KINCHBUS LIMITED

Active
Company number 02116469Private limited companyIncorporated 1987

Key figures

£18,037,000+14.1%
Net assets 2025
+14.1%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
05 m10 m15 m20 m20242025

† KINCHBUS LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 49390

Where the company stands among the 7,390 active companies whose first SIC code is 49390 (Other passenger land transport).

Turnover£8,851,000
Higher than 74% · median £1,058,956 among 158 that publish turnover
Net assets£18,037,000
Higher than 99% · median £7,767
Total assets£28,383,000
Higher than 99% · median £49,509
Cash£880,000
Higher than 95% · median £22,911
Company age39.6 years
Older than 97% · median 5.0 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB FOUNDATION FOR MOTORING LIMITED£39.9m
  2. BRIGHTON & HOVE BUS AND COACH COMPANY LIMITED£34.1m
  3. THE BIG BUS COMPANY LIMITED£29.3m
  4. EVAN EVANS TRANSPORT LIMITED£26.4m
  5. WEDDING CARS LIMITED£25.9m
  6. ENSIGN BUS COMPANY LIMITED£23.5m
  7. BLUEBELL RAILWAY PLC£23m
  8. KINCHBUS LIMITED£18m
  9. HATS GROUP LTD£18m
  10. CRAIG OF CAMPBELTOWN LIMITED£18m

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 7,390. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: KINCHBUS LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

KINCHBUS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 02116469. It was incorporated on 30 Mar 1987. Its status is active. The registered office is in Derbyshire (DE75). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other passenger land transport (49390).

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. Turnover was £8,851,000. Profit for the year was £2,646,000. Net assets were £18,037,000, up 14.1% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £880,000. Total assets were £28,383,000 and total liabilities £10,038,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 7,390 active companies whose first SIC code is 49390: By turnover it ranks higher than 74% of the 158 that publish turnover (median £1,058,956). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £7,767). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £49,509). By cash it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £22,911). It is older than 97% of them (median age 5.0 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 4 public contract award notices from Leicestershire County Council since 2025. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £125k. 3 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements. It is recorded as the recipient of one central government grant, from Department for Transport.

What do public registers and reports show?

It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 4 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

2 persons with significant control are registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 25 Sep 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover6,798,0008,851,000
Profit for the year2,416,0002,646,000
Cash at bank and in hand210,000880,000
Total assets22,501,00028,383,000
Total liabilities6,690,00010,038,000
Net assets / total equity15,811,00018,037,000

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.

Public contracts

4 contracts

KINCHBUS LIMITED is named as a supplier in 4 public contract award notices from Leicestershire County Council since 2025. The 1 contract awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £125k. 3 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.

Contracts
  1. Award of De Minimis Contract - Kinchbus Service 2 Loughborough - Sileby‡Leicestershire County Council · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £73,972 in total
  2. Purchase of Season Tickets on Commercial Bus Routes for Home to School Transport 2025/2026‡Leicestershire County Council · shared by 3 suppliers, up to £6,000 in total
  3. Award of De Minimis Bus Subsidy Contracts 2025 2026‡Leicestershire County Council · shared by 2 suppliers, up to £62,370 in total · 2 lots
  4. Award of De Minimis Contract - Kinchbus Service 3 Loughborough Town‡Leicestershire County Council · £125,000

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.

Government grants

1 grant

KINCHBUS LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 1 central government grant.

Grant
  1. Covid 19 Bus Service Support Grant commercialDepartment for Transport · £0

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Modern slavery statements4
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (WELLGLADE HOLDINGS LIMITED)
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (WELLGLADE HOLDINGS LIMITED)
2024
Statement registered · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (WELLGLADE HOLDINGS LIMITED)
Earlier years (1)
2021
Statement registered · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (WELLGLADE HOLDINGS LIMITED)

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.

History

5 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £8.9m, net assets £18m
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £6.8m, net assets £15.8m
  3. Mr Brian Robert King registered as a person with significant control
  4. Mr Richard Ian Morgan registered as a person with significant control
  5. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.