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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-29 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2026-01-15

Watchouts

2 items

Cash

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£426M

+3.6% vs 2023

Employees

Average over period

Profit before tax

£37M

-16.4% vs 2023

Watchouts

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

Name history

Renamed 4 times since incorporation

  1. DHL SUPPLY CHAIN LIMITED 2012-10-02 → present
  2. EXEL EUROPE LIMITED 2000-03-01 → 2012-10-02
  3. NFC UK LIMITED 1994-12-15 → 2000-03-01
  4. BRS LIMITED 1991-04-22 → 1994-12-15
  5. BRITISH ROAD SERVICES LIMITED 1954-02-04 → 1991-04-22

Accounts

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

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £3,126,186,000£3,132,343,000
Operating profit £37,061,000£32,295,000
Profit before tax £43,962,000£36,769,000
Net profit £25,012,000£30,340,000
Cash
Total assets less current liabilities £580,190,000£595,873,000
Net assets £411,056,000£425,837,000
Equity £411,056,000£425,837,000
Average employees
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
Operating margin 1.2%1.0%
Net margin 0.8%1.0%
Return on capital employed 6.4%5.4%
Current ratio 1.51x1.53x
Interest cover 4.25x2.86x

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 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Deloitte LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors have carried out a going concern assessment using forecasts which incorporate scenarios across a period to the end of 2026. These forecasts include both a base case and a severe but plausible downside scenario. ... Consequently, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. DHL SUPPLY CHAIN LIMITED · parent
    1. DHL Services Limited 99.9% · UK · Provision of staff
    2. DHL Supply Chain International Limited · UK · Logistics services through a branch in Uganda
    3. DSC Healthcare Trustees Limited · UK · Dormant
    4. Exel Logistics Property Limited · UK · Holds and manages the UK investment and long leasehold properties of the DHL group
    5. Exel UK Limited · UK · Management of leased properties on behalf of other UK DHL Group companies
    6. McGregor Cory Limited · UK · Provision of storage and contract distribution
    7. Power Europe Operating Limited · UK · Investment company
    8. DigiHaul Limited 60% · UK · Provider of a digital road freight platform
    9. Health Solutions Team Limited 50% · UK · Procurement and logistics services
    10. DigiHaul Mexico S.A.de C.V. 59.4% · Mexico
    11. DigiHaul Spain S.L.U. 60% · Spain

Significant events

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

People

9 active · 91 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
ARCHER, Nicholas James Director 2023-03-01 Dec 1971 British
HAY, Nicola Jeanne Director 2022-07-01 Aug 1966 British
HOWIE, Craig Director 2025-10-01 Oct 1973 British
MURDOCH, Gavin John Director 2021-04-23 Dec 1967 British
PATTERSON, Mark Thomas Director 2024-07-24 Sep 1974 British
POTTER, Simon Colin Director 2024-09-01 Oct 1976 British
STONE, Paul Gibson Director 2022-12-15 Sep 1967 British
TAYLOR, Rebecca Louise Hazel Director 2021-06-01 Nov 1974 British
WILLMOR, Martin James Director 2025-10-01 Jun 1980 British
Show 91 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BUTTERY, Alison Tracey Secretary 2006-10-01 2007-10-12
CARPENTER, John Secretary 1994-10-02 1995-09-29
CHILCOTT, Lizzie Ann Secretary 2007-10-12 2008-08-21
CHILCOTT, Lizzie Ann Secretary 2006-04-28 2006-10-01
COFFEY, Stephanie Helen Secretary 2003-03-28 2006-04-28
LI, Jane Secretary 2013-04-23 2018-12-31
MARLER, Daphne Marian Secretary 2008-08-21 2009-07-24
WOOLHOUSE, Martin Brennan Secretary 1994-10-02
EXEL SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2009-07-27 2013-04-23
EXEL SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 1995-09-29 2003-03-28
ALLEN, Stephen John Director 1999-03-15 2001-06-13
ASHMORE, Stephen Director 2003-10-17 2005-10-03
ASTON, Edward Director 2009-06-01 2013-07-15
BLOUIN, Marcel Director 2001-07-03 2005-12-29
BOULTER, John Robert Director 2014-08-15 2018-06-13
BRIDGES, Lindsay Elizabeth Director 2018-08-01 2022-06-30
BRISTOW, Michael Stuart Director 2019-09-27 2024-07-24
BROWN, David Reginald Director 1999-03-15 2000-11-03
BROWN, David Reginald Director 1994-10-17
BROWN, Ernest Gerald Freeman Director 1994-10-17 1995-08-14
BUCKLE, Alan David Director 1994-10-17
BURNS, Bernard Kenneth Robbie Director 1994-10-17 1995-07-07
CALLAGHAN, Andrew Michael Director 1993-10-30
CLOUGH, Ian David Director 2018-06-13 2022-02-28
COATES, Jeremy William Director 1994-04-16
CONDAY, Spencer Director 2021-10-15 2024-03-15
COX, Martin Frank Director 2010-03-12 2014-09-25
CRAIG, Nicola Ellen Director 2014-08-15 2018-06-30
DE PENCIER, Theodore Henry John Director 1994-10-17
DEGNAN, Ian Alan Director 2004-07-01 2006-08-31
DYER, Paul George Director 2014-08-15 2018-10-01
ELLIOTT, Guy Director 2006-04-25 2010-12-06
FINCH, David James Director 1996-11-01 1998-09-14
FISH, Graham Stewart Director 2001-12-04 2004-07-01
FISHER, Ian Nicholas Director 2014-10-09 2018-06-13
FROW, Natalie Jane Director 2023-03-01 2025-10-31
GEOFFRION, Alicemarie Director 2025-08-01 2026-04-17
GERLACH, Richard Howard Director 1994-10-17 1995-09-29
GILL, James Edward Director 2017-04-01 2018-06-13
HAMPTON, Melvyn Paul Director 1999-03-15 2000-07-14
HARTSHORNE, James Andrew Director 2019-01-01 2023-03-01
HAZLE, George Director 1994-10-17 1997-12-05
HIGHAM, Jonathan William Talbot Director 1995-10-17 1998-09-14
HINDSON, David Director 1997-07-24 1998-03-04
HISLOP, Alexander Oliver Director 2022-01-01 2024-03-22
HUNT, Richard John Director 1997-07-24 1999-12-01
INGLIS, Graham, Dr Director 1999-03-15 2017-04-28
JAMES, Stuart Hubert Director 1994-10-17
KAY, Derek Leslie Director 1997-07-24 1999-03-15
KINNEAR, Ewen Stephen Director 2010-03-12 2014-08-15
KÜHL, Thorsten Director 2018-06-13 2021-09-30
LARMAN, Trevor George Director 1993-01-22 1993-01-26
LETCHFORD, Jeremy William Charles Director 1993-01-22 1993-01-26
MANN, Roger Michael Ewart Director 1999-03-15 2006-04-25
MANN, Roger Michael Ewart Director 1993-06-24 1994-10-17
MURPHY, Gerard Martin, Dr Director 1996-11-01 1998-09-14
NAVA, Jose Fernando Director 2018-10-01 2021-12-31
NICHOLLS, Julian Frederick Director 1997-07-24 1998-09-14
NYE, Martin John Director 1999-03-15 2001-05-18
OADES, Stewart Director 1999-03-15 2004-11-10
OREILLY, James Shaun Director 1994-04-16
PAINTER, James Director 1994-10-17
PARISH, Michael Robert Director 1997-07-24 2000-12-31
PARSONS, Mark James Director 2014-08-15 2017-12-31
PEACOCK, Daniel James Director 2022-04-01 2025-08-01
PIERPOINT, David Julian Director 2018-03-01 2022-04-01
POMLETT, Leigh Director 1999-03-15 2008-12-31
RESNICK, Saul Director 2022-01-01 2025-10-31
RICHARDSON, Paul Robin Director 2014-08-15 2019-07-17
RINSLER, Stephen Director 1997-07-24 1998-11-11
RIPLEY, Neil Andrew Director 2001-12-10 2006-08-18
ROBERTS, Graham Stanley Director 1994-10-17
ROBINSON, Susan Director 2010-03-12 2014-08-15
ROE, Philip William Director 2016-04-01 2021-12-31
ROSS, Stuart Leslie Director 1999-03-15 2000-05-11
ROSS, Victor Mark Director 1992-10-30 1997-10-24
SAMUELS, Michael Director 2010-03-17 2014-08-22
SEAGER, Mark Director 2010-03-12 2014-01-16
SHARP, Christopher Martin Director 2014-08-15 2018-06-13
SLATER, Timothy John Director 2014-05-09 2019-04-30
SMITH, Ian Richard Director 2002-07-09 2004-08-13
SMITH, Keith Roy Director 2011-06-24 2017-03-31
STACEY, Simon Mark Lovell Director 2014-08-15 2017-12-31
STOCKLEY, Terrence Rodney Frederick Director 1995-07-14 1998-09-14
TAYLOR, Paul Director 2009-10-23 2014-08-15
THOMPSON, Thomas Earl Director 1997-07-24 1998-09-14
TONGE, Jeremy Michael Director 1998-09-14 2000-10-27
VAN LOON, Sjoerd Director 2004-07-01 2006-03-01
WATTS, Perry Frederick Director 2007-06-01 2011-10-25
WATTS, Perry Frederick Director 2007-06-01 2016-12-31
WEYER, Andrew Wylie Director 2022-01-01 2025-09-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Exel Investments Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2025-04-28 Active
Dhl Supply Chain International Holdings B.V. Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2024-11-21 Ceased 2025-04-28
Mr Philip William Roe Individual Significant influence 2017-01-15 Ceased 2021-12-31
Mr Paul Robin Richardson Individual Significant influence 2017-01-15 Ceased 2019-07-17
Mr Timothy John Slater Individual Significant influence 2017-01-15 Ceased 2019-04-30
Mr Paul George Dyer Individual Significant influence 2017-01-15 Ceased 2018-10-01
Mrs Nicola Ellen Craig Individual Significant influence 2017-01-15 Ceased 2018-06-30
Mr John Robert Boulter Individual Significant influence 2017-01-15 Ceased 2018-06-13
Mr Ian Nicholas Fisher Individual Significant influence 2017-01-15 Ceased 2018-06-13
Mr Christopher Martin Sharp Individual Significant influence 2017-01-15 Ceased 2018-06-13
Mr Mark James Parsons Individual Significant influence 2017-01-15 Ceased 2017-12-31
Mr Simon Mark Lovell Stacey Individual Significant influence 2017-01-15 Ceased 2017-12-31
Mr Graham Inglis Individual Significant influence 2017-01-15 Ceased 2017-04-28
Mr Keith Roy Smith Individual Significant influence 2017-01-15 Ceased 2017-03-31
Exel Investments Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Ceased 2024-11-21

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 380 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-04-17 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-01-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-11-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-11-03 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-10-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-10-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-08-11 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-08-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-08-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-04-28 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-04-28 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-01-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-11-29 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2024-11-29 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2024-09-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-09-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-08-02 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-07-24 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
11

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
5

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. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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