DISTINCTIVE SYSTEMS LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£3,783,018
Balance sheet as at 2025-07-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1982-04-29
- Employees
- 20 (2025 accounts · was 21 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Amy Johnson Way, York, YO30 4XT
- Postcode
- YO30 4XT
- Capital
- 1,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-07-31
- Next due by
- 2027-04-30
- Financial year end
- 31 July
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-10-29
- Next due by
- 2026-11-12
Nature of business (SIC)
- 58290 Other software publishing
Officers 6 current · 5 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- distinctive.org
- Phone
- 01904692269
Distinctive Systems has been established for over 40 years and is the world’s leading supplier of management software for coach, bus and tour operators. Our main products are our Coach Manager private hire and contract booking system, our Tour Booking System and our Vehicle Maintenance System.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| DROPKALE LIMITED | 1982-07-09 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 14 CLIFTON MOOR BUSINESS VILLAGE, JAMES NICOLSON LINK, YORK, YO3 4XG | 1995-12-21 |
| 158A HIGH ST, BOSTON SPA, WETHERBY, WEST YORKSHIRE LS23 6BW | 1989-06-30 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 20 similar companies in YO
2nd largest employer among its local peers (20 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1982.
Competitors York
-
1. 2MEE LTD
This company ranks 2 among other software publishing in York.
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 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2018-01-16
- Where
- York
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK451761 | York | Leasehold | 2018-01-16 | — |
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