of 7 motor trade companies in Cranbrook. Its next accounts are due at Companies House on 31 October 2026, and the CT600 for the period to 31 January 2026 is due at HMRC on 31 January 2027.

Key dates

Worked out from the year end and filing history on the Companies House register.

Accounts due
31 Oct 2026
in 18 days
For the period to 31 Jan 2026
CT600 due
31 Jan 2027
in 110 days
Period 1 Feb 2025 to 31 Jan 2026
Corporation tax payment
1 Nov 2026
in 19 days
9 months and 1 day after the period end
Confirmation statement
8 Oct 2027
in 360 days
Last made up to 24 Sep 2026

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Finances

From each year's balance sheet filed at Companies House. Small companies do not have to publish turnover or profit, so these are balance sheet figures.

  • Net assets down £54K (-14.7%) on the year before, to £314K.
  • Net assets rose in 4 of 6 year-on-year comparisons on record.
  • Current assets of £963K against £699K owed within a year: 1.4 times cover.
  • No employees reported for the latest year (directors are often not counted as employees).
  • Balance sheets on record for 7 years, 2019 to 2025.

Net assets by year

Net assets at each year end, 2019 to 2025£0£200K31 January 2019: net assets £103K£103K201931 January 2020: net assets £111K£111K202031 January 2021: net assets £250K£250K202131 January 2022: net assets £383K£383K202231 January 2023: net assets £357K£357K202331 January 2024: net assets £368K£368K202431 January 2025: net assets £314K£314K2025
Net assets at each year end, 2019 to 2025£0£200K31 January 2019: net assets £103K£103K'1931 January 2020: net assets £111K£111K'2031 January 2021: net assets £250K£250K'2131 January 2022: net assets £383K£383K'2231 January 2023: net assets £357K£357K'2331 January 2024: net assets £368K£368K'2431 January 2025: net assets £314K£314K'25
Year endNet assetsCashCurrent assetsOwed within a yearEmployees
31 Jan 2025£314K£46K£963K£699K0
31 Jan 2024£368K£230K£1.1M£564K7
31 Jan 2023£357K£150K£976K£385K7
31 Jan 2022£383K£105K£1.1M£478K5
31 Jan 2021£250K£91K£789K£482K5
31 Jan 2020£111K£83K£580K£480K4
31 Jan 2019£103K£71K£469K£279K3

Where Your Best Car (Bucks) Limited is registered

Your Best Car (Bucks) Limited's registered office on a map of the UK

The registered office is in Cranbrook (TN17), in the Tunbridge Wells local authority area, South East. Show TN17 2AF on a map.

Other trade companies in TN17

Also registered at this address

1 other company uses the same registered office as Your Best Car (Bucks) Limited.

What happens if Your Best Car (Bucks) Limited files late

Companies House charges an automatic penalty the day after the deadline, and it rises the longer the accounts are late. These are the dates for this company's accounts due on 31 October 2026.

Companies HouseAccounts deliveredPenalty
Up to 1 month late1 Nov 2026 to 30 Nov 2026£150
1 to 3 months late1 Dec 2026 to 31 Jan 2027£375
3 to 6 months late1 Feb 2027 to 30 Apr 2027£750
More than 6 months lateFrom 1 May 2027£1,500

Penalties double if the accounts were also late the year before.

HMRC (CT600)FromPenalty
1 day late1 Feb 2027£200
3 months late30 Apr 2027another £200
6 months late31 Jul 2027HMRC estimates the tax and adds 10% of the unpaid tax
12 months late31 Jan 2028another 10% of any unpaid tax

For returns filed on or after 1 April 2026. Late three times in a row and the £200 penalties become £1,000 each.

Company details

As held on the Companies House register.

Company number
09232976
Status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
24 September 2014 (12 years ago)
Registered office
Your Best Car Ltd Maidstone Road, Cranbrook Common, Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 2AF
Nature of business
Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
Year end
31 January (accounting reference date)
Accounts type
Total exemption (full)
Last accounts made up to
31 January 2025
Last confirmation statement
24 September 2026

Filing notes for motor trade companies

Motor trade companies hold vehicle stock, and how that stock is valued at the year end moves the profit directly. Some use the VAT margin scheme.

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Frequently asked questions

When are Your Best Car (Bucks) Limited's accounts due?

Your Best Car (Bucks) Limited's next accounts are due at Companies House by 31 October 2026 (in 18 days), covering the period to 31 January 2026.

When is Your Best Car (Bucks) Limited's CT600 due?

The CT600 for the period to 31 January 2026 is due at HMRC by 31 January 2027, 12 months after the period end. The corporation tax itself is payable earlier, by 1 November 2026.

Is Your Best Car (Bucks) Limited still trading?

Your Best Car (Bucks) Limited is listed as active on the Companies House register as of 1 Oct 2026. Active means it has not been dissolved or entered insolvency; it does not show whether it is currently taking on work.

What does Your Best Car (Bucks) Limited do?

Your Best Car (Bucks) Limited is registered under Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112).

How old is Your Best Car (Bucks) Limited?

Your Best Car (Bucks) Limited was incorporated on 24 September 2014, 12 years ago.

What is the penalty if Your Best Car (Bucks) Limited files its accounts late?

Companies House charges £150 if the accounts are up to 1 month late, £375 up to 3 months, £750 up to 6 months and £1,500 after that, doubled if the previous year's accounts were also late. HMRC charges £200 for a CT600 filed a day late and another £200 at 3 months.

Official records

View Your Best Car (Bucks) Limited on Companies House for filed documents, officers and the full history.

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Based on the Companies House register (snapshot 1 Oct 2026). Deadlines are worked out from the register and assume a standard accounting period; a change of year end or a short period moves them. This page is general information, not tax or accountancy advice.

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