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Company · Cambridge

Whippet Coaches Limited

Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar)

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 12

  1. Jonathan Ziebart 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Andrew Gibson 2019-2021 Director View profile
  3. James Anthony Williamson 2019-2023 Director View profile
  4. Charles Martin Max Hamilton 2017-2019 Director View profile
  5. Neil Espie Smith 2014-2018 Director View profile
  6. Peter Henry Lee 2014 Director View profile
  7. Michael Henry Lee 2014 Director View profile
  8. Arthur Thomas Lee 2009 Director View profile
  9. Joseph Charles Lee 2000 Director View profile
  10. Samuel George Scott 2016-2018 Secretary View profile
  11. Paul Raymond Cox 2014-2018 Secretary View profile
  12. John Thomas Lee 2014 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar)
Incorporated
08/06/1953
Registered office
Cambridge

Ownership

Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Whippet Coaches Limited is controlled by Ascendal Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2018-10-08 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Ascendal Group Limited is controlled by Adam Daniel Leishman
    Evidence
    active significant influence (trust) · notified 2018-03-12 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Adam Daniel Leishman.

5 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Net assets
-£1,679,580
Total assets
-£1,468,685
Cash
£65,886
Employees
133
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

2 grants · £98,335 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £98,335
  • Department for Transport · £0

Most recent

  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology £98,3352022-11-23
  • Department for Transport £02020-04-01
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

2 directors on the board

6.6y median 6.6y
average tenure
11.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Construction 4Professional services 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00520428
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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