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Freestart Public Limited Company

Freestart plc are one of the leading providers of responsive website design and e-commerce sites in the UK. We also offer a range of online marketing products including SEO and PPC. The company’s own description of itself, taken from its website.

Active 26 years old · 1,662nd oldest of 4,506 · incorporated in the 1990s

Company number03855529
StatusActive
Incorporated08/10/1999
Accounts last made up to30/11/2025
Next accounts due31/05/2027
Accounts typeFULL
Charges outstanding2

Registered office

12 LORD STREET, WIGAN, LANCASHIRE, WN1 2BN

Other PLCs registered in Wigan

Online

Website www.freestart.com

Social accounts X

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Filing history

This company has 91 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 28/05/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 31/10/2025.

Filings: officer changes29
Filings: accounts27
Filings: annual returns16
Filings: confirmation statements10
Filings: incorporation3
Filings: charges2

The most recent filings

Accounts, full 28/05/2026
Confirmation statement 31/10/2025
Accounts, full 29/05/2025
Confirmation statement 12/11/2024
Accounts, full 30/05/2024
Confirmation statement 16/11/2023
Accounts, full 21/08/2023
Confirmation statement 08/11/2022
Secretary resigned 31/10/2022
Accounts, full 09/06/2022

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Who runs it

The register lists 4 current officers and 8 who have resigned.

Earl Joseph Crooks Directorappointed 30/10/1999
Maria Louise Crooks Directorappointed 01/11/1999
Mark Andrew Gerrard Directorappointed 15/03/2011
Kevin Lowe Directorappointed 18/08/2020

Who controls it

Companies must record the people or entities with significant control. The register shows 2 current entries.

Mr Earl Joseph Crooks
Owns 50% to 75% of the shares; Holds 50% to 75% of the voting rights; Can appoint and remove directors
since 06/04/2016
Mrs Maria Louise Crooks
Owns 25% to 50% of the shares; Holds 25% to 50% of the voting rights
since 06/04/2016

Charges

A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 2 registered charges, of which 2 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

A registered charge
National Westminster Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 25/11/2013
Debenture
National Westminster Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 28/06/2006

Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.

What it does

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Registered office

No other PLC on the register gives this postcode.

On the register

  • 1,662nd oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 1990s cohort
  • Not in liquidation or facing strike off

There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.

Register data as at 2026-09-01 Download the full register (CSV)