BOURNEMOUTH TRANSPORT LIMITED
Company number 02004964 · Monitor this company
The annual accounts for this company are overdue.
The confirmation statement for this company is overdue.
Executive summary
Bournemouth Transport Limited's liquidation represents a case study in the structural challenges facing sub-regional bus operators in the UK's deregulated market. Despite backing from French state-owned transport giant RATP Dev, the company could not overcome the triple headwinds of declining patronage, post-pandemic revenue collapse, and intense competition from better-capitalised rivals like Stagecoach. The failure underscores the broader sector reality that scale and diversification are increasingly prerequisites for survival, and that even international operator expertise cannot compensate for the fundamental economics of running a geographically concentrated bus network in a challenging operating environment.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1986-03-27
- Registered office
- C/O Milsted Langdon Llp Freshford House, Redcliffe Way, Bristol, BS1 6NL
- Postcode
- BS1 6NL
- Capital
- 2,512,281 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2021-03-31
- Next due by
- 2022-12-31 Overdue
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2021-08-04
- Next due by
- 2022-08-18 Overdue
Nature of business (SIC)
- 49319 Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar)
Officers 5 current · 51 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by YELLOW BUSES HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2019-07-01
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VINTAGE YELLOW BUSES LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Gender pay gap
2.5%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2021/22
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| STROUDEN BUSES LIMITED | 1986-05-27 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| BUS DEPOT, YEOMANS WAY, BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET, BH8 0BQ | 2006-03-06 |
| MALLARD ROAD, BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET BH8 9PN | 2006-03-03 |
The class of 1986
51%
of the 18,365 companies incorporated in 1986 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 1
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2005-11-04
- Where
- Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DT317256 | Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole | Freehold | 2005-11-04 | — |
| DT237680 | Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole | Leasehold | 1996-09-05 | — |
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