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W.H. BENCE (COACHWORKS) LIMITED
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Company status
Active.
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Accounts on time
Next due 31 Dec 2026.
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Confirmation statement on time
Next due 1 Dec 2026.
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Disqualified directors
None of the 4 current officers checked are disqualified.
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Directors
3 current directors.
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Owners
1 owner on file.
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Last filed accounts
Net assets £1,192,446.
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Trading history
Incorporated 21 Mar 1983 (43 years ago).
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Name changes
Never renamed.
Names over time
From the public register, filing history, officers, owners and filed accounts, as of 14 Nov 2026. Not a credit score or advice: open the filings before relying on them. JSON
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Registered office
W H BENCE ARMSTRONG WAY, GREAT WESTERN BUSINESS PARK, YATE, BRISTOL, UNITED KINGDOM, BS37 5NG
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Nature of business
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Accounts
- Next due
- 31 Dec 2026
- Last made up to
- 31 Mar 2025
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- FULL
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Confirmation statement
- Next due
- 1 Dec 2026
- Last made up to
- 17 Nov 2025
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Charges
- Outstanding
- 1
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- W.H. BENCE (COACHWORKS) LIMITED current
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| Year end | Turnover | Profit | Cash | Net assets | Staff |
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| 31 Mar 2021 | not published | not published | £1,752,898 | £1,192,446 | 81 |
| 31 Mar 2020 | not published | not published | £25,813 | £792,205 | 82 |
| 31 Mar 2019 | not published | not published | £183,888 | £696,660 | — |
| 31 Mar 2018 | not published | not published | £746,337 | £855,433 | — |
| 31 Mar 2017 * | not published | not published | £538,421 | £910,968 | — |
* From the following year's accounts (prior-year figures).
Public contracts
8 contracts won
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YORK TEACHING HOSPITAL FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LLP
Maintenance of POD and Support POD for Relocatable MRI
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Government Commercial Agency
Lot 3 Medium and Heavy Commercial Vehicles and Trailers
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Government Commercial Agency
Lot 7 Vehicle conversions including Bluelight vehicles
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SOMERSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Provision of Service Preventative Maintenance and Extended Warranty of WHBence Mobile Breast Screening Units.
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QE Facilities Ltd
PPM Contract of 2 Mobile digital breast screening trailers
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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
RFL - MAINT7245 - FINCHLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MOBILE CT SCREENING TRAILER - BUILD NUMBER 13044 MAINTENANCE CONTRACT + HEPA FILTERS TRANSPORT - 3 YEARS.
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York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management LLP
Maintenance of CT Trailer & Support Trailer
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Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Authority
DS478-24 NFCC Emergency Response Vehicle Framework
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People
Officers All 8, with past →
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Born | Nationality · lives in |
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| James Henry Brown Managing Director | Director | — | — | January 1952 | British · United Kingdom |
| Oliver John Brown Director | Director | 3 Mar 2019 | — | February 1983 | British · United Kingdom |
| Edward Peter Brown Director | Director | 31 Mar 2019 | — | October 1986 | British · England |
| Susan Forrest Brown | Secretary | 14 Sep 2000 | — | — | British |
Owners and controllers All 2, with past →
| Name | Control | Notified | Ceased | Born | Nationality · lives in |
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| Bence Holdings Limited company · 15998110 · United Kingdom | Ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent; Voting rights 75 to 100 percent; Right to appoint and remove directors | 24 Oct 2024 | — | — |
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Is W.H. BENCE (COACHWORKS) LIMITED still trading?
The register shows W.H. BENCE (COACHWORKS) LIMITED as active.
What does W.H. BENCE (COACHWORKS) LIMITED do?
It files these industry codes 29100 (Manufacture of motor vehicles); 29201 (Manufacture of bodies (coachwork) for motor vehicles (except caravans)); 29202 (Manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers).
When was W.H. BENCE (COACHWORKS) LIMITED set up?
It was incorporated on 21 March 1983.
When are W.H. BENCE (COACHWORKS) LIMITED's accounts due?
Next accounts are due by 31 December 2026. The last accounts were made up to 31 March 2025.
When is W.H. BENCE (COACHWORKS) LIMITED's next confirmation statement due?
By 1 December 2026.
Who runs W.H. BENCE (COACHWORKS) LIMITED?
W.H. BENCE (COACHWORKS) LIMITED has 3 current directors and 1 other current officer. They're listed under People on this page.
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