DEVON TRANSPORT TRAINING LIMITED
Company number 01161727 · Monitor this company
The confirmation statement for this company is overdue.
Executive summary
Devon Transport Training Limited presents a paradox: its balance sheet has recovered dramatically from insolvency (negative net assets of -£28,365 in 2016 to positive net assets of £86,163 in 2020), yet the company is classified as dormant and subject to a proposal to strike off. The financial recovery appears to be a byproduct of winding down operations rather than a turnaround for continued trading, with minimal fixed assets (£1,888) and 60% of assets held in cash suggesting the business has ceased operations. The primary recommendation is to ensure an orderly dissolution through either completing the strike-off process properly or, given the asset level, considering a Members' Voluntary Liquidation for cleaner legal closure and potential tax efficiency for shareholders.
Shareholders' funds
£86,163
Balance sheet as at 2020-03-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is driving school activities
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1974-03-01
- Employees
- 3 (2020 accounts)
- Registered office
- Evans Transport, Gammaton Road, Bideford, Devon, EX39 4FG
- Postcode
- EX39 4FG
- Capital
- 4,480 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-04-15
- Next due by
- 2026-04-29 Overdue
Nature of business (SIC)
- 99999 Dormant Company
Officers 3 current · 17 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by CONCEPT TRANSPORT CONSULTANTS LTD — since 2016-04-14
Controlled by E T HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| ANCHOR MILL, BRAUNTON ROAD, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX1 1JY | 2014-12-22 |
| GRENVILLE HOUSE, 9 BOUTPORT, STREET, BARNSTAPLE, NORTH DEVON, EX31 1TZ | 2007-01-09 |
| 9 BOUTPORT STREET, BARNSTAPLE, NORTH DEVON, EX31 1TZ | 2005-11-29 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 542 similar companies in EX
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (3 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1974.
Competitors Exeter
This company ranks 15 among dormant company in Exeter.
The class of 1974
40%
of the 292 companies in this sector incorporated in 1974 are still active today; 59% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.