WRINGS TRANSPORT LIMITED
Company number 03093453 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Wrings Transport Limited demonstrates financial characteristics that place it well above typical industry norms for the UK road freight sector, with an exceptionally strong balance sheet (61% net asset ratio, 0.25x gearing), growing equity reserves, and substantial cash holdings that provide resilience against the sector's cyclical pressures. While the FY23 revenue decline to £9.88M reflects broader market normalisation following the 2022 freight boom, the company's asset-rich position—including freehold premises and likely owned fleet—gives it competitive advantages over leveraged competitors. The primary strategic considerations are succession planning within the Wring family and ensuring sufficient investment in fleet decarbonisation and technology to maintain its regional niche position against consolidating larger operators.
Shareholders' funds
£6,461,178
Balance sheet as at 2023-09-30
What it does
The principal activity of the company is road haulage.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1995-08-21
- Employees
- 95 (2023 accounts · was 100 in 2022)
- Registered office
- Unit 5 Severn View Industrial Estate Central Avenue, Hallen, Bristol, United Kingdom, BS10 7SD
- Postcode
- BS10 7SD
- Capital
- 4 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-21
- Next due by
- 2027-09-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 49410 Freight transport by road
Officers 2 current · 5 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB001285 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- wrings.co.uk
- Phone
- 01179384646
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| C/O MILSTED LANGDON LLP, 6TH FLOOR ONE REDCLIFF STREET, BRISTOL, BS1 6NP, ENGLAND | 2017-10-20 |
| UNITS 3&5 SEVERN VIEW INDUSTRIAL, PARK CENTRAL AVENUE, SEVERN BEACH, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE, BS10 7SD | 2016-11-03 |
| UNIT 8, CHITTENING INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, AVONMOUTH, BRISTOL BS11 0YB | 2006-02-21 |
| 42 HAM GREEN, PILL HAM GREEN, BRISTOL, BS20 0HA | 2004-09-23 |
| OAKFIELD HOUSE, OAKFIELD GROVE, CLIFTON, BRISTOL BS8 2BN | 1998-08-26 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 539 similar companies in BS
2nd largest employer among its local peers (95 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1995.
No.2 of the largest freight transport by road companies in Bristol →
Competitors Bristol
This company ranks 2 among freight transport by road in Bristol.
The class of 1995
45%
of the 34,000 companies incorporated in 1995 are still active today; 52% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2005-12-16
- Where
- South Gloucestershire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GR288493 | South Gloucestershire | Freehold | 2005-12-16 | — |
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