BULMAN'S BULK & HAULAGE LIMITED
Company number 01611165 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Bulman's Bulk & Haulage Limited is an exceptionally well-capitalised regional road freight operator whose balance sheet strength—£14.3M net assets and £8.6M cash reserves—places it significantly above typical industry benchmarks where thin margins and high leverage are the norm. The company's strategic shift toward fleet ownership over subcontractor dependence, combined with a disciplined three-year vehicle replacement cycle, demonstrates operational sophistication that enhances both margin control and competitive resilience. While the company's financial position provides substantial strategic optionality, the key question for stakeholders is whether the retained cash reserves will be deployed toward growth or continue to serve as a defensive buffer in an increasingly challenging regulatory and labour-cost environment.
Shareholders' funds
£14,311,012
Balance sheet as at 2021-01-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is the provision of haulage services using both its own and sub-contractors vehicles
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1982-02-03
- Employees
- 73 (2021 accounts · was 75 in 2020)
- Registered office
- Haweswater Road, Penrith Industrial Estate, Penrith, United Kingdom, CA11 9EU
- Postcode
- CA11 9EU
- Capital
- 1 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-01-31
- Next due by
- 2026-10-31
- Financial year end
- 31 January
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-14
- Next due by
- 2027-07-28
Nature of business (SIC)
- 49410 Freight transport by road
Officers 6 current · 3 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA886842 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| HAWESWATER ROAD, PENRITH INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 9EU | 2016-07-22 |
| BRAESIDE, LAZONBY, PENRILE CA10 1AU, CUMBRIA | 1987-09-15 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 144 similar companies in CA
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (73 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1982.
No.2 of the largest freight transport by road companies in Carlisle →
Competitors Carlisle
This company ranks 2 among freight transport by road in Carlisle.
The class of 1982
53%
of the 12,655 companies incorporated in 1982 are still active today; 39% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 12 titles
- Freehold
- 12
- Most recent registration
- 2026-05-06
- Price paid, where recorded
- £3,500,000
- Where
- Westmorland And Furness (12)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CU140062 | Westmorland And Furness | Freehold | 2026-05-06 | £1,200,000 |
| CU108062 | Westmorland And Furness | Freehold | 2024-11-14 | — |
| CU149548 | Westmorland And Furness | Freehold | 2024-11-14 | — |
| CU166603 | Westmorland And Furness | Freehold | 2024-11-14 | — |
| CU64025 | Westmorland And Furness | Freehold | 2024-11-14 | £1,100,000 |
| CU6554 | Westmorland And Furness | Freehold | 2024-11-14 | — |
| CU71809 | Westmorland And Furness | Freehold | 2024-11-14 | — |
| CU98390 | Westmorland And Furness | Freehold | 2024-11-14 | — |
| CU340915 | Westmorland And Furness | Freehold | 2023-11-30 | — |
| CU159919 | Westmorland And Furness | Freehold | 2023-01-04 | £400,000 |
| CU112637 | Westmorland And Furness | Freehold | 2022-05-27 | £800,000 |
| CU150322 | Westmorland And Furness | Freehold | 2022-05-27 | — |
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