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Company description
COPART UK LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 28 March 1968; registered for 58 years; registered office reported in WOOTTON, BEDFORDSHIRE. Its primary declared activity is 45112 · Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles, with 1 additional SIC activity reported.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 1 PSC record, 2 trade marks, 1 waste registration. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- COPART UK LIMITED
- Company number
- 00929621
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 34 total · 0 outstanding · 34 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 July 2025Next accounts due
30 April 2027Last statement made up to
12 November 2025Next statement due
26 November 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 66.7%
- Mean bonus gap
- -11.0%
- Women receiving bonus
- 34.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 66.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 14.5%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 22.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 35.5%
- Women in lower quartile
- 45.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 499915.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499919.7% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499922.9% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499925.8% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499923.8% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99923.5% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499925.5% median hourly gap
- 500 to 99927.3% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 February 2026 – 31 July 2026
- Filed
- 28 August 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 1 days
- Longest standard term
- 30 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 August 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £29,436,699
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £2,651,197
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £1,831,582
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £4,690,851
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 8.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 30 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Standard payment terms range from payment on presentation of invoice to 30 days following the end of the month in which the invoice is dated depending on the product or service being received.
- Dispute resolution process
Invoice queries or disputes are raised either by the Accounts Payable Team or by the person or department ordering the goods or service. The invoice will be held for payment until the query is resolved and agreement has been reached between both parties, at which time payment will be processed.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 27.0 average days to pay20.0% outside terms
- 19.0 average days to pay13.0% outside terms
- 20.0 average days to pay13.0% outside terms
- 20.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 19.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 19.0 average days to pay10.0% outside terms
- 17.0 average days to pay10.0% outside terms
- 17.0 average days to pay10.0% outside terms
- 17.0 average days to pay12.0% outside terms
- 16.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 20.0 average days to pay13.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- COPART UK LIMITED
- Group submission
- No
- Statement period
- 1 August 2020 – 31 July 2021
- Approved
- 30 August 2021
- Sectors
- Automotive, machinery and heavy electrical equipment Transportation, logistics, and storage
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £100 million to £500 million
- Years producing statements
- 1 to 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 9 September 2021
Policies described
Other
Training described
Human resources
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Copart UK Limited
Registration Z7637287
- Registered from
- 11 February 2003
- Current end date
- 10 February 2027
- Trading names
- UNIVERSAL LOGISTICS, COPART, UNIVERSAL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, UNIVERSAL PARTS, UNIVERSAL VEHICLE SERVICES, COPART UK, UNIVERSAL AUCTIONS, UNIVERSAL SALVAGE AUCTIONS, UNIVERSAL VEHICLE AUCTIONS, UNIVERSAL PROCESSING
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
07 Environmental regulation
Environment Agency records
COPART UK LIMITED
10000228 · MK43 9EJ
- Permit or record holder
- COPART UK LIMITED
- Record date
- 27 January 2022
- Local authority
- Not supplied
- Regulated site or public record address
- Woburn Road, Bedford, MK43 9EJ
- Activity
- Waste
- Action
- Enforcement Notice
- Relevant legislation
- TFS
- All populated source fields
- Action Number: 10000228; Offender: COPART UK LIMITED; Address: Woburn Road, Bedford, MK43 9EJ; Action Date: 2022-01-27; Relevant Legislation: TFS; Action Type: Enforcement Notice; Agency Function: Waste
Copart Wootton
GP3990NL · MK43 9EJ
- Permit or record holder
- COPART UK LIMITED
- Record date
- 13 July 1993
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Regulated site or public record address
- Copart UK, Acrey Fields, WOBURN ROAD, BEDFORD, MK43 9EJ
- Activity
- A19: Metal Recycling Site (vehicle dismantler)
- Grid reference
- TL0070043100
- Easting
- 500700.000
- Northing
- 243100.000
- Variation date
- 19 June 2024
- Effective date
- 13 July 1993
- Other official identifiers
- Waste Management Licence No.: 70064; Pre EA Permit Ref: 70064
- All populated source fields
- Permit Number: GP3990NL; Waste Management Licence No.: 70064; Pre EA Permit Ref: 70064; Licence Holder Name: COPART UK LIMITED; Site Name: Copart Wootton; Site Type: A19: Metal Recycling Site (vehicle dismantler); Site Address: Copart UK, Acrey Fields, WOBURN ROAD, BEDFORD, MK43 9EJ; Site Postcode: MK43 9EJ; Site Grid Reference: TL0070043100; Easting: 500700; Northing: 243100; Local Authority: Bedford; Status: Effective; Issued Date: 1993-07-13; Variation Date: 2024-06-19; Date Effective: 1993-07-13
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TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
Ci
Owner Copart UK Limited · classes 12,35,39
- Filed / designated
- 10 September 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 September 2027
Ci Copart
Owner Copart UK Limited · classes 12,35,39
- Filed / designated
- 10 September 2007
- Valid until / renewal due
- 10 September 2027
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
08 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Universal Salvage Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- England And Wales
- Legal form
- Company Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Registrar Of Companies - England And Wales
- Registration number
- 1464832
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
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09 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
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10 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
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11 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
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12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
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13 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
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14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Sale of other motor vehicles
15 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
1 exact company-number registration.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
16 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: USERVE LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Candidate permit and enforcement associations based on a unique exact holder-name and postcode match.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.