BUFFALOAD LOGISTICS LIMITED
Company number 05382156 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Buffaload Logistics is transitioning from a resilient mid-market operator to an acquisitive, sustainability-led transport group, leveraging founder control and specialized temperature-controlled assets to drive scale. While macroeconomic and labor headwinds persist, the company's strategic investments in Bio LNG and targeted acquisitions position it to capture market share in a fragmented industry.
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of temperature controlled distribution, chilled storage and logistics.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2005-03-03
- Employees
- 339 (2025 accounts · was 284 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Grove Parc Grove Lane, Ellington, Huntingdon, England, PE28 0DA
- Postcode
- PE28 0DA
- Capital
- 10,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-30
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 30 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-03
- Next due by
- 2027-03-17
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46900 Non-specialised wholesale trade
- 49410 Freight transport by road
Officers 5 current · 16 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
Controlled by BL HOLDCO LIMITED — since 2023-04-28
Controlled by INVEST CO 1 LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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BUFFALOAD LOGISTICS (CREWE) LIMITED Dissolved
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DAVIS HAULAGE LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA073773 (Tier 3), registered since 2014.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
13.8%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- buffaload.co.uk
- Phone
- 01480277742, 03300539262
Buffaload Logistics are the greenest and most efficient temperature controlled logistics network in the country
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| TAYLOR MARKETING (ELY) LTD | 2013-12-13 |
| TAYLOR VEHICLE SALES & HIRE LIMITED | 2007-03-13 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 6 HIGH STREET, ELY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB7 4JU, ENGLAND | 2017-04-13 |
| RICHMOND HOUSE, BROAD STREET, ELY, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, CB7 4AH | 2016-05-03 |
Among its peers
The largest employer
of 110 similar companies in PE, with 339 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
The class of 2005
29%
of the 744 companies in this sector incorporated in 2005 are still active today; 69% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 5 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2017-07-18
- Where
- Cheshire East (2), Cambridgeshire (2), Lancashire (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH620614 | Cheshire East | Leasehold | 2017-07-18 | — |
| CH635725 | Cheshire East | Leasehold | 2017-07-18 | — |
| LAN173132 | Lancashire | Leasehold | 2016-01-04 | — |
| CB256071 | Cambridgeshire | Freehold | 2015-11-02 | — |
| CB269822 | Cambridgeshire | Freehold | 2015-11-02 | — |
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