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GKN FREIGHT SERVICES LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 00056211
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1898-02-23
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 52290
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The Directors have assessed that the Company's principal activities have ceased and their intention is ultimately to liquidate the company. Consequently, the financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.”
Significant events
- “In 2023 it was announced that the Company's trading operations will cease and the Company will be wound up at a future date to be determined. The phased closure of operations began in 2023 and completed in the first half of 2024. It is not expected the Company will trade in future.”
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
2 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HYNDS, George Samuel | Director | 2025-06-16 | May 1987 | British |
| PAYNE, Christopher Peter | Director | 2023-10-19 | Aug 1980 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAWFORD, Jonathon Colin Fyfe | Secretary | 2018-07-04 | 2023-04-20 |
| HONE, Richard Jeremy Mindham | Secretary | 1996-07-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| MCLEOD, Julie Elizabeth | Secretary | 2023-04-20 | 2025-09-03 |
| MORRIS, Dennis William John | Secretary | 2000-03-31 | 2000-07-01 |
| RIGBY, John Alan | Secretary | — | 1996-06-30 |
| SHADDICK, Mark | Secretary | 2000-07-01 | 2013-02-12 |
| UTTLEY, Andrew Peter | Secretary | 2013-02-12 | 2015-08-11 |
| GKN GROUP SERVICES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 1999-06-04 | 2019-04-12 |
| ANSELL, Steve | Director | 2018-11-28 | 2019-08-16 |
| ANWAR, Mansoor | Director | 2013-10-04 | 2013-11-20 |
| BARNES, Garry Elliot, Mr. | Director | 2018-07-04 | 2023-04-20 |
| BROOM, Anthony Ernest John Newton | Director | — | 1993-04-30 |
| BULLER, Andrew Peter | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2019-01-31 |
| BYRNE, Patrick Gerard | Director | — | 2004-12-31 |
| CONNELLY, Arthur John | Director | 2002-11-25 | 2009-07-07 |
| CRAWFORD, Jonathon Colin Fyfe | Director | 2018-07-04 | 2023-04-20 |
| DAVIES, Russell Adam | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2019-03-15 |
| DIXEY, Andrew Roger | Director | 1993-02-15 | 1994-12-31 |
| GILLAM, John Mark | Director | 2011-03-31 | 2013-08-01 |
| HONE, Richard Jeremy Mindham | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| JESSON, Richard Duncan | Director | 2019-08-19 | 2020-07-13 |
| MORGAN, Geoffrey Damien | Director | 2018-07-04 | 2023-04-20 |
| MORRIS, Dennis William John | Director | — | 2010-06-11 |
| NAGLE, Gary | Director | 2020-09-07 | 2024-12-06 |
| NORTH, Peter William Herbert | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1998-06-30 |
| OOI, Sheener | Director | 2019-03-15 | 2020-08-18 |
| OWEN, Leslie Joseph | Director | 2000-08-29 | 2002-12-31 |
| PESZKO-KENIGER, Agata | Director | 2009-08-03 | 2015-12-31 |
| PUGA PEREIRA, Jose | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2002-11-25 |
| PYCROFT, Mark David | Director | 2011-10-20 | 2013-03-22 |
| RASMUSSEN, Dawn Sylvia | Director | 2021-05-20 | 2023-10-19 |
| RICHARDS, Matthew John | Director | 2018-07-04 | 2023-04-20 |
| RILEY, Thomas Christopher | Director | 2020-09-07 | 2021-05-20 |
| SHADDICK, Mark | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2013-02-12 |
| SMITH, Stephen Paul | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2013-02-12 |
| UTTLEY, Andrew Peter | Director | 2013-02-12 | 2015-08-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gkn Industries Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-10-15 | Active |
| Gkn Enterprise Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-10-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 224 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-09-22 | MA | incorporation | memorandum articles |
| 2025-09-16 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2025-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-06-18 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-05-07 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-08-12 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2024-08-12 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2024-07-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2023-11-14 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-11-13 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-07-31 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2023-04-21 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2023-04-21 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-04-21 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2023-04-21 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
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