DPDGROUP UK LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-03 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£76M
+7% vs 2023
Net assets
£218M
-24.2% vs 2023
Employees
9,052
-3.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£198M
-24.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- DPDGROUP UK LTD 2015-04-16 → present
- GEOPOST UK LIMITED 2001-02-06 → 2015-04-16
- GEOPOST (UK) LIMITED 2001-01-03 → 2001-02-06
- MAYNE NICKLESS(U.K)LIMITED 1962-08-21 → 2001-01-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-29
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,474,264,000 | £1,482,736,000 | |
| Operating profit | £225,682,000 | £218,629,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £262,844,000 | £198,258,000 | |
| Net profit | £217,669,000 | £151,145,000 | |
| Cash | £71,132,000 | £76,083,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £942,886,000 | £863,880,000 | |
| Net assets | £287,901,000 | £218,286,000 | |
| Equity | £287,901,000 | £218,286,000 | |
| Average employees | 9,367 | 9,052 | |
| Wages | £389,280,000 | £404,532,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.3% | 14.7% | |
| Net margin | 14.8% | 10.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.9% | 25.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 82.4% | 85.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.42x | 0.47x | |
| Interest cover | 6.39x | 5.28x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- DPDGROUP UK LTD · parent
- DPD Local UK Ltd 100%
- GeoPost Ireland Limited 100%
- Interlink Ireland Limited 100%
- Dynamic Parcel Distribution Limited 100%
- Delivery Investigations Limited 100%
- Pie Mapping Software Ltd 83%
- DPDgroup UK Pension Trustee Limited 100%
- Project Bolt Newco 1 Limited 100%
- Project Bolt Newco 2 Limited 100%
- CitySprint (UK) Bidco Limited 100%
- CitySprint (UK) Group Limited 100%
- The Courier and Passenger Transport Holdings Limited 100%
- The Courier and Passenger Transport Group Limited 100%
- CitySprint (UK) Limited 100%
- On the Dot Technologies Limited 100%
- CitySprint Courier Services Limited 100%
- Last Mile Link Technologies Limited 100%
- Transworld Global Courier Limited 100%
- Urgent Deliveries Limited 100%
- Mach 1 Couriers Limited 100%
- Absolutely Couriers Limited 100%
- Creative Cars & Couriers Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On the 27th March 2025 the Company purchased a 25% stake in Delivering London Ltd. The total purchase consideration was £3,469,515. Delivering London Ltd trades under the Yeep brand and operates an agnostic parcel locker network within the UK. The UK Group will access the Yeep parcel locker network in connection with its Out of Home services.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Justin Neil | Secretary | 2022-03-15 | — | — |
| ADAMS, David Laurence | Director | 2008-03-31 | Aug 1970 | British |
| CLARKE, Justin Neil | Director | 2026-02-23 | Dec 1976 | British |
| KERR, Elaine Janet | Director | 2020-11-16 | Nov 1967 | British |
| LLOYD, Joanna Daubney | Director | 2026-02-23 | Nov 1972 | British |
| MICHON, Mariehelene | Director | 2021-03-29 | Feb 1968 | French |
| PEGG, Justin | Director | 2020-11-16 | Jul 1971 | British |
| PEROMINGO, Alberto Navarro | Director | 2024-01-29 | Sep 1969 | Spanish |
| STOCKTON, Jonathan | Director | 2026-02-23 | Feb 1972 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, David Laurence | Secretary | 2008-03-31 | 2022-03-15 |
| BENCH, John Edward | Secretary | 1999-10-30 | 2008-03-30 |
| DAWSON, Rodney | Secretary | 1994-07-01 | 1997-12-31 |
| GRAY, Paul James | Secretary | — | 1994-06-30 |
| MOSS, Norman | Secretary | 1998-01-01 | 1999-10-29 |
| BARHAM, Bernard Frank | Director | — | 1995-02-27 |
| BEGLE, Claude | Director | 2000-12-20 | 2005-09-29 |
| BENCH, John Edward | Director | 1999-10-29 | 2008-03-30 |
| BROADBENT, Robert William | Director | 1992-02-07 | 1994-01-17 |
| BUET, Georges Edouard | Director | 2000-12-20 | 2002-12-18 |
| BYTHEWAY, Lindsay Albert | Director | — | 1992-01-16 |
| CARR, Kenneth Edmund | Director | 1993-12-02 | 1997-12-15 |
| CHAVANNE, Paul-Marie | Director | 2002-03-19 | 2020-05-25 |
| CLIFTON, Alfred Thomas | Director | — | 1994-08-22 |
| COLE, John Robert | Director | 1994-07-01 | 1996-07-31 |
| DE MASCAREL DE LA CORBIERE, Bertrand Jean Marie Gabriel | Director | 2000-12-20 | 2001-08-31 |
| DELMAS, Yves Pierre Louis | Director | 2020-06-16 | 2023-01-01 |
| DIETZ, Eric Jan Willem | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-16 |
| GENT, Anthony Peter | Director | 1997-12-15 | 1998-09-23 |
| GRAY, Paul James | Director | — | 1994-06-30 |
| HUNTER, Robert Wishart | Director | — | 1995-02-27 |
| KEARNS, Patrick Lawrence | Director | — | 1994-12-08 |
| KIRK, William James | Director | 1996-07-31 | 1999-01-28 |
| MCDONALD, Dwain Michael | Director | 2006-07-20 | 2021-03-29 |
| MILLBANKS, Colin Frederick | Director | 1997-12-15 | 2004-04-05 |
| MOSS, Norman | Director | 1997-12-15 | 1999-10-29 |
| OGG, Christopher | Director | 1999-01-28 | 2010-03-31 |
| PHILLIPS, Kathleen Ann | Director | 2002-12-18 | 2008-03-30 |
| RUSET, Alexis Louis | Director | 2002-03-19 | 2006-11-22 |
| SHIELS, Charles Martin | Director | 2010-03-31 | 2016-03-31 |
| SMITH, Desmond | Director | 2014-12-17 | 2021-06-30 |
| SMITH, Ronald Leonard Bowey | Director | 1999-01-28 | 1999-10-07 |
| TURNER, Graham Allan | Director | 1992-02-07 | 1994-06-30 |
| WEBBER, Ian Ernest | Director | — | 1992-01-22 |
| WILLIAMS, John Christopher | Director | — | 1994-01-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geopost Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-12-14 | Active |
| Geopost Intermediate Holdings | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-12-14 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 230 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-31 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2024-12-31 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-31 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-12-31 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
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 2024-12-29 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+0.6%
£1,474,264,000 £1,482,736,000
-
Cash
+7%
£71,132,000 £76,083,000
-
Net assets
-24.2%
£287,901,000 £218,286,000
-
Employees
-3.4%
9,367 9,052
-
Operating profit
-3.1%
£225,682,000 £218,629,000
-
Profit before tax
-24.6%
£262,844,000 £198,258,000
-
Wages
+3.9%
£389,280,000 £404,532,000
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