Profile

Company number
00211475
Status
Active
Incorporation
1926-02-02
Last accounts made up
2024-12-31
Account category
GROUP
Primary SIC
50200
Hubs
UK Logistics & Mobility

Accounts

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Audit & accounting basis

From AI-extracted PDF accounts

Accounting basis
IFRS
Reporting scope
Consolidated (group)
Auditor
KPMG LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Board considers it appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements. The Directors have also made appropriate enquiries into the Group's financial position, including reviewing the Group's compliance with its banking covenants, to form a reasonable expectation that the Group will continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the Financial Statements.”

Subsidiaries

Significant events

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People

9 active · 45 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
MATTHEWS, Ben Secretary 2026-02-04
ATKINSON, Justin Richard Director 2018-02-01 Dec 1960 British
BRAUNSCHMIDT, Inken, Dr. Director 2019-03-01 Oct 1974 German
COCKBURN, Angus George Director 2021-05-01 Jun 1963 British
HAWKINGS, Claire Louise Director 2022-01-01 May 1969 British
HAYZEN-SMITH, Karen Veronica Director 2023-12-01 Feb 1970 British
JASTRAM, Shian Vanessa Director 2024-03-01 Feb 1974 Danish
PANDYA, Kashyap Pushpkant Director 2021-11-01 Jan 1963 British
VERNET, Jean Bernard Director 2022-09-05 Mar 1961 American
Show 45 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
AFFORD, Helen Louise Secretary 2026-01-07 2026-02-04
BAUER, Jean-Francois Jacques Claude Secretary 2024-08-01 2025-01-23
BLYTH, John Terence Secretary 2003-05-31
HAMES, Victoria Elizabeth Secretary 2025-01-23 2026-01-07
HOGGAN, Michael John Secretary 2011-02-01 2017-06-22
KILPATRICK, Stuart Charles Secretary 2010-09-01 2011-02-01
MARSH, James Henry John Secretary 2017-06-22 2022-09-01
MORGAN, Meirion Richard Secretary 2023-01-01 2024-08-01
SPEIRS, Peter Alexander Secretary 2022-09-01 2022-12-31
TYLER, Justin John Blakeney Secretary 2006-09-18 2010-08-31
VICK, Jonathan Procter Secretary 2003-06-01 2006-09-18
BAUER, Jean-Francois Jacques Claude Director 2024-08-01 2024-08-01
BEAZLEY, James Henry Tetley Director 1997-01-01 1997-12-31
BLYTH, John Terence Director 1993-06-30
BUCHANAN, Richard Angus Fownes Director 1998-03-11 2004-12-06
COBB, David Bilsland Director 1994-05-12 2001-12-31
COMISKEY, Aedamar Ita Director 2014-11-01 2024-05-30
COOKE, Anthony Roderick Chichester Bancroft Director 2002-01-23 2011-12-31
EVERARD, Frederick Michael Director 2006-12-28 2014-04-30
EVERARD, William Derek Director 2006-12-28 2007-09-30
FORRESTER, Richard Peter Francis Director 1994-08-17
GRAHAM, Fergus Hugh Stirling Director 2018-03-01 2020-03-19
HARDY, David William, Sir Director 1993-06-30 2004-04-30
HARRIS, Simon Allan Director 2005-08-23 2012-02-13
HARRIS, Timothy Charles, Mr Cbe Fca Acma Director 2001-09-26 2012-07-31
HART, Trevor Charles Director 1993-12-21 2000-01-14
HENRY, Nicholas Paul Director 2004-12-06 2019-09-30
HODGSON, Jeremy Geoffrey Director 2000-01-01 2002-01-23
HORNBY, John Fleet Director 1993-12-21
KENNEDY, Duncan Director 2021-05-04 2023-12-01
KILPATRICK, Stuart Charles Director 2010-12-01 2021-04-29
MOORE, Terence Director 1998-03-11 2003-12-31
MOORHOUSE CBE, David George Director 2013-08-01 2019-02-28
O'LIONAIRD, Eoghan Pol Director 2019-09-01 2022-09-05
OSWALD, John Julian Robertson, Admiral Of The Fleet Sir Director 1993-12-21 2002-01-23
PAUL, Malcolm Stephen Director 2011-02-01 2021-04-30
RICE, Charles James Director 2004-04-01 2018-05-03
ROBINSON, Michael Cradock Director 1995-06-30
SALTER, Michael John Lawrence Director 2013-08-01 2022-05-05
SERJENT, Ian Malcolm Director 1998-03-11 2006-05-04
SHIELDS, Michael John Director 1996-06-03 2010-11-30
SHIELDS, Michael John Director 1993-06-30
STOREY, Maurice Director 2003-12-01 2013-12-31
THOMSON, David, Sir Director 1993-06-30 1998-05-08
TYRRELL, Michael John Murryfield Director 1993-06-30

Ownership

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Filing timeline

Last 20 of 515 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-05-06 AUD auditors auditors resignation company
2026-03-31 CS01 confirmation-statement confirmation statement with no updates
2026-03-13 MR01 mortgage mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date
2026-02-06 AP03 officers appoint person secretary company with name date
2026-02-06 TM02 officers termination secretary company with name termination date
2026-01-09 AP03 officers appoint person secretary company with name date
2026-01-09 TM02 officers termination secretary company with name termination date
2025-09-29 SH01 capital capital allotment shares
2025-07-16 RESOLUTIONS resolution resolution
2025-07-14 AA accounts accounts with accounts type group
2025-04-01 CS01 confirmation-statement confirmation statement with no updates
2025-01-24 AP03 officers appoint person secretary company with name date
2025-01-24 TM02 officers termination secretary company with name termination date
2024-11-21 MR04 mortgage mortgage satisfy charge full
2024-11-21 MR04 mortgage mortgage satisfy charge full
2024-09-24 MR01 mortgage mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date
2024-08-02 AP03 officers appoint person secretary company with name date
2024-08-02 TM01 officers termination director company with name termination date
2024-08-02 AP01 officers appoint person director company with name date
2024-08-02 TM02 officers termination secretary company with name termination date

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