The Open Agency Limited

Active02917100 Private limited company

Incorporated: 8 April 1994 (32 years)
Industry: Artistic creation (90030)
Directors: Gerald Charles Clipp
Lewis George Murdo Macleod
Owned by: Gerald Charles Clipp
Lewis George Murdo Macleod
Accounts type: Total exemption full
Region: South East
Address: The Coach House
10 Shepherds Walk
Tunbridge Wells
TN2 3QR

Filing status

Accounts due: 30 September 2027
Last accounts: 31 December 2025
Conf. stmt due: 22 April 2027
Last conf. stmt: 8 April 2026

Charges

Total: 1
Outstanding: 0
Part satisfied: 0
Satisfied: 1

Officers 2 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Clipp, Gerald Charles

Director · Appointed 1 September 2012

Also at Kingswood Residents Association Limited · more companies

British

Born May 1950 (76)

Macleod, Lewis George Murdo

Director · Appointed 1 September 2012

British

Born February 1965 (61)

Officer history (25 former)

7 April 2016

Resigned Horseman, Michael William as Director

1 September 2012

Appointed Macleod, Lewis George Murdo as Director

1 September 2012

Resigned Horseman, Susan as Secretary

1 September 2012

Appointed Clipp, Gerald Charles as Director

1 September 2012

Resigned Holton, Andrew Michael as Director

1 September 2012

Resigned Routledge, Martyn Anthony as Director

29 July 2011

Appointed Horseman, Susan as Secretary

29 July 2011

Resigned Cooke, Gary John as Director

29 July 2011

Resigned Cooke, Gary as Secretary

13 November 2006

Appointed Holton, Andrew Michael as Director

13 November 2006

Appointed Routledge, Martyn Anthony as Director

19 May 2006

Resigned Hall, Robert John as Director

12 September 2005

Resigned Spark, Victoria as Director

2 January 2003

Appointed Hall, Robert John as Director

13 September 2002

Appointed Spark, Victoria as Director

31 January 2002

Resigned Falco, Susan as Director

2 February 2001

Resigned Sellick, Martyn Charles as Director

2 February 2001

Resigned Carpenter, Robert Sherston as Director

2 February 2001

Appointed Cooke, Gary as Secretary

2 February 2001

Resigned Lazell, David William Roy as Secretary

21 December 1999

Resigned Townsend, Gary as Director

30 November 1999

Resigned Mills, Patrick George as Director

27 November 1999

Resigned Tack, Michael as Director

27 October 1999

Appointed Falco, Susan as Director

27 October 1999

Appointed Townsend, Gary as Director

2 August 1999

Appointed Carpenter, Robert Sherston as Director

31 March 1999

Resigned Ellse, Simon Richard as Secretary

31 March 1999

Resigned Ellse, Simon Richard as Director

31 March 1999

Appointed Cooke, Gary John as Director

31 March 1999

Appointed Lazell, David William Roy as Secretary

31 March 1999

Appointed Horseman, Michael William as Director

31 March 1999

Appointed Mills, Patrick George as Director

31 March 1999

Resigned Hobbs, Steven as Director

31 March 1999

Appointed Tack, Michael as Director

31 March 1999

Appointed Sellick, Martyn Charles as Director

26 February 1999

Resigned Noel-Johnson, Christopher as Director

6 February 1995

Resigned Bond, Richard Godfrey as Secretary

6 February 1995

Appointed Ellse, Simon Richard as Secretary

6 February 1995

Appointed Ellse, Simon Richard as Director

28 October 1994

Resigned Furness, John Christopher as Director

28 October 1994

Resigned Furness, John Christopher as Secretary

28 October 1994

Appointed Bond, Richard Godfrey as Secretary

17 August 1994

Resigned Stileman, James David Winn as Director

12 April 1994

Appointed Noel-Johnson, Christopher as Director

12 April 1994

Appointed Furness, John Christopher as Director

12 April 1994

Appointed Furness, John Christopher as Secretary

12 April 1994

Appointed Hobbs, Steven as Director

12 April 1994

Appointed Stileman, James David Winn as Director

12 April 1994

Resigned Hallmark Secretaries Limited as Corporate Nominee Secretary

12 April 1994

Resigned Hallmark Registrars Limited as Corporate Nominee Director

8 April 1994

Appointed Hallmark Secretaries Limited as Corporate Nominee Secretary

8 April 1994

Appointed Hallmark Registrars Limited as Corporate Nominee Director

Ownership 2 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

Gerald Charles Clipp

Individual · Notified 1 February 2017

Owns 25–50% of shares

Holds 25–50% of voting rights

British

Born May 1950 (76)

Lewis George Murdo Macleod

Individual · Notified 1 February 2017

Owns 25–50% of shares

Holds 25–50% of voting rights

British

Born February 1965 (61)

Financials

Balance sheet as at 31 December 2025 · total exemption full accounts

Net Assets: £137,026
Cash: £110,787
Profit: (£40,809)
Employees: 6

Debt Ratio: 41%
Current Ratio: 3.0x
Return on Equity: -30%

Trend

Net Assets

Balance sheet detail

	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2019
Fixed Assets	£4,013	£6,905	£7,861	£10,753	£8,676	£14,021
Current Assets	£226,636	£273,205	£231,219	£267,724	£335,732	£384,096
Debtors	£103,849	£108,426	£87,311	£73,150
Cash	£110,787	£154,779	£133,908	£189,574
Creditors (< 1 year)	£75,623	£84,275	£70,013	£76,573	£124,691	£302,534
Creditors (> 1 year)	£18,000	£17,000	£16,000	£14,000	£41,667
Net Current Assets	£151,013	£188,930	£161,206	£191,151	£213,451	£92,269
Net Assets	£137,026	£178,835	£153,067	£187,904	£179,160	£104,575
Shareholder Funds	£137,026	£178,835	£153,067	£187,904	£179,160	£104,575

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

Date	Description	Made Up To
8 June 2026	Total exemption full accounts	31 December 2025
21 April 2026	Confirmation statement with updates	8 April 2026
11 March 2026	Director's details changed
7 July 2025	Registered office address changed
9 June 2025	Total exemption full accounts	31 December 2024