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Express Containers Ltd

ActiveCompany number 06495181Private limited companyEst. 200849410 · Freight transport by roadNorthampton, East Midlands
Official record ↗
Age18 years
older than 92% of its sector
Same activity, United Kingdom68,731live companies · 5192nd oldest
In Northampton23,278live companies · 1,050 in the same activity
At this address726live companies incl. this one
Latest accounts2025total exemption full accounts, made up to 30 Nov 2025

In brief

Express Containers Ltd is a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales on 6 February 2008. At 18 years old it is older than 92% of the 68,731 live companies whose main activity is freight transport by road. Its registered office is in Northampton, West Northamptonshire, East Midlands, at an address shared with 725 other live companies. 1,050 live companies in Northampton share the same main activity. Its latest accounts were made up to 30 November 2025 and filed as total exemption full accounts. It was previously called Vulcan Transport Ltd, a name it changed on 2 July 2010, and has had 2 earlier names in all.

Register details

Registered nameEXPRESS CONTAINERS LTD
Company number06495181
Company typePrivate Limited Company
Registered officeArtisans' House, 7 Queensbridge, NN4 7BF Northampton
JurisdictionEngland and Wales
Nature of business (UK SIC 2007)49410 Freight transport by road
International sector (ISIC Rev.4)H · 49 Land transport and transport via pipelines

Timeline

Register events, newest first.

  • Confirmation statement made up
  • Accounts made upTotal exemption full accounts
  • Name changedPreviously Vulcan Transport Ltd
  • Name changedPreviously Express Containers Ltd
  • Incorporated

Filings and charges

Deadlines and charge counts from the register.

Next accounts due31 August 2027
Accounting reference date30 November
Next confirmation statement20 February 2027
Last confirmation statement6 February 2026
Charges registered0
Outstanding · satisfied0 · 0

Charges are security interests (such as mortgages) registered against the company.

Freight transport by road in the United Kingdom

Live companies whose main activity is 49410: 68,731 in total, median age 5 years, 10,684 incorporated in the past 12 months.

All 68,731 companies
This company's decadeOther decades
020,00040,00060,00080,0001900s: 21900s1910s: 21910s1920s: 31920s1930s: 201930s1940s: 471940s1950s: 931950s1960s: 1711960s1970s: 3481970s1980s: 5311980s1990s: 9441990s2000s: 3,8712000s2010s: 23,7952010s2020s: 38,9042020s
Incorporated per year, still live
05,00010,00015,00020,0002011: 67220112012: 8072013: 1,16020132014: 2,1842015: 2,60820152016: 3,0482017: 3,23320172018: 4,5302019: 5,01620192020: 3,3462021: 3,51320212022: 3,4962023: 4,00520232024: 5,4992025: 10,35220252026: 8,693

Location

Registered office in Northampton, West Northamptonshire, East Midlands.

Northampton
Live companies in Northampton23,278
Same activity in Northampton1,050
Live companies in West Northamptonshire35,127
New in Northampton, past 12 months2,739

Also registered at this address

725 other live companies share this registered office; shown are those incorporated closest in time to this one.

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Sources

Register data: Companies House, Free Company Data Product, delivery of 1 October 2026. Places: ONS Postcode Directory (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sector names: Eurostat NACE Rev. 2. Context figures are computed by FirmsDB from these sources. This page is not an official register; check the official record before relying on it.