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Compass Travel (Sussex) LTD

Other passenger land transport

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 6

  1. Roger Edmund Knight 2010-2011 Director View profile
  2. Malcolm Andrew Gallichan 2005-2021 Director View profile
  3. Rebecca Bethan Thorley 2018-2022 Secretary View profile
  4. Roger Phillip Cotterell 2017-2018 Secretary View profile
  5. Timothy Donald Morton 2016-2017 Secretary View profile
  6. Sharon Bass 2000-2003 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

10 contracts · £6,662,047 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Contract B24318 Bus Service 318 Buyer: East Sussex County Council £461,700 2024-02-20 CPV 34121100 Source: Contracts Finder

    Council funded bus service (This contract has been awarded) Value stated includes extension periods (2 years plus 2 years). End date stated is end of initial term. This contract is subject to a RPIX increase from Contract Year 2.

  • B23468 - Bus Service 468 Buyer: East Sussex County Council £518,700 2023-09-05 CPV 34121100 Source: Contracts Finder

    Council funded bus service. Value stated includes extension periods (2 years plus 2 years). End date stated is end of initial term. Subject to an annual price review. Revenue guaranteed service = Council will pay contract value minus revenu…

  • B23331B - Bus Service 331 Buyer: East Sussex County Council £611,800 2023-09-05 CPV 34121100 Source: Contracts Finder

    Council funded bus service. Value stated includes extension periods (2 years plus 2 years). End date stated is end of initial term. Subject to an annual price review. Revenue guaranteed service = Council will pay contract value minus revenu…

  • B23241A - Bus Service 225 and 231 Buyer: East Sussex County Council £1,221,220 2023-09-05 CPV 34121100 Source: Contracts Finder

    Council funded bus service. Value stated includes extension periods (2 years plus 2 years). End date stated is end of initial term. Subject to an annual price review. Revenue guaranteed service = Council will pay contract value minus revenu…

  • B23228B - Bus Service 228 and 229 Buyer: East Sussex County Council £771,179 2023-09-05 CPV 34121100 Source: Contracts Finder

    Council funded bus service. Value stated includes extension periods (2 years plus 2 years). End date stated is end of initial term. Subject to an annual price review. This contract has been awarded.

  • B23227 - Bus Service 227 Buyer: East Sussex County Council £518,700 2023-09-05 CPV 34121100 Source: Contracts Finder

    Council funded bus service. Value stated includes extension periods (2 years plus 2 years). End date stated is end of initial term. Subject to an annual price review. Revenue guaranteed service = Council will pay contract value minus revenu…

  • B23167B - Bus Service 167 and 168 Buyer: East Sussex County Council £727,891 2023-09-05 CPV 34121100 Source: Contracts Finder

    Council funded bus service. Value stated includes extension periods (2 years plus 2 years). End date stated is end of initial term. Subject to an annual price review. This contract has been awarded.

  • B23166 - Bus Service 122 and 166 Buyer: East Sussex County Council £776,588 2023-09-05 CPV 34121100 Source: Contracts Finder

    Council funded bus service. Value stated includes extension periods (2 years plus 2 years). End date stated is end of initial term. Subject to an annual price review. This contract has been awarded.

  • B23128 - Bus Service 121, 122 and 128 Buyer: East Sussex County Council £715,814 2023-09-05 CPV 34121100 Source: Contracts Finder

    Council funded bus service. Value stated includes extension periods (2 years plus 2 years). End date stated is end of initial term. Subject to an annual price review. This contract has been awarded. Extension applied.

  • B23127 - Bus Service 123 and 127 Buyer: East Sussex County Council £338,455 2023-09-05 CPV 34121100 Source: Contracts Finder

    Council funded bus service. Value stated includes extension periods (2 years plus 2 years). End date stated is end of initial term. Subject to an annual price review. This contract has been awarded. Extension applied.

About

What it does
Other passenger land transport
Incorporated
25/10/2000
Registered office
Worthing

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. Compass Travel (Sussex) LTD is controlled by Christopher John Chatfield
    Evidence
    active 50-75% shares, 50-75% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Christopher John Chatfield.

2 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
£1,538,630
Total assets
£5,863,051
Cash
£795,420
Employees
1.84
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
£1,046,360

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-06-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

1 grant · £0 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 Transport · £0

Most recent

  • 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

15.5y median 15.5y
average tenure
25.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

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.

Dormant 1Health and social care 1Tech and media 1Transport 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
04096610
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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