FLOWBIRD TRANSPORT LIMITED

Active
Company number 01232487Private limited companyIncorporated 1975

Key figures

£31,159,000
Net assets 2025

Like most small UK companies, FLOWBIRD TRANSPORT LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Sector comparison

SIC 26200

Where the company stands among the 978 active companies whose first SIC code is 26200 (Manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment).

Net assets£31,159,000
Higher than 97% · median £20,419
Employees2
Higher than 55% · median 1
Company age51.0 years
Older than 98% · median 9.4 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED£2bn
  2. ATOS IT SERVICES UK LIMITED£1.1bn
  3. ABACO SYSTEMS LIMITED£102.5m
  4. SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SYSTEMS UK LIMITED£78.7m
  5. ICEOTOPE GROUP LIMITED£67.8m
  6. GE VERNOVA ELECTRIFICATION SOFTWARE UK LIMITED£67.5m
  7. ADDER TECHNOLOGY LIMITED£53.6m
  8. CAPTEC GROUP PLC£45.1m
  9. EPSON TELFORD LIMITED£43.4m
  10. NU QUANTUM LTD£40.5m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 978. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: FLOWBIRD TRANSPORT LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

FLOWBIRD TRANSPORT LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01232487. It was incorporated on 5 Nov 1975. Its status is active. The registered office is in Poole (BH15). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment (26200), manufacture of other transport equipment n.e.c. (30990).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Net assets were £31,159,000. The company had an average of 2 employees.

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 978 active companies whose first SIC code is 26200: By net assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £20,419). By number of employees it ranks higher than 55% of them (median 1). It is older than 98% of them (median age 9.4 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 3 public contract award notices from 3 public sector buyers since 2023. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £2.9m. 1 of the awards is shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly machinery, electrical equipment, miscellaneous metal articles. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly machinery, electrical equipment, plastics. Its gender pay gap report for 2021/22 shows median hourly pay for women 8% lower than for men.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 2 current directors. One person with significant control is registered. 2 of 10 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 13 Jul 2027.

Filed accounts2025
2025
Total assets—
Total liabilities—
Net assets / total equity31,159,000
Average number of employees2

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Principal activity

Accounts 2025

The principal activity of the company continues to be provision of automated revenue management, payment and information systems, including ticketing systems, software and associated equipment.

As described in the company's latest filed accounts.

Public contracts

3 contracts

FLOWBIRD TRANSPORT LIMITED is named as a supplier in 3 public contract award notices from 3 public sector buyers since 2023. The 1 contract awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £2.9m. 1 award is shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts per year
Main buyers3
THE CHILTERN RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED
1 contract · £2.9m
SMART APPLICATIONS MANAGEMENT LIMITED
1 contract
SOUTH WEST SMART APPLICATIONS LIMITED
1 contract
Contracts
  1. RTPI Content Management Systems, Ticket Vending Machines, Electronic Ticket Machines, Accessible Rail Information and Support Units, and Transport and Data Man…SOUTH WEST SMART APPLICATIONS LIMITED · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £20,000,000 in total · runs until Dec 2033
  2. Ticket Vending Machines (Retail Systems)THE CHILTERN RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED · £2,909,562 · runs until Dec 2029
  3. Framework 2: ITSO Electronic Ticket Machines, Support Equipment and Related Services‡SMART APPLICATIONS MANAGEMENT LIMITED

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Statutory reporting

Gender pay gap2021/22
Median hourly pay
women 8% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 11% lower
Median bonus pay
women 9.8% lower
Employer size
Fewer than 250 employees
Lower pay quarter14.8% womenLower middle18% womenUpper middle18% womenUpper pay quarter6.8% women
Earlier years (2)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2020/21
women 12.5% lower
women 15.6% lower
2018/19
women 16.6% lower
women 23.1% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, electrical equipment, miscellaneous metal articles, iron and steel articles and aluminium.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: machinery, electrical equipment and plastics.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

59 events
  1. Martin Carl SANDSTROM resignedDirector
  2. William Thomas CASTELL appointedDirector
  3. David THOMPSON resignedDirector
  4. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: net assets £31.2m, 2 employees
  5. Olivier BELLIN resignedDirector
  6. MOBILITY 1 resignedDirector (corporate)
  7. Paul ADAMS appointedSecretary
  8. Cameron Denis CLAYTON appointedDirector
Earlier events (51)
  1. Martin Carl SANDSTROM appointedDirector
  2. Olivier BELLIN appointedDirector
  3. Bertrand BARTHELEMY resignedDirector
  4. MOBILITY 1 appointedDirector (corporate)
  5. David THOMPSON appointedDirector
  6. Owen Tudor GRIFFITH resignedDirector
  7. Name changed to FLOWBIRD TRANSPORT LIMITEDPreviously PARKEON TRANSIT LIMITED
  8. Parkeon Sas ceased to be a person with significant control
  9. Stephen Charles HORTON resignedSecretary
  10. Wayfarer Group Limited registered as a person with significant control
  11. Parkeon Sas registered as a person with significant control
  12. Alain Yves Victor UZAN resignedDirector
  13. Philippe MILLET resignedDirector
  14. Alain Yves Victor UZAN appointedDirector
  15. Johannes Emanuel Maria LINDEMAN resignedSecretary
  16. Johannes Emanuel Maria LINDEMAN resignedDirector
  17. Stephen Charles HORTON appointedSecretary
  18. Bertrand BARTHELEMY appointedDirector
  19. Yves CHAMBEAU resignedDirector
  20. Robert Michael BARNES resignedDirector
  21. Name changed to PARKEON TRANSIT LIMITEDPreviously WAYFARER TRANSIT SYSTEMS LIMITED
  22. Owen Tudor GRIFFITH appointedDirector
  23. Philippe MILLET appointedDirector
  24. Adrian Gower DEVISON resignedDirector
  25. Anthony MCNAMARA resignedDirector
  26. Graham Charles WAYMAN resignedDirector
  27. Robert Michael BARNES appointedDirector
  28. Owen Tudor GRIFFITH resignedDirector
  29. Nigel Francis APPLEBY resignedSecretary
  30. Johannes Emanuel Maria LINDEMAN appointedSecretary
  31. Yves CHAMBEAU appointedDirector
  32. Johannes Emanuel Maria LINDEMAN appointedDirector
  33. Graham Charles WAYMAN resignedSecretary
  34. Paul Jeffrey RYDER resignedDirector
  35. Nigel Francis APPLEBY appointedSecretary
  36. Adrian Gower DEVISON appointedDirector
  37. Owen Tudor GRIFFITH appointedDirector
  38. David Trevor MORGAN resignedDirector
  39. Philip Ernest GREEN resignedDirector
  40. David Henry CLARK resignedSecretary
  41. David Henry CLARK resignedDirector
  42. Graham Charles WAYMAN appointedSecretary
  43. Anthony MCNAMARA appointedDirector
  44. Paul Jeffrey RYDER appointedDirector
  45. Graham Charles WAYMAN appointedDirector
  46. David Trevor MORGAN appointedDirector
  47. Terence TWIGGER resignedDirector
  48. Philip Ernest GREEN appointedDirector
  49. Malcolm Selwyn SHAW resignedDirector
  50. Terence TWIGGER appointedDirector
  51. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.