Wessex Construction And Plant Hire Company Limited
ActiveLiveWessex Construction And Plant Hire Company Limited is an active private limited company incorporated on 31 Dec 1959 (66 years ago), with its registered office in Southampton, South East. The company operates in Retail & wholesale.
The score, the reasons behind it, and what to do next.
A live business, still light on evidence
A registered office is on file; phone and web are checked on Pro.
Companies House · ONS · Nomis · General opportunity model · 100% of the model measurable
Financials
No machine-readable accounts to parse yet. New companies often haven’t filed, and some file PDF-only or dormant accounts.
A long-standing retail & wholesale business in South East, in a market growing 3.1% a year and growing faster here than nationally. Every signal in the model was measurable for this company.
CompetitionRead this one the other way round: a high number means a crowded market, where differentiation matters more than timing.
Answers: Is this a live, reachable business in a market worth being in?
A balanced read. Pick the lens that matches what you sell and every number on this page re-weights.
Accounts were due 30 Apr 2006 and are not on the register — about 20 years 5 months late.
What this means for you: Overdue filings are the first thing a new supplier will notice — raise it gently, it shows you did your homework.
What we checked · General opportunity weighting
Rows marked Not checked are excluded from the score rather than assumed — the missing weight shows up as lower confidence, not as a worse company.
Commonly offered to a company like this
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Answers: is this market big, growing and survivable — and is the region ahead or behind?
Sector size & momentum
This sector is growing faster in South East than nationally — a regional tailwind worth tracking.
Companies House · every incorporation with a SIC code in this sector (103 codes)
How long companies last here
Of every 100 companies started in this sector, roughly 37 are still trading five years later. This company is past that point.
The market around it
Where the sector is heading
- 1South East is a very high-density market for retail & wholesale, with about 82,706 companies in the same industry.
- 2Formation is running ahead of the national average here (+3.7% vs +3.1%), pointing to a regional tailwind.
- 3Around 7,213 new companies registered in this industry locally over the last year.
- 4Sector survival sits at 37% over five years — the benchmark for businesses in this classification.
Answers: how crowded is this market, and where does this company sit against its peers?
Score distribution
A quick score from register status and company age only, because that is all the peer list carries. To compare like with like, this company is placed on the same quick score (100) — not the full 55/100 at the top of the page. Treat it as a position, not a ranking.
Peer companies
| Company | Incorporated | Location | Overall signal | Quick score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hornchurch Builders Limited 01221151 · SIC 4521 | 30 Jul 1975 | South East | Active | 100 |
| Fairweather (Topsham) Limited 00414732 · SIC 4521 | 10 Jul 1946 | South East | Active | 100 |
| 00629114 Limited 00629114 · SIC 4521 | 28 May 1959 | South East | Active | 100 |
| 02942001 Limited 02942001 · SIC 4521 | 23 Jun 1994 | South East | Active | 100 |
| Sunlea Court LTD NI038794 · SIC 4521 | 15 Jun 2000 | Northern Ireland | Active | 100 |
| Sc006409 Limited SC006409 · SIC 4521 | 05 Feb 1907 | Scotland | Active | 100 |
| W.B. Black & Sons (Holdings) Limited SC046207 · SIC 4521 | 31 Dec 1968 | Scotland | Active | 100 |
| Orlando Building Services Limited 04526378 · SIC 4521 | 04 Sept 2002 | East Midlands | Active | 100 |
| Whittal Builders Company Limited 00548294 · SIC 4521 | 27 Apr 1955 | Unknown | Active | 100 |
| Nash Dredging Limited 00269090 · SIC 4521 | 06 Oct 1932 | East of England | Active | 100 |
| E. Summers (Plumbing & Heating) Limited 00940434 · SIC 4521 | 14 Oct 1968 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| John Glossop Limited 00613513 · SIC 4521 | 23 Oct 1958 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| Ashton Smethurst (Builders) Limited 02806153 · SIC 4521 | 01 Apr 1993 | North West | Active | 100 |
| Watchlamp Limited 00975634 · SIC 4521 | 25 Mar 1970 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| S.E.M. Construction (Bristol) Limited 01067344 · SIC 4521 | 23 Aug 1972 | South West | Active | 100 |
| John Lawlor Limited 01051406 · SIC 4521 | 25 Apr 1972 | North West | Active | 100 |
| Tysons Construction Public Limited Company 01203072 · SIC 4521 | 10 Mar 1975 | North West | Active | 100 |
| A.J. Gibbons & Son Limited 01291633 · SIC 4521 | 21 Dec 1976 | East of England | Active | 100 |
| Bob Best (Liverpool) Limited 01433610 · SIC 4521 | 28 Jun 1979 | North West | Active | 100 |
| John W. & S. Dorin Limited 01575558 · SIC 4521 | 21 Jul 1981 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| Daywork Limited 02240428 · SIC 4521 | 06 Apr 1988 | Wales | Active | 100 |
| Bentley & Bramley Construction Limited 02498075 · SIC 4521 | 02 May 1990 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
| Isgraig Limited 02649424 · SIC 4521 | 27 Sept 1991 | Wales | Active | 100 |
| Frudd Construction Limited 01673323 · SIC 4521 | 21 Oct 1982 | Yorkshire & the Humber | Active | 100 |
Answers: what is formally on the public register — and what has not been filed yet?
Timeline
In plain English: Struck off and dissolved once, and restored.
- Restored to the registerRestoration order of court07 Aug 2015
- Struck off & dissolvedGazette dissolved compulsary14 Jan 2014
- Strike-off noticeGazette notice compulsary01 Oct 2013
- Restored to the registerRestoration order of court15 Feb 2011
- Legacy05 Oct 2007
- Status change / strike-offLiquidation in administration progress report05 Jul 2007
- Status change / strike-offLiquidation in administration move to dissolution05 Jul 2007
- Legacy05 Jul 2007
- Status change / strike-offLiquidation in administration progress report29 Jan 2007
- Status change / strike-offLiquidation in administration extension of period18 Jan 2007
Showing the 10 most recent of 25 filings. Upgrade for the complete history.
Company details
- Company
- Wessex Construction And Plant Hire Company Limited
- Number
- 00645898
- Registered office
- Grant Thornton Uk Llp, No 1 Dorset Street, Southampton, SO15 2DP
- Incorporated
- 31 Dec 1959
- Type
- Private limited company
- Nature of business
- 4521 — Motor vehicle trade; 4550 — Motor vehicle trade
- Status
- Active
- Region
- South East · England
- Accounts
- Overdue, was due 30 Apr 2006
- Confirmation statement
- Overdue, was due 14 Sept 2016
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Other companies run by the same directors are checked on paid plans — each appointment is a separate register lookup.
Who runs and owns it
- Created
- 27 Sept 2002
- Registered
- 04 Oct 2002
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- 13 Mar 1980
- Registered
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- Persons entitled
- Vera Rebecca Jay.
- Created
- 08 Dec 1964
- Registered
- 15 Dec 1964
- Persons entitled
- L.F. Glanville, Florence M. Wadham, A.C. Wadham
- Created
- 25 Feb 1960
- Registered
- 02 Mar 1960
- Persons entitled
- Nat-Prov Bk LTD
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