QUAY TRANSPORT LIMITED
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Executive summary
Quay Transport Limited is a mid-sized, asset-heavy road freight operator demonstrating strong financial momentum, evidenced by a 41.7% increase in net assets and significant fleet expansion in 2024. While the company is aggressively investing in plant and machinery to maintain competitive service reliability—a critical factor in the UK logistics sector—this has been funded by high leverage, leaving working capital extremely tight with a current ratio of just 1.02. Overall, the business is transitioning from a traditional family firm to a growth-oriented regional player, though it must carefully manage its liquidity and related-party exposures to sustain this trajectory.
Shareholders' funds
£1,491,399
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2000-01-11
- Employees
- 27 (2024 accounts · was 24 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Rowland House, Regent Road, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 8RB
- Postcode
- L20 8RB
- Capital
- 1,101 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-23
- Next due by
- 2027-08-06
Nature of business (SIC)
- 49410 Freight transport by road
Officers 4 current · 6 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by QUAY TRANSPORT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2026-01-23
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB179927 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- quaytransport.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 1514731180
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| KIRKBYS TRANSPORT LIMITED | 2000-12-29 |
| J. KIRKBY & SON LIMITED | 2000-07-14 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 28 WEAVER ROAD, BLACKBURNE STREET, GARSTON LIVERPOOL, MERSEYSIDE L19 8JN | 2003-06-03 |
| C/O MOORE STEPHENS BARRATT HOUSE, 47-49 NORTH JOHN STREET, LIVERPOOL, MERSEYSIDE L2 6TG | 2001-01-03 |
| C/O NORTH WEST REGISTRATION, SERVICES, 9 ABBEY SQUARE, CHESTER, CHESHIRE CH1 2HU | 2000-07-25 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 454 similar companies in L
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (27 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2000.
No.12 of the largest freight transport by road companies in Liverpool →
Competitors Liverpool
This company ranks 12 among freight transport by road in Liverpool.
The class of 2000
43%
of the 470 companies in this sector incorporated in 2000 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.