OXALIS LOGISTICS UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-13 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
-67.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£59M
+40.6% vs 2023
Employees
1,551
+5.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£20M
+43.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- OXALIS LOGISTICS UK LIMITED 2024-02-07 → present
- HOYER GAS & PETROLEUM LOGISTICS LIMITED 2021-12-07 → 2024-02-07
- HOYER PETROLOG UK LIMITED 2012-03-01 → 2021-12-07
- HOYER UK LIMITED 1997-04-17 → 2012-03-01
- HOYERS (UK) LIMITED 1974-03-22 → 1997-04-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £185,139,360 | £192,605,932 | |
| Operating profit | £11,919,558 | £12,493,576 | |
| Profit before tax | £13,758,760 | £19,760,534 | |
| Net profit | £10,494,204 | £15,779,759 | |
| Cash | £25,121,996 | £8,083,913 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £47,583,142 | £76,688,742 | |
| Net assets | £42,183,992 | £59,311,501 | |
| Equity | £42,183,992 | £59,311,501 | |
| Average employees | 1,469 | 1,551 | |
| Wages | £82,752,040 | £86,963,884 |
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 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 6.5% | |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 8.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.0% | 16.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.6% | 46.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.60x | 2.38x | |
| Interest cover | 88.04x | 8.08x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of their assessment above of both the company's and Group's financial position, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will be able to continue in operational existence for a period to 31 December 2026 The directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements”
Group structure
- OXALIS LOGISTICS UK LIMITED · parent
- Oxalis Logistics Ireland Limited 100%
- Fuels Transport & Logistics Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During 2024 the company acquired the remaining 49% shareholding in Fuels Transport and Logistics Limited which was being operated as a joint venture with DHL The Company already owned 51%”
- “A decision was made to invest in solar power generation at the head office site in Huddersfield with the intention of generating 100% of head office electricity via solar power and having excess generation to return to the grid and for the use of tenants on the site The installation commenced in April 2025”
- “Refinancing of the company was instigated in February 2024 As the largest trading entity within the Oxalis Logistics Group a number of intercompany loans were agreed with sister companies and the immediate parent company for which the company receives interest income”
- “In February 2024 the company left the Hoyer Group and ceased to participate in Hoyer Group treasury arrangements The company now participates in Oxalis Logistics Group treasury arrangements which include a five year revolving credit facility and asset backed financing facilities provided by ABN Amro”
- “In April 2025 an interim dividend of £10,500,000 was paid to the immediate parent company, Oxalis Logistics Group GmbH”
- “In January 2025 the company received a dividend of £1,000,000 from Fuels Transport & Logistics Limited”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINNEY, Michael David | Secretary | 2019-03-01 | — | — |
| BLENKINSOP, Nichola Marie | Director | 2021-01-31 | Oct 1976 | British |
| DAVISON, Allan John | Director | 2012-10-01 | Jul 1977 | British |
| LAWRENCE, Jonathan James | Director | 2021-01-01 | May 1984 | British |
| LINNEY, Michael David | Director | 2019-03-01 | Jul 1982 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCLEEN, Gregory David | Secretary | 1993-11-26 | 2019-02-28 |
| WING KIN LAM, Thomas | Secretary | — | 1993-11-26 |
| BINNS, Mark Andrew | Director | 1995-03-01 | 2021-01-01 |
| BURTON, Raymond Douglas | Director | 1996-09-12 | 1997-09-01 |
| ELVISS, Richard William | Director | — | 1992-05-31 |
| HOLLOWAY, Bernard George | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| HOYER, Thomas Rolf Josef | Director | — | 1995-03-01 |
| HOYER, Walter Bruno | Director | — | 1992-12-01 |
| LUKARSCH, Michael Wilhelm, Dr | Director | 2007-03-20 | 2008-11-06 |
| MCKENNA, Gerard James | Director | 1998-06-06 | 2009-12-31 |
| MCLEEN, Gregory David | Director | 1993-11-26 | 2019-02-28 |
| NAST, Ortwin Paul | Director | 2008-12-15 | 2021-01-01 |
| REINHARDT, Andreas Theodor | Director | 1996-09-12 | 2002-07-31 |
| SCHLUND, Friedrich Karl | Director | 2000-05-31 | 2001-02-28 |
| SCHLUND, Friedrich Karl | Director | — | 2000-05-31 |
| SCHNIEDERKOTTER, Bjorn | Director | 2021-01-18 | 2024-02-07 |
| WEIR, Iain Sanderson | Director | 1997-04-07 | 1998-10-19 |
| WING KIN LAM, Thomas | Director | — | 1993-11-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Ingo Krocke | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-02-07 | Active |
| Hoyer Gmbh Internationale Fachspedition | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-02-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-02-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-02-07 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-01 | RP04PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Second filing cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-02-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-09 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-09 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-02-08 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-02-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-07 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+4%
£185,139,360 £192,605,932
-
Cash
-67.8%
£25,121,996 £8,083,913
-
Net assets
+40.6%
£42,183,992 £59,311,501
-
Employees
+5.6%
1,469 1,551
-
Operating profit
+4.8%
£11,919,558 £12,493,576
-
Profit before tax
+43.6%
£13,758,760 £19,760,534
-
Wages
+5.1%
£82,752,040 £86,963,884
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