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Walter Carefoot & Sons,(Transport)Limited

Walter Carefoot & Sons,(Transport)Limited is an active UK company (number 00889664), incorporated 1966, with 4 current directors including Andrew Raymond Cross and Alec Lee Carefoot. Source: Companies House, updated 25th October 2026.

Freight transport by road

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Who leads it

Previous officers 8

  1. Robert Edward Dean 2015-2019 Director View profile
  2. Stuart Walter Allan Carefoot 1999-2015 Director View profile
  3. Colin Michael John Carefoot 1992 Director View profile
  4. Carefoot, William Clive, Doctor 2006 Director View profile
  5. Elsie Carefoot 1992 Director View profile
  6. Walter Carefoot 1992 Director View profile
  7. Garry Thomas Green 2010-2010 Secretary View profile
  8. Roy Thomas Barrington 2010 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Freight transport by road
Incorporated
13/10/1966
Registered office
Preston

Ownership

Owned by (1) 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.

  • Carefoot PLC
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06

Group

  1. Walter Carefoot & Sons,(Transport)Limited is controlled by Carefoot PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Carefoot PLC is controlled by Carefoot Holdco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-07-22 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Carefoot Holdco Limited.

3 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from the active Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings that show a majority (more than 50% of shares or voting rights, or the right to appoint or remove a majority of the directors). Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates. Holdings of 25-50% are significant influence or control, not majority control, and are not used to build a group.

Financials

Net assets
£2,301,767
Total assets
£2,322,456
Cash
£2,347,590
Employees
0.06
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Small company accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

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.

4 directors on the board

13.1y median 5.3y
average tenure
33.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (1)

Portfolio (3)

1
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.

Finance 6Professional services 6Construction 3Property 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
00889664
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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