{"name":"BOURNEMOUTH TRANSPORT LIMITED","company_number":"02004964","status":"Liquidation","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1986-03-27","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"C/O Milsted Langdon Llp Freshford House, Redcliffe Way, Bristol, BS1 6NL","postcode":"BS1 6NL","sic_codes":[{"code":49319,"description":"Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar)"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"STROUDEN BUSES LIMITED","changed_on":"1986-05-27"}],"warnings":["The annual accounts for this company are overdue.","The confirmation statement for this company is overdue."],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 March","last_made_up_to":"2021-03-31","next_due":"2022-12-31"},"employees":null,"financials":[],"officers":{"current":5,"resigned":51,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":5,"outstanding":0},"gazette_notices":[{"date":"2023-06-30","kind":"insolvency"},{"date":"2022-11-01","kind":"insolvency"},{"date":"2022-08-05","kind":"other"}],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Bournemouth Transport Limited's liquidation represents a case study in the structural challenges facing sub-regional bus operators in the UK's deregulated market. Despite backing from French state-owned transport giant RATP Dev, the company could not overcome the triple headwinds of declining patronage, post-pandemic revenue collapse, and intense competition from better-capitalised rivals like Stagecoach. The failure underscores the broader sector reality that scale and diversification are increasingly prerequisites for survival, and that even international operator expertise cannot compensate for the fundamental economics of running a geographically concentrated bus network in a challenging operating environment.","website":null,"links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/bournemouth-transport","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/bournemouth-transport/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/bournemouth-transport/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02004964","gazette":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/bournemouth-transport/gazette","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/bournemouth-transport/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/bournemouth-transport/charges","pay_gap":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/bournemouth-transport/pay-gap","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/bournemouth-transport/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/bournemouth-transport"}