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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-12-18 (in 7mo)

Last made up 2025-12-04

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£176M

-9.1% vs 2023

Employees

0

Average over period

Profit before tax

£37M

-32% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. DHL DISTRIBUTION HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED 2004-11-30 → present
  2. SECURICOR OMEGA HOLDINGS LIMITED 1999-06-16 → 2004-11-30
  3. SECURICOR GROUP LIMITED 1923-09-19 → 1999-06-16

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover
Operating profit
Profit before tax £54,935,000£37,360,000
Net profit £54,935,000£37,360,000
Cash
Total assets less current liabilities £193,922,000£176,282,000
Net assets £193,922,000£176,282,000
Equity £193,922,000£176,282,000
Average employees 00
Wages

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 0.0%0.1%
Current ratio 83.84x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 101
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Deloitte LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“On the basis of their assessment of the company's financial position and resources, the directors believe that the company is well placed to manage its business risks. Therefore, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of issue of these financial statements. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements. Additionally, the company receives support from its German ultimate parent company, Deutsche Post AG.”

Group structure

  1. DHL DISTRIBUTION HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED · parent
    1. DHL Express (Ireland) Limited 100% · Ireland · Parcel and document delivery
    2. DHL International (UK) Limited 100% · England · Parcel and document delivery
    3. DHL Aviation (UK) Limited 100% · England · Document and freight delivery
    4. DHL Management Services Limited 100% · England · Administrative and support services
    5. DHL Air (UK) Limited 49.9% · England · Cargo air delivery

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

2 active · 48 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
GARDNER, Glenn William Director 2025-12-09 Jan 1984 American
TRAWNY, Peter David Director 2020-03-01 May 1968 British
Show 48 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
GRIFFITHS, Nigel Edward Secretary 1999-03-31
LI, Jane Secretary 2016-08-15 2018-12-31
MUNSON, Anne Patricia Secretary 1999-03-31 2005-02-03
EXEL SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2014-12-15 2016-08-15
ORBITAL SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2005-03-10 2014-12-15
ALEXANDER, Anthony Victor Director 1996-07-04
ALLEN, Stephen John Director 2001-11-02 2006-03-07
AUSTIN, Keith James Director 2017-04-26 2021-10-21
BIRRELL, James Drake Director 1993-10-01 1997-02-06
BOECKEN, Bernd, Dr Director 1999-03-31 2000-03-31
BROTHERTON, John Leonard Director 2000-07-01 2001-11-02
CALDER, Roy James Director 2007-02-14 2012-10-16
CASLING, Richard Charles Director 1999-03-31 2002-08-05
COUCHMAN, Philip Director 2010-12-21 2016-12-31
DAY, Stephen Charles Director 2004-01-19 2005-05-31
DELANEY, John James Director 1992-04-01
DIGHTON, Trevor Leslie Director 2002-08-05 2003-07-03
DORKEN, Uwe Rolf Director 1999-03-31 2001-02-28
DUNCAN, David Archibald Director 2015-03-02 2025-12-09
FLICKINGER, Bernd Hans Director 2002-01-15 2006-10-01
GLOECKNER, Dirk Director 2011-01-19 2012-04-16
GRAVES, Richard Alexander Director 1997-02-06
GRIFFITHS, Nigel Edward Director 1999-02-22
HOGAN, John Christopher James Director 2000-07-01 2005-08-31
HOLLIS, Eric Arthur Director 1992-04-01
HOUGH, Edmund Alan, Doctor Director 1995-10-01 1997-08-26
HOWES, Patrick David Director 1992-04-02 2000-07-01
IMBERT, Peter Michael Director 1993-03-31 1997-02-06
KRUSE, Peter Egon, Dr Director 2001-02-28 2007-08-28
MACFARLANE, David Neil, Sir Director 1993-01-07 1997-02-06
MACHIELSEN, Herman Jeppe Director 2000-01-07 2003-12-19
MASOUD, Mahmoud Director 2010-09-08 2011-03-31
MCCALL, Kenneth Stanley Director 2008-05-06 2010-09-08
MCCAMBRIDGE, Alastair Director 2011-09-14 2015-12-31
MCKAY, Henry William Director 1999-02-22
MULLEN, John Patrick Director 2001-02-28 2007-02-14
MUNTWYLER, Christian Director 2005-08-31 2008-03-31
PRICE, Scott Director 2008-04-14 2009-09-07
PROFFITT, Michael Director 2001-02-28 2002-01-15
SHIRTCLIFFE, Christopher Charles Director 2002-01-28
SIEGERS, Robert Director 2000-04-01 2001-02-28
SMITH, Peter Alexander Charles Director 1995-03-29
TOWLE, Peter Frederick Howard Director 1994-12-13
TUMM, Gunter W, Dr Director 1999-03-31 2001-02-28
ULLER, Rolf Rainer Director 1999-03-31 2000-01-07
WIGGS, Roger Sydney William Hale Director 2002-01-28 2003-07-03
WIGGS, Roger Sydney William Hale Director 2000-07-01
WILSON, Ian David Director 2017-01-01 2017-01-01

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Deutsche Post Beteiligungen Holding Gmbh Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2026-03-03 Active
Mr Keith James Austin Individual Significant influence 2017-04-26 Ceased 2021-10-21
Mr David Archibald Duncan Individual Significant influence 2017-04-10 Ceased 2023-07-19
Deutsche Post Ag Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Ceased 2026-03-03

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 495 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-09 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2026-04-09 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-12-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-12-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-12-09 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-12-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-12-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-07-31 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2023-07-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-12-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-07-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-12-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-10-21 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2021-10-21 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2021-10-21 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-10-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-12-07 RP04CS01 confirmation-statement Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date PDF
2020-12-07 RP04CS01 confirmation-statement Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
6

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Official Companies House page