A. SALVATORI AND SON LIMITED
Company number 00802362 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
A. Salvatori and Son is a long-established Kent-based road freight operator that demonstrates both the structural challenges and competitive advantages typical of its sector. The company benefits from group structure support and strategic location, but faces persistent working capital deficiency (current ratio 0.99x), increasing reliance on overdraft facilities, and a declining fleet asset base that raises questions about long-term capacity renewal. The aggressive deleveraging of hire purchase obligations is commendable but appears to have come at the expense of fleet investment, creating a strategic tension between balance sheet repair and operational competitiveness that management must resolve as the industry transitions toward decarbonisation.
Shareholders' funds
£643,446
Balance sheet as at 2012-10-01
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1964-04-23
- Registered office
- 4 Covert Road, Aylesham Industrial Estate, Aylesham, Kent, England, CT3 3EQ
- Postcode
- CT3 3EQ
- Capital
- 53 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-06-30
- Next due by
- 2027-03-29
- Financial year end
- 29 June
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-16
- Next due by
- 2027-07-30
Nature of business (SIC)
- 49410 Freight transport by road
Officers 5 current · 11 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| GROVE ROAD, PRESTON, CANTERBURY, KENT, CT3 1EF | 2015-07-16 |
| 51 ROUGH COMMON ROAD, CANTERBURY, KENT, CT2 9DL | 1994-06-09 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 161 similar companies in CT
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1964.
No.20 of the largest freight transport by road companies in Canterbury →
Competitors Canterbury
This company ranks 20 among freight transport by road in Canterbury.