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GREAT BEAR DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 02899719
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1994-02-17
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 52103
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On this basis, the directors of the Company believe it is appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The transfer of warehousing operations from Eddie Stobart Limited (ESL), a fellow group undertaking, is considered by management to be a business combination under common control.”
- “Culina Group is in the process of setting group-level climate related goals and targets, including setting science-based targets through SBTi by October 2025.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HELD, Thierry Patrick | Director | 2025-06-12 | Jun 1970 | Swiss |
| ISBISTER, Alastair William | Director | 2018-02-01 | Oct 1965 | British |
| KOEHLER, Fabian | Director | 2025-03-15 | May 1988 | German |
| MCELROY, Liam James | Director | 2025-03-13 | Jul 1964 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Glanfor | Secretary | 1994-04-06 | 2001-04-02 |
| JURY, Nigel Stephen | Secretary | 2016-02-29 | 2021-11-05 |
| MORGAN JONES, Richard Arthur | Secretary | 2001-05-03 | 2016-02-29 |
| BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-02-17 | 1994-04-11 |
| CHURCH, Michael | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| GEALL, Richard Henry | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2013-08-29 |
| GOODSON, Paul Andrew | Director | 2012-01-03 | 2016-02-29 |
| JURY, Nigel Stephen | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2021-11-05 |
| KELLY, Peter | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2014-01-08 |
| LINDFIELD, Glenn Jonathan | Director | 2013-02-04 | 2016-10-31 |
| LOCKHART, James | Director | 1994-05-09 | 2012-05-31 |
| MCDAVID, Colin James | Director | 1994-05-09 | 2015-04-21 |
| MURDOCH, Colin Ian | Director | 1996-02-19 | 2016-02-29 |
| NUTTALL, Philip James | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2013-09-01 |
| PARKHOUSE, Robin Rex | Director | 1995-09-01 | 2004-09-30 |
| PITKIN, Mark Robert | Director | 2003-01-02 | 2013-08-29 |
| PRICE, Christian Lee | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2025-09-30 |
| ROBERTS, Mark Ronald | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| SMITH, Ian Stuart | Director | 2024-10-01 | 2025-03-13 |
| VAN MOURIK, Thomas | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2024-10-01 |
| WARD, Liesl Janet | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Thomas David | Director | 1994-04-06 | 2016-02-29 |
| YARWOOD, Peter John | Director | 2015-09-29 | 2018-09-30 |
| DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-02-17 | 1994-04-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culina Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2026-03-12 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2026-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-10-22 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-06-13 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-03-28 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-03-27 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-03-26 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-10-18 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-10-18 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-10-20 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-05-11 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2023-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-10-12 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-05-12 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2022-05-12 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
Credit score
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