KING TRAILERS LIMITED

Company number 03503886 ·

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Shareholders' funds

£1,492,989

Balance sheet as at 2022-07-31

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What it does

The principal activities of the Company in the year under review were those of:-the design and manufacture of a comprehensive range of specialist trailers and truck bodies for abnormal and specialist loads; and-the provision of management, administrative and manufacturing services to other companies within the King Vehicle Engineering Group.The Company is part of the King Vehicle Engineering Group ("the Group") headed by King Vehicle Engineering Limited and the H W Martin Group of Companies ("the wider Group") headed by H W Martin Holdings Limited.

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

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1998-02-03
Employees
45 (2022 accounts · was 55 in 2021)
Registered office
H W Martin Group Fordbridge Lane, Blackwell, Alfreton, England, DE55 5JY
Postcode
DE55 5JY
Capital
100 GBP
Accounts category
Audit Exemption Subsidiary
Charges
3 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
2026-01-28
Next due by
2027-02-11
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 25110 Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
  • 29202 Manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers
  • 30990 Manufacture of other transport equipment not elsewhere classified

Officers 8 current · 16 resigned

David Mark SHAW Director
Appointed 2025-08-01
Appointed 2025-08-01
James CLEGG Director
Appointed 2025-08-01
Appointed 2024-08-01
Robin Roy AKERS Director
Appointed 2024-01-22

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Group structure

Controlled by KING VEHICLE ENGINEERING LIMITED — since 2016-08-01

Controlled by HW MARTIN HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-06-01

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

Contact details

Website
http://www.kingtrailers.co.uk

Previous company names

NameDate changed
WILD SPIRIT LIMITED1998-11-24

Previous registered addresses 2

AddressChanged on
RIVERSIDE, MARKET HARBOROUGH, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE16 7PX2017-12-05
12 YORK PLACE, LEEDS, LS1 2DS1998-10-09

Among its peers

Top 25%

by shareholders' funds, of 61 similar companies in DE

Among the biggest employers among its local peers (45 staff).

Trading since 1998.

No.11 of the largest manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures companies in Derby →

22 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors Derby

This company ranks 11 among manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures in Derby.

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The class of 1998

43%

of the 55,901 companies incorporated in 1998 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.

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