Epping Forest: companies and business figures

Westminster parliamentary constituency (2024 boundaries), East of England · ONS code E14001226

13,748 active companies have their registered office in Epping Forest, and 9,440 of them are based here rather than at a mass-registration or default address. 1,273 companies based here were incorporated in the 12 months to 5 October 2026.

Key figures

FigureHereMedian
Active companies registered13,7486,657
Active companies based here9,4405,142
New companies, last 12 months1,273672
New companies, September 202611059
Companies entering insolvency, last 12 months197
Share facing strike-off7.8%7.7%
Share with net liabilities23.0%21.2%
Share filing accounts late6.0%6.1%
Single owners aged 65 or over6.6%7.9%

The median constituency: half of all constituencies have a lower figure and half a higher one. Shares are compared only across areas where the share is published.

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Registered and based here

Active companies registered
13,748
At mass-registration addresses
4,308 (31.3%; median 17.7%)
At the registrar's default address
0
Active companies based here
9,440

Active companies whose registered office on the Companies House register is in the constituency, on 5 October 2026. Active means the status Active, including companies with a proposal to strike off. Every company type on the register is counted.

Active companies registered in the constituency, leaving out those at mass-registration addresses (an address line and postcode shared by 50 or more companies: formation agents, accountants, virtual offices) and those whose registered office Companies House has removed (the registrar's default address). A registered office is where a company receives official post; it is usually, but not always, where the company trades.

Active companies registered at an address shared by 50 or more companies (the same first address line and postcode), as a share of all active companies registered in the constituency.

New companies

5 October 2025 to 5 October 2026
1,273 based here (1,678 registered here)
September 2026
110 based here (142 registered here)

Companies incorporated from 5 October 2025 to 5 October 2026 that are on the register now (any status) and based in the constituency as defined above. The figure in brackets counts every company registered here, including those at mass-registration and default addresses.

Companies incorporated in September 2026, the last complete month, on the same basis.

Companies entering insolvency

5 October 2025 to 5 October 2026
19
Administration
0
Creditors' voluntary liquidation
15
Compulsory winding up
fewer than 10
Latest first notice here
11 September 2026

Companies whose first Gazette notice of administration, creditors' voluntary liquidation or compulsory winding up was published from 5 October 2025 to 5 October 2026 (The Gazette, corporate insolvency notices held to 4 October 2026). A company is placed by the principal trading address its notice gives; otherwise by its registered office, unless that is a mass-registration or default address, which is usually the insolvency practitioner's office after an appointment. Companies that cannot be placed are counted in the UK total only. Across the UK, 10,715 of the 23,771 companies entering insolvency in this period (45.1%) could be placed in an area, so area figures count fewer companies than entered insolvency there. Members' voluntary liquidations are solvent and not counted; notices without a company number cannot be matched.

Industries

Industry (SIC 2007 section)Companies based hereShare
Real estate activities1,50916.0%
Construction1,46815.6%
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles1,03811.0%
Professional, scientific and technical activities97810.4%
Information and communication7057.5%
Administrative and support services6727.1%
Accommodation and food services4234.5%
Human health and social work4234.5%
Other service activities4164.4%
Financial and insurance activities3003.2%
Manufacturing2722.9%
Households as employers and producers for own use2722.9%

Active companies based in the constituency by the UK SIC 2007 section of their first SIC code. Dormant companies (SIC 99999) are shown on their own.

Balance sheets and filing

FigureHereMedian
Companies with recent accounts6,688—
Share with net liabilities23.0%21.2%
Median net assets£1,048£2,007
Share filing accounts late6.0%6.1%
Share facing strike-off7.8%7.7%

Latest accounts we hold for active companies based in the constituency, with a balance sheet date from 5 April 2024 to 5 October 2026. Figures are the companies' own filings, shown as filed and not audited by CompanyStack; figures that contradict each other are left out.

Companies whose latest accounts show net liabilities (net assets below zero), as a share of those whose accounts give net assets.

The middle value of net assets in those accounts, filed in pounds sterling (accounts filed in other currencies are not converted and are left out).

Active companies based in the constituency whose next accounts were due before 5 October 2026 according to the register, as a share of those with an accounts due date.

Active companies based in the constituency with a proposal to strike off on the register (status "Active - Proposal to Strike off"), as a share of active companies based there.

Owners aged 65 or over

Single owners aged 65 or over
6.6% of 5,602 companies with a single owner (median 7.9%)

Of the active companies based in the constituency with exactly one person with significant control holding 75% or more of the shares, an individual whose month and year of birth are published: the share whose owner was 65 or over throughout October 2026. Day of birth is not published, so an owner who turns 65 in that month is not counted. Shown only when at least 10 different people are 65 or over and at least 10 are under 65 (someone who owns several of these companies counts once).

Largest employers by filed head count

CompanyEmployees (as filed)Accounts to
LOUGHTON CARE CENTRE LIMITED3,00031 December 2025
PLEXCROFT LIMITED3,00031 December 2025
RAVWAY LIMITED3,00031 December 2025
LAMBOURNE LIMITED3,00031 December 2025
LONGPRIME2 LTD3,00031 December 2025
OAKLAND ENFIELD LIMITED3,00031 December 2025
OAKLAND WANTAGE CARE HOME LIMITED3,00031 December 2025
OAKLAND HILDENBOROUGH LTD3,00031 December 2025
OAKLAND MAIDSTONE CARE HOME LIMITED3,00031 December 2025
OAKLAND SWANLEY CARE HOME LIMITED3,00031 December 2025

Up to ten companies based in the constituency with the largest average number of employees in their latest accounts, 10 or more (as filed: group accounts give the group's figure, which may include staff elsewhere). Companies only: limited liability partnerships, partnerships and other bodies are not listed.

Information only, not advice. Register details and accounts figures are the company's own filings, shown as filed: CompanyStack does not audit or verify them and accepts no responsibility for decisions made on them. Check important facts at Companies House.

Use these figures

Developers can fetch every figure for this constituency as JSON with GET https://api.companystack.co.uk/places/constituency/E14001226; see the API documentation. A count from 1 to 9 is shown as "fewer than 10", and a share or median built from fewer than 10 companies is not shown.

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Data from Companies House (the register, accounts and people with significant control), The Gazette (corporate insolvency notices) and the ONS Postcode Directory (constituency, council and ward of each postcode), as held on 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0. CompanyStack is not affiliated with or endorsed by Companies House, The Gazette or the Office for National Statistics.

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