EDDIE STOBART LOGISTICS LIMITED

EDDIE STOBART LIMITED STRETTON GREEN DISTRIBUTION PARK, LANGFORD WAY, APPLETON, WARRINGTON, WA4 4TQ

Previous name: O'CONNOR CONTAINER STORAGE LIMITED (changed on 10-Feb-2021)

Company Number: 04277628
Incorporation date: 28-Aug-2001
Status: Active
Entity type: Private Limited Company

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




SUMMARY

This company is 22.6 years old and is currently active. It is controlled by multiple entities. The company has 3 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 35 other companies, 4 (11.4%) of which have since been dissolved or are proposed for strike off. 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: 30-Sep-2024
Accounts Filed: DORMANT (31-Dec-2022)


P&L Financials:
Year end Currency Revenue Operating profit Interest Received Interest Paid Tax Net Profit GBP
30-Nov-2019 GBP
30-Nov-2018 GBP 2,814
30-Nov-2017 GBP 2,814 16 96


Balance Sheet Financials:
Year end Currency Cash Current Assets Current Liabilities Debt Share Capital Premium Reserve Retained Earnings Net Assets
30-Nov-2019 GBP 4
30-Nov-2018 GBP 1,051 3,792 525 3,267 3,267
30-Nov-2017 GBP 1,051 3,792 525 3,267 3,267

VALUATION EVENTS (BETA)

Year end Currency % Equity Sum raised Pre-Money Valuation* Post-Money Valuation* Enterprise Value**
30-Nov-2019 GBP 100.00% 4 0 4 -524
* Average valuation during the period
** Estimated based on average Cash and Debt levels during period

DISPUTES

No disputes filed on www.disputesregister.org

COMPANY SECRETARY


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All apointments
(active/resigned)
Resigned Elaine WILLIAMS 25 Oct 2017 23 Apr 2020 0 - 1
Resigned Rupert Henry Conquest NICHOLS 10 Apr 2014 25 Oct 2017 British 0 - 1
Resigned Richard Edward Charles BUTCHER 20 Apr 2011 10 Apr 2014 0 - 1
Resigned Trevor HOWARTH 02 Mar 2009 20 Apr 2011 Director British 4 - 54
Resigned Richard Edward Charles BUTCHER 22 Sep 2008 02 Mar 2009 1 - 72
Resigned Christopher Donald BIRD 21 Sep 2007 30 Sep 2008 0 - 12
Resigned Stephen Phillip O`CONNOR 01 Sep 2001 21 Sep 2007 0 - 10

DIRECTORS


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All appointments
(active/resigned)
Dissolved companies
(rate)
Active Thomas Van MOURIK 16 Sep 2021 Director Dutch 20 - 00 (0.0%)
Active Christian Lee PRICE 16 Sep 2021 Director British 26 - 31 (3.4%)
Resigned Brian CORRWAY 10 Apr 2020 01 Jul 2021 Director Irish 0 - 265 (19.2%)
Resigned John Paul COURT 16 Mar 2020 10 Apr 2020 Company Director British 1 - 233 (12.5%)
Resigned Sebastien Robert DESREUMAUX 20 Sep 2019 16 Dec 2019 Company Director French 0 - 345 (14.7%)
Resigned Alexander LAFFEY 24 Jun 2015 22 Aug 2019 Company Director British 0 - 132 (15.4%)
Resigned Rupert Henry Conquest NICHOLS 24 Jun 2015 16 Mar 2020 Company Secretary/Director British 0 - 183 (16.7%)
Active David Brian PICKERING 10 Apr 2014 Director British 12 - 84 (20.0%)
Resigned William STOBART 10 Apr 2014 20 Apr 2017 Director British 44 - 6835 (31.3%)
Resigned David Keith MEIR 10 Apr 2014 06 Sep 2019 Director British 7 - 173 (12.5%)
Resigned Benjamin Mark WHAWELL 22 Sep 2008 10 Apr 2014 Director British 6 - 6426 (37.1%)
Resigned Susan Christine O'CONNOR 22 Sep 2008 31 Dec 2008 Director British 0 - 52 (40.0%)
Resigned William Andrew TINKLER 22 Sep 2008 10 Apr 2014 Director British 14 - 7343 (49.4%)
Resigned Mark Patrick FORREST 21 Sep 2007 31 Jul 2008 Chief Executive British 0 - 197 (36.8%)
Resigned Guy Charles MYDDELTON 21 Sep 2007 22 Sep 2008 Company Director Other 1 - 1510 (62.5%)
Resigned Ian LISLE 28 Mar 2002 21 Sep 2007 Director British 0 - 32 (66.7%)
Resigned Stephen Phillip O'CONNOR 01 Sep 2001 30 Sep 2011 Company Director British 0 - 106 (60.0%)
Resigned OCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED 28 Aug 2001 28 Aug 2001 0 - 1820988 (54.3%)
Resigned OCS DIRECTORS LIMITED 28 Aug 2001 28 Aug 2001 0 - 1757927 (52.8%)
Number of active directors: 3
Average tenure of active directors: 5.0 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 3.0 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 7.8%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name
 
EDDIE STOBART LIMITED (00995045) - Active
UNIEX TRANSPORT LIMITED (01143567) - Active
AUTOTEQ LIMITED (01434750) - Liquidation
BLUEWHITESTAR DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED (02232850) - Active
BCA AUTOMOTIVE LTD (02431297) - Active
WARRENS' WAREHOUSING & DISTRIBUTION (MIDLANDS) LIMITED (02765595) - Active
WESTLINK STORAGE & SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED (03037077) - Liquidation
EDDIE STOBART GROUP LIMITED (03047957) - Active
AHL ANGLIA LIMITED (03252504) - Active
AIL ANGLIA LIMITED (03281916) - Active
ACUMEN DISTRIBUTION SERVICES HOLDINGS LIMITED (03424393) - Active
IFORCE LIMITED (03441816) - Active
THE PALLET NETWORK LIMITED (03868401) - Active
IFORCE TRADING LIMITED (03966115) - Active
EEZEHAUL LIMITED (04100743) - Active
EDDIE STOBART LOGISTICS LIMITED (04277628) - Active
IFORCE GROUP LIMITED (04696839) - Active
INTERNATIONAL ROAD FERRY LTD (05133096) - Active
STOBART TRANSPORT & DISTRIBUTION LIMITED (05907280) - Liquidation
STOBART RAIL FREIGHT LIMITED (05961679) - Liquidation
IFORCE AUCTIONS LIMITED (06039225) - Active
WARRENS WAREHOUSING GROUP LIMITED (07071643) - Active
LIAL LIMITED (07645871) - Active
STOBART TRUCKSTOPS LIMITED (08307637) - Active
THE LOGISTIC PEOPLE LTD (08644159) - Active
GREENWHITESTAR ACQUISITIONS LIMITED (08922540) - Active
IPS AT EDDIE STOBART LIMITED (09342404) - Active
FOODPACK LIMITED (09674147) - Active
THE PALLET NETWORK GROUP LIMITED (09916780) - Active
THE LOGISTICS PEOPLE LIMITED (09940403) - Active
UNITY RESOURCING SOLUTIONS LIMITED (11880869) - Active - Proposal to Strike off
CULINA ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED (11880934) - Active
EDDIE STOBART DISTRIBUTION LIMITED (12052638) - Active
RICKERBY CONSULTANCY LTD (12439863) - Active
LOGISTICS SECURITY LTD (12994664) - Active
ESLL GROUP LIMITED (FC032961) - Active

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

Shareholder name Share class Shares at confirmation date
2017-08-282015-08-282014-08-282013-08-282012-08-28
ESLL GROUP LIMITEDORDINARY1
100%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
EDDIE STOBART LOGISTICS LIMITEDORDINARY0
0%
1
100%
1
100%
0
0%
0
0%
O'CONNOR GROUP MANAGEMENT LIMITEDORDINARY0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
1
100%
1
100%

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

Company name Share class Shares at confimation date
2016-05-152016-04-082015-09-202015-08-282015-05-15
EDDIE STOBART LOGISTICS LIMITEDORDINARY62,238,953
100%
150,000
100%
100
100%
1
100%
62,238,953
100%

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES



Controlling entities above

EDDIE STOBART LOGISTICS LIMITED

no controlled companies

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT


This company has not filed any late payment reports possibly because it is not considered \'Large\'.

COURT CASES


No Court Cases found

PATENTS


No Patents found

COMPETITORS

(Based on Sic code: 52103 Operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities)

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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
EDDIE STOBART LOGISTICS LIMITED 0.4% 4.2% 12.7% Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector 0.5% 7.1% 22.9% Medium
Expanded sample2.3%4.1%6.8%Low
Age 0.3% 1.3% 2.4% Medium
Company Type 0.7% 3.7% 7.4% Medium
Accounts category 0.7% 3.8% 7.1% Medium
Accounting Month 0.6% 2.4% 5.5% Medium
Sic code count 0.8% 3.8% 7.5% Medium
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