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Latest · 26 October 2026
Why Sector Averages Mislead
Finance's average tracked company turns over £48m, but the median is £25m. What SIC codes reveal about size across 650 UK companies.
Compliance calendar
When accounts fall due, month by month.
Next accounts due date for the 650 UK companies we track, over the next 12 months. 271 share one March deadline.
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| Month | Companies with accounts due |
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| November 2026 | 3 |
| December 2026 | 98 |
| January 2027 | 11 |
| February 2027 | 14 |
| March 2027 | 271 |
| April 2027 | 37 |
| May 2027 | 23 |
| June 2027 | 49 |
| July 2027 | 21 |
| August 2027 | 9 |
| September 2027 | 59 |
| October 2027 | 9 |
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- This week in UK filings · 26 Oct 2026Why Sector Averages MisleadFinance's average tracked company turns over £48m, but the median is £25m. What SIC codes reveal about size across 650 UK companies.
- Why this data matters · 23 Oct 2026Why Officer Count Is a Quiet Signal of Company Size and ControlOfficer count shows who runs a company. Across 650 UK firms, the median is 3, 16% have one officer and fewer than 2% have ten or more.
- Why this data matters · 19 Oct 2026Why the Accounts Due Date Matters More Than the AccountsThe next-accounts-due field is a forward-looking risk signal. Across 650 UK companies, 271 share one March deadline and 38 sit past their recorded date.
- Compliance calendar · 16 Oct 2026Two Weeks Left and a Strike-Off FlagOne tracked company has accounts due in the next 30 days, and its latest filing was a strike-off discontinuance. Plus the ten deadlines to watch next.
- Compliance calendar · 12 Oct 2026The Quiet Before DecemberOnly one tracked company files accounts in the next 30 days. After that, 96 land in three days. What the empty calendar tells you.
- County spotlight · 9 Oct 2026Cheshire's Builders Lead on Digital ConfidenceCheshire ranks #6 of 47 counties for digital confidence at 0.360, led by construction firms, while its three biggest companies score just 0.23.
- County spotlight · 5 Oct 2026Norfolk's Digital Confidence Sits in Its Smaller FirmsNorfolk ranks #5 of 47 counties for digital confidence, but 73% of its tracked turnover sits in firms still awaiting verification.
- This week in UK filings · 2 Oct 2026Old Sectors, Young SectorsManufacturing's median tracked company dates from 1991; finance's from 2018. What SIC codes and incorporation dates say about UK business age.
- This week in UK filings · 28 Sep 2026Zoom Out and the Leaderboard FlipsWholesale/retail trade leads our 650 tracked companies by count and turnover — but no single SIC code inside it cracks a top-five table.
- Why this data matters · 25 Sep 2026Why Latest Filing Type MattersAA, CS01, MR01, TM01: the code on a company's most recent Companies House filing looks like noise. It isn't.
- Why this data matters · 21 Sep 2026Why County Rank MattersCounty rank #1 can mean £16m or £926m depending on the county. Here's what the number actually measures, and what it doesn't.
- Compliance calendar · 18 Sep 2026The Four That Miss the Rush28 of 39 tracked companies file accounts on 30 September. Four don't — and the reason is a fiscal-year-end quirk, not chance.
- Compliance calendar · 14 Sep 2026The Next Ten FilingsTen UK companies file accounts in the next 30 days, from a £276m IT consultancy down to a £10.5m Devon firm. What the calendar says about each.
- County spotlight · 7 Sep 2026Cambridgeshire's Biggest Company by Turnover Scores Lowest on Digital ConfidenceCambridgeshire ranks #4 of 47 counties for digital confidence, but its top firm by turnover, Car World (Cambs), scores near the bottom.
- This week in UK filings · 4 Sep 2026One Company Can Outweigh an Entire SectorBy company count, SIC 82990 leads our 650 tracked filings. Weight the same data by turnover and a single energy trader jumps to #2.
- This week in UK filings · 31 Aug 2026Holding Companies Overtake Everything Else53 of 940 tracked UK companies are now classified as holding companies — the single largest SIC group, at double the average turnover.
- Why this data matters · 28 Aug 2026What Company Status Really Tells YouCompany status is the one field on these profiles that isn't a derived score — it's a live Companies House flag, and it tracks with nothing else.
- Why this data matters · 24 Aug 2026What Digital Confidence Score Really Tells YouDigital confidence score isn't a size metric — it tracks with verification status, not turnover. Here's what the number is actually measuring.
- Compliance calendar · 21 Aug 2026Inside the September 30 Pile-Up28 of 37 upcoming filings — £1.2bn combined turnover — land on one date. What a single-day compliance cluster actually tells you about risk.
- Compliance calendar · 17 Aug 2026Fourteen Days to the Next DeadlineH. Taylor & Son's accounts are due 31 August — fourteen days out. What the near-term calendar and the 30 September cluster of 28 filings tell you.
- County spotlight · 14 Aug 2026Herefordshire's Smallest Firms Are Its Digital Confidence LeadersHerefordshire ranks #3 of 47 UK counties for digital confidence — but its two biggest companies by turnover sit below the county average.
- County spotlight · 10 Aug 2026Isle of Wight Punches Above Its Weight on Digital ConfidenceIsle of Wight ranks #2 of 33 UK counties for average digital confidence — driven by companies a tenth the size of its turnover leaders.
- This week in UK filings · 7 Aug 2026What a Company's Latest Filing Type Reveals378 of 650 tracked companies last filed AA accounts, 135 filed a CS01 confirmation statement. Here's what that split actually signals.
- This week in UK filings · 3 Aug 2026The Most Common SIC Code Tells You the Least82990 is the single most common SIC code across our 650 tracked UK companies. Here's why that's a data-quality problem, not a sector story.
- Why this data matters · 31 Jul 2026What Incorporation Date Really Tells YouCompany age ranges from 1.3 to 113 years across our tracked population. Here's how to actually read that number instead of just noting it.
- Why this data matters · 27 Jul 2026What Search Footprint Really Tells YouSearch footprint counts a company's indexed digital signals. Low doesn't mean risky — but it changes how you should read everything else.
- Compliance calendar · 24 Jul 2026Five Days to the Next DeadlineCompass Supply Solutions' accounts are due 29 July — five days out. Here's what a quiet week on the Q3 calendar still tells you.
- Why this data matters · 20 Jul 2026What SIC Diversity Really Tells YouOne SIC code is a label. Several on one filing are a signal — what SIC diversity tells procurement and credit teams about a company.
- Compliance calendar · 17 Jul 2026Five New Filing Deadlines to WatchCompass Supply Solutions files 29 July; five more UK firms join the 30 September filing cluster tracked by Archive Partners this week.
- County spotlight · 13 Jul 2026Cumbria Leads the UK on Digital ConfidenceCumbria tops Archive Partners county rankings for average digital confidence — despite modest company turnover. Here is what the gap signals.
- This week in UK filings · 10 Jul 2026Construction and Holding Structures Lead the DataA read of 650 tracked SIC codes shows construction, holding companies and IT services dominating UK company filings this week.
- This week in UK filings · 6 Jul 2026Construction and Holding Companies Lead the DataWhat SIC codes dominate our 650 tracked UK companies this week, and what construction and holding-company activity reveals about the economy.
- Why this data matters · 3 Jul 2026What Officer Count Really Tells YouOfficer count looks like a footnote on a Companies House filing. It is actually one of the most useful proxies for governance risk we track.
- Why this data matters · 29 Jun 2026Why Filing Frequency Tells You More Than the Balance SheetOne overlooked Companies House data point — how often a firm files — can reveal governance discipline, growth appetite, and operational risk.
- Compliance calendar · 26 Jun 2026UK Filing Deadlines to WatchWhich UK companies face accounts deadlines in Q3 2026 — and what the filing calendar signals for procurement and credit teams.
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