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HOLMES COACHES LIMITED

Private Company Limited by Shares registered in 2021 in Donegal Town, Co. Donegal, CRO 700319.
It files accounts faster than 100% of similar companies · 2 public contracts worth €247k.

Status
Active
Normal
Registered
20 Jul 2021
5 years old
Annual return
Up to date
next due 20 Jan 2028
Last accounts filed
31 days
after year end · sector median 261

Details

CRO number700319
Company typeLTD - Private Company Limited by Shares
Registered officeGulladuff, Moyville,DONEGAL
TownDonegal Town · other companies there
CountyDonegal
ActivityWarehousing and transport support (NACE 5229.0) · Transport and storage
Last annual return22 Sep 2026

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Timeline

  1. 20 Jan 2028Next annual return due
  2. 16 Apr 2025Public contract from Donegal Education and Training Board
  3. 1 Oct 2024Accounts filed (year to 31 Aug 2024)
  4. 25 Sep 2023Accounts filed (year to 31 Aug 2023)
  5. 21 Jul 2023Public contract from Donegal Education and Training Board
  6. 5 Sep 2022Accounts filed (year to 31 Aug 2022)
  7. 20 Jul 2021Incorporated

Financial statements filed

Days from year end to filing

0102030402022: 5520222023: 252520232024: 31312024

Orange = later than 330 days.

Year endReceived by CRODays after year end
31 Aug 20241 Oct 202431
31 Aug 202325 Sep 202325
31 Aug 20225 Sep 20225

Over 330 days is later than the usual deadline (accounts made up to within 9 months of the annual return date, filed within 56 days). The accounts themselves can be bought from the CRO.

Company indicators

Derived from this company's CRO record and filing history. Percentiles compare it with the 1,266 active companies in warehousing and transport support.

Filing discipline score
100 / 100
annual return up to date · files faster than 100% of peers · 100% of filings on time · activity median 82
Typical filing delay
25 days
median of 3 filings · latest 6 days slower · activity 267
Financial year end
August
57.4% of the activity use December
Next annual return
in 435 days
due 20 Jan 2028
Age: 5.3 years
56th pct
Filing speed: 25 days
100th pct

Further right = older, faster filer, busier address than peers.

Sector economy

How warehousing and transport support is doing in official statistics. These figures describe the sector, not this company. Sector page.

Irish services confidence
+24.8
51st percentile since 2005 · EU +6.0 · Oct 2026
EU confidence, this activity
+0.9
34th percentile since 2005 · -0.9 on a year · Oct 2026
People employed in the sector
35,300
-3.0% on a year · 2026 Q2
Average weekly earnings
€955
+5.3% on a year · 2026 Q1
Services output volume
+8.5%
3 months to Sep 2026 vs a year earlier Transport and storage
Enterprises in the sector (CSO)
1,993
9.8% new in 2024 · 12 people each on average
Sector firms still trading after 5 years
52.6%
firms born 2019 · all sectors 53.2%
Sector enterprises in Co. Donegal
566
2.2% of Ireland's total (CSO)

Sources: European Commission Business and Consumer Surveys (balances, seasonally adjusted); CSO business demography, earnings, employment, output and price statistics (CC BY 4.0). A tag means the CSO only publishes the figure for a wider group.

Sector benchmarks

What a typical business in this line of work looks like, from CSO structural business statistics and earnings data. Averages for the whole sector, not figures for this company: CRO does not publish accounts figures as open data.

Turnover per enterprise
€1.1m
sector average, 2022
People per enterprise
4.3
sector average, 2022
Labour cost per employee
€47k
wages, PRSI and pensions, 2022
Operating surplus margin
9.2%
(value added − labour costs) / turnover, 2022
Value added per person
€61k
labour productivity, 2022
Median weekly pay, Co. Donegal
€602
this sector · county all sectors €635 · 2025
Value added per worker, Border region
€53k
this sector group · all sectors €72k · 2024

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Public contracts

2 contract awards from 1 public body, €247k in total. Framework values are split evenly between the suppliers named.

DateBuyerContractValue
16 Apr 2025Donegal Education and Training BoardCall for Tender for the provision of Bus Transport Services for Donegal ETB School Moville Community College 2025€200k
21 Jul 2023Donegal Education and Training BoardThe Provision of Bus Transport Services for Donegal ETB Schools€47k

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