W.H. BENCE (COACHWORKS) LIMITED

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Shareholders' funds

£1,192,446

Balance sheet as at 2021-03-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1983-03-21
Employees
81 (2021 accounts · was 82 in 2020)
Registered office
W H Bence Armstrong Way, Great Western Business Park, Yate, Bristol, United Kingdom, BS37 5NG
Postcode
BS37 5NG
Capital
100 GBP
Accounts category
Full
Charges
4 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
2025-11-17
Next due by
2026-12-01
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 29100 Manufacture of motor vehicles
  • 29201 Manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles (except caravans)
  • 29202 Manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers

Officers 5 current · 5 resigned

Appointed 2019-03-31
Appointed 2019-03-03
Appointed 2000-09-14
MANAGING DIRECTOR Appointed 1990-12-31

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Group structure

Controlled by BENCE HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2024-10-24

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

Public contracts won 4

£502,538,000 total awarded value where published.

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z7780274 (Tier 1), registered since 2003.

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

Previous company names

NameDate changed
HERBDULCE LIMITED1983-06-13

Previous registered addresses 2

AddressChanged on
ARMSTRONG WAY, GREAT WESTERN BUSINESS PARK, YATE, BRISTOL, BS37 5NG2019-04-16
THE COACHWORKS INDUST EST, KINGSFIELD LANE, LONGWELL GREEN, BRISTOL BS15 6DN1988-11-10

Among its peers

3rd largest employer

of 33 similar companies in BS — measured against the wider sector, with 81 staff. The oldest of its local peers.

56 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors Bristol

This company ranks 3 among manufacture of motor vehicles in Bristol.

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The class of 1983

51%

of the 13,141 companies incorporated in 1983 are still active today; 40% have since been dissolved.

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

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