{"name":"CONTRACT VEHICLES LIMITED","company_number":"00759126","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1963-04-29","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"Number One Great Exhibition Way, Kirkstall Forge, Leeds, United Kingdom, LS5 3BF","postcode":"LS5 3BF","sic_codes":[{"code":77120,"description":"Renting and leasing of trucks and other heavy vehicles"}],"principal_activity":null,"previous_names":[{"name":"WAIN TRANSPORT LIMITED","changed_on":"1986-01-31"},{"name":"ENSOR MOTORS LIMITED","changed_on":"1985-10-01"},{"name":"WAIN TRANSPORT (CHESHIRE) LIMITED","changed_on":"1980-12-31"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 March","last_made_up_to":"2026-03-31","next_due":"2027-12-31"},"employees":null,"financials":[],"officers":{"current":5,"resigned":20,"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":22,"outstanding":9},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Contract Vehicles Limited is a long-established (60+ years) commercial vehicle rental and leasing operator operating from a strategically significant Leeds location, but its modest standalone financials and \"Zeus Bidco\" ownership structure indicate it functions as a subsidiary within a PE-backed group platform. The company sits squarely within a UK sector undergoing significant transformation — electrification mandates, driver shortages, and ongoing consolidation — with competitive dynamics favouring well-capitalised, scaled operators. Its positioning as a mid-tier, group-backed entity offers capital advantages over independents but exposes it to the standard risks of PE portfolio company operations and the substantial capex requirements of fleet decarbonisation.","website":"http://contractvehicles.uk","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/contract-vehicles","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/contract-vehicles/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/contract-vehicles/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00759126","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/contract-vehicles/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/contract-vehicles/charges","pay_gap":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/contract-vehicles/pay-gap","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/contract-vehicles/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/contract-vehicles"}