BRUCE EXPRESS LIMITED
Company number 02335586 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Bruce Express Limited represents a strategically sound, financially robust regional freight operator that has methodically built equity value over three and a half decades through conservative management and asset accumulation. The company's key strategic decision now is how to deploy its considerable financial strength—whether through geographic expansion, vertical integration into contract logistics, selective acquisitions, or technology investment—to sustain growth in an industry facing structural headwinds from regulation, labour constraints, and digital disruption. The family ownership structure remains both a competitive advantage (long-term orientation, aligned incentives) and a vulnerability (succession risk, governance limitations), making succession planning the single most important strategic priority for the next phase of the company's evolution.
Shareholders' funds
£5,109,376
Balance sheet as at 2026-01-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1989-01-17
- Employees
- 17 (2026 accounts)
- Registered office
- Unit Bt1/0348 Eleventh Avenue North, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, Tyne And Wear, England, NE11 0NJ
- Postcode
- NE11 0NJ
- Capital
- 5,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-01-31
- Next due by
- 2027-10-31
- Financial year end
- 31 January
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-29
- Next due by
- 2027-09-12
Nature of business (SIC)
- 49410 Freight transport by road
Officers 4 current · 2 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB223984 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- bruceexpresslimited.co.uk
- Phone
- 0191 4827090
Bruce Express Limited, is a family run business based in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. We pride ourselves on our attention to detail and impeccable track record of delivering precise timed deliveries, time and time again
Previous registered addresses 7
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT B21/0348 ELEVENTH AVENUE NORTH, TEAM VALLEY TRADING ESTATE, GATESHEAD, TYNE AND WEAR, NE11 0NJ, ENGLAND | 2016-05-20 |
| UNIT 14/15 EARLS PARK NORTH, EARLSWAY, TEAM VALLEY TRADING ESTATE, GATESHEAD, TYNE AND WEAR, NE11 0RQ | 2016-05-05 |
| THE DEPOT, 7-12 ELLISON ROAD, DUNSTON, GATESHEAD, TYNE & WEAR, NE11 9SS | 2010-01-25 |
| THE DEPOT, 7-12 ELLISON ROAD, DUNSTON GATESHEAD, TYNE AND WEAR NE11 9SS | 2006-02-01 |
| THE DEPOT, 7-12 ELLISON ROAD, DUNSTON GATESHEAD, TYNE AND WEAR NE11 9SS | 2006-02-01 |
| 61 FAIRVIEW AVENUE, WIGMORE, GILLINGHAM, KENT ME8 OPQ | 1989-01-30 |
| 61 FAIRVIEW AVENUE, WIGMORE, GILLINGHAM, KENT ME8 OPQ | 1989-01-30 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 211 similar companies in NE
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (17 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1989.
No.3 of the largest freight transport by road companies in Newcastle Upon Tyne →
Competitors Newcastle Upon Tyne
This company ranks 3 among freight transport by road in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
The class of 1989
50%
of the 21,096 companies incorporated in 1989 are still active today; 44% 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
- 2018-01-19
- Price paid, where recorded
- £810,000
- Where
- Tyne And Wear (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TY310333 | Tyne And Wear | Freehold | 2018-01-19 | £220,000 |
| TY181993 | Tyne And Wear | Leasehold | 2016-01-27 | £590,000 |
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