PENTAGON FREIGHT SERVICES PLC

32-33 CLIPPER BOULEVARD, DARTFORD, DA2 6QB

Company Number: 01162218
Incorporation date: 06-Mar-1974
Status: Active
Entity type: Public Limited Company

SIC codes:
52103 Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities
52241 Cargo handling for water transport activities
52242 Cargo handling for air transport activities
52243 Cargo handling for land transport activities


SUMMARY

This company is 51.9 years old and is currently active. It is controlled by Pentagon Holdings Limited. The company has positive equity (net assets) of GBP 31.1 million which has increased from GBP 30.2 million in the previous year. The latest reported revenue figure is GBP 48.1 million which is up 10% on previous year's figure of GBP 43.1 million. The company has 3 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 7 other companies. The company has no public disputes filed on the Business Disputes Register. There are no court cases involving the company that we are aware of.


FINANCIALS (BETA)

Next accounts due: 31-Oct-2026
Accounts Filed: FULL (30-Apr-2025)


P&L Financials:
Year end Currency Revenue Operating profit Interest Received Interest Paid Tax Net Profit GBP
30-Apr-2020 GBP 48,072,398 742,404 46,215 -206,602
30-Apr-2019 GBP 43,056,556 907,858 41,029 -281,770
30-Apr-2018 GBP 43,590,043 146,838 76,826
30-Apr-2017 GBP -71,602 12,645
30-Apr-2016 GBP 51,410,841 596,184 38,496 64,351 556,259
30-Apr-2015 GBP 79,119,830 2,932,734 71,967 263 778,722 4,439,882
30-Apr-2014 GBP 76,214,726 3,007,562 70,999 401 503,487 4,185,158
30-Apr-2013 GBP 79,096,607 3,437,922 59,313 868,656
30-Apr-2012 GBP 72,229,635 2,123,957 10,268 875 569,014 2,995,407
30-Apr-2011 GBP 74,827,642 3,350,719 3,380 4,524 3,024,700
30-Apr-2010 GBP 46,292,148 941,320 2,474 1,563 867,036 2,633,111
30-Apr-2009 GBP 57,032,133 2,450,136 11,140 9,536


Balance Sheet Financials:
Year end Currency Cash Current Assets Current Liabilities Debt Share Capital Premium Reserve Retained Earnings Net Assets
30-Apr-2020 GBP 7,214,583 23,630,285 100,000 2,500 30,973,118 31,075,618
30-Apr-2019 GBP 4,569,140 22,613,164 100,000 2,500 30,055,991 30,158,491
30-Apr-2018 GBP 3,547,765 20,714,849 100,000 2,500 29,079,629 29,182,129
30-Apr-2017 GBP 4,446,167 15,778,862 969,431 100,000 2,500 28,795,007 28,897,507
30-Apr-2016 GBP 4,292,390 18,096,766 100,000 2,500 29,025,069 29,127,569
30-Apr-2015 GBP 7,127,228 34,774,655 12,056,048 100,000 26,968,013 27,070,513
30-Apr-2014 GBP 6,274,768 31,022,397 11,765,279
30-Apr-2013 GBP 5,095,357 27,918,545 12,377,123
30-Apr-2012 GBP 1,399,592 26,150,189 13,637,470 100,000 14,911,723 15,014,223
30-Apr-2011 GBP 5,099,290 22,170,338 11,804,956
30-Apr-2010 GBP 1,084,473 16,209,570 9,179,436 100,000 8,891,616 8,994,116
30-Apr-2009 GBP 1,172,571 14,966,442 8,924,169

VALUATION EVENTS (BETA)

Year end Currency % Equity Sum raised Pre-Money Valuation* Post-Money Valuation* Enterprise Value**
Insufficient available data for calculating valuations.

DISPUTES

No disputes filed on www.disputesregister.org

COMPANY SECRETARY


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All apointments
(active/resigned)
Active Kim Lesley OCHILTREE 22 Sep 2017 18 Jan 2026 1 - 0
Resigned Timothy David SPITTLE 22 Sep 2017 British 0 - 15

DIRECTORS


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All appointments
(active/resigned)
Dissolved companies
(rate)
Active Marco REBUFFI 31 Oct 2025 American 2 - 00 (0.0%)
Active Tahira FUMO 31 Oct 2025 American 2 - 00 (0.0%)
Resigned Kim Lesley OCHILTREE 27 Apr 2017 31 Oct 2025 British 3 - 70 (0.0%)
Active Ashley Paul TAYLOR 31 Mar 2016 Australian 7 - 11 (12.5%)
Resigned Stephen Mortimer TRIGGS 01 May 2009 04 Dec 2017 British 0 - 20 (0.0%)
Resigned George BOOTH 01 May 2009 18 Jun 2015 British 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Glen Charles PLANT 01 Aug 2004 02 Mar 2010 British 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned David Rae WILSON 17 Jun 2002 22 Sep 2017 Director British 0 - 31 (33.3%)
Resigned David James OAKES 17 Jun 2002 30 Apr 2009 Director British 0 - 31 (33.3%)
Resigned Thomas Noel Joseph MORGAN 06 Feb 2002 30 Apr 2009 Director British 0 - 41 (25.0%)
Resigned David Rae WILSON 22 Sep 2017 British 0 - 31 (33.3%)
Resigned Timothy David SPITTLE 22 Sep 2017 British 0 - 158 (53.3%)
Resigned David James OAKES 30 Apr 2009 British 0 - 31 (33.3%)
Resigned Thomas Noel Joseph MORGAN 30 Apr 2009 British 0 - 41 (25.0%)
Resigned Geoffrey Robb SMITH 13 Sep 2015 British 0 - 74 (57.1%)
Resigned Christopher John, Mr. KENT 06 Feb 2002 British 0 - 31 (33.3%)
Number of active directors: 3
Average tenure of active directors: 3.4 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 4.5 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 4.2%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name
 
PENTAGON MARINE LIMITED (00915484) - Active
PENTAGON FREIGHT SERVICES PLC (01162218) - Active
PENTAGON OIL LIMITED (01223932) - Liquidation
PENTAGON HOLDINGS LIMITED (04101313) - Active
TENLINK LIMITED (04464417) - Active
PENTAGON TRANSPORT LIMITED (04552918) - Active
PENTAGON FREIGHT PROJECTS LIMITED (10287679) - Active
PENTAGON FREIGHT SHARED SERVICES LIMITED (10287803) - Active

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

Shareholder name Share class Shares at confirmation date
2015-09-292014-09-292013-09-292012-09-292011-09-29
PENTAGON HOLDINGS LTDORDINARY100,000
100%
100,000
100%
100,000
100%
83,461
83.5%
78,948
78.9%
DAVID WILSONORDINARY0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
6,763
6.76%
6,763
6.76%
TIMOTHY SPITTLEORDINARY0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
5,263
5.26%
5,263
5.26%
JOSPEHINE YEO CHIN NAMORDINARY0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
3,610
3.61%
0
0%
SIEW KEONG WONGORDINARY0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
903
0.903%
0
0%
PENTAGON FREIGHT SERVICES SINGAPORE PTE LTDORDINARY0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
9,026
9.03%

This is a Public Limited Company therefore the list of shareholders is not publicly available.

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

no shareholding data

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES



Controlling entities above

PENTAGON FREIGHT SERVICES PLC

Controlled companies below

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT


Start date End date Average days to pay % invoices paid over 60 days % invoices not paid within agreed terms Gov.uk report
2024-11-01 2025-04-30 45 12% 12% 98447
2024-05-01 2024-10-31 44 15% 11% 91806
2023-11-01 2024-04-30 48 17% 15% 84642
2023-05-01 2023-10-31 49 14% 15% 77841
2022-11-01 2023-04-30 47 26% 11% 71674
2022-05-01 2022-10-31 44 20% 13% 65129
2021-11-01 2022-04-30 47 20% 20% 58375
2021-05-01 2021-10-31 49 17% 17% 51718
2020-11-01 2021-04-30 46 21% 21% 45261
2020-05-01 2020-10-31 42 12% 12% 38167
2019-11-01 2020-04-30 46 19% 19% 31333
2019-05-01 2019-10-31 48 16% 16% 24137
2018-11-01 2019-04-30 45 4% 4% 16127
2018-05-01 2018-10-31 46 14% 14% 9103
2017-11-01 2018-04-30 52 14% 14% 1981
2017-05-01 2017-10-31 50 12% 12% 878


COURT CASES


No Court Cases found

PATENTS


No Patents found

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LIQUIDATION RISK (BETA)



This company is Active. Statistically, Active companies have a low probability of being liquidated within a year.
Here are our probability predictions:
Basis Liquidation within 3 months Liquidation within 6 months Liquidation within 12 months Prediction confidence
PENTAGON FREIGHT SERVICES PLC 1.1% 4.6% 12.8% Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector 0.5% 7.1% 22.9% Medium
Age 0.4% 1.4% 2.7% Medium
Company Type 1.7% 4.0% 5.9% Medium
Accounts category 0.7% 2.2% 3.8% Medium
Accounting Month 1.8% 3.8% 7.0% Medium
Sic code count 1.0% 5.6% 10.9% Medium
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