EDWARDS COACHES LIMITED

Company number 04045308 ·

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Shareholders' funds

£12,477,997

Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of tour operator and coach hire.

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2000-08-02
Employees
491 (2025 accounts · was 488 in 2024)
Registered office
The Courtyard Parc Busnes Edwards, Llantrisant, Pontyclun, Wales, CF72 8QZ
Postcode
CF72 8QZ
Capital
41,602 GBP
Accounts category
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
2026-08-02
Next due by
2027-08-16
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 79120 Tour operator activities

Officers 4 current · 6 resigned

Appointed 2023-03-02
Appointed 2023-03-02
Appointed 2023-03-02
Appointed 2000-11-28

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Group structure 1 subsidiary

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z2882683 (Tier 1), registered since 2011.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Political donations 3

£15,851 in registered political donations since 2016.

  • Owen Smith MP
    £5,851 2016-08-30 Non Cash
  • Owen Smith MP
    £4,000 2016-08-05 Cash
  • Owen Smith MP
    £6,000 2016-07-21 Non Cash

Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Gender pay gap

14.33%

Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2026/27 · around the middle of the pack for parity

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Contact details

Website
edwardscoaches.co.uk
Phone
01443 202028, 01443 202048, 01443 215280

Travel with Edwards Coaches – trusted since 1925. From UK & European coach holidays to private hire, schools and events! Simply The Best Way To Get Away!

Previous registered addresses 4

AddressChanged on
EDWARDS COACHES LTD, NEWTOWN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LLANTWIT FARDRE, PONTYPRIDD, RHONDDA CYNON TAFF, CF38 2EE2018-08-15
UNIT 9 NEWTOWN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LLANTWIT FARDRE, PONTYPRIDD, RHONDDA CYNON TAFF CF38 2EE2007-08-15
UNIT 9 NEWTOWN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, LLANTWIT FARDRE, PONTYPRIDD, RHONDDA CYNON TAFF CF38 2EE2007-08-15
40 LLYS GARTH, LLANTWIT FARDRE, PONTYPRIDD, MID GLAMORGAN CF38 2JA2000-12-07

Among its peers

Top 5%

by shareholders' funds, of 25 similar companies in CF

The largest employer among its local peers (491 staff).

3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 2000.

No.1 of the largest tour operator activities companies in Cardiff →

26 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors Cardiff

This company ranks 1 among tour operator activities in Cardiff.

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The class of 2000

41%

of the 75,534 companies incorporated in 2000 are still active today; 56% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 5 titles

Leasehold
5
Most recent registration
2025-12-23
Price paid, where recorded
£275,000
Where
Swansea (2), Cornwall (1), City Of Bristol (1)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
CL386923 Cornwall Leasehold 2025-12-23 £275,000
BL152622 City Of Bristol Leasehold 2019-05-22
CYM687564 Neath Port Talbot Leasehold 2016-08-09
CYM513251 Swansea Leasehold 2010-12-08
CYM483732 Swansea Leasehold 2010-03-09

For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).

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