WORLD COURIER (U.K.) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-25 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-11
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
+23.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£25M
-19.4% vs 2024
Employees
196
-8.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£17M
+420.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £58,357,517 | £57,608,392 | |
| Operating profit | £2,797,239 | £2,656,174 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,236,683 | £16,846,072 | |
| Net profit | £2,534,207 | £16,004,897 | |
| Cash | £4,665,538 | £5,769,632 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £30,708,341 | £24,753,281 | |
| Equity | £30,708,341 | £24,753,281 | |
| Average employees | 215 | 196 | |
| Wages | £9,906,010 | £9,209,456 |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.3% | 27.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.3% | 46.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.38x | 1.10x | |
| Interest cover | 18.37x | 385.57x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“No material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the company to continue as a going concern have been identified by the directors.”
Group structure
- WORLD COURIER (U.K.) LIMITED · parent
- N.V. World Courier Belgium S.A.* 97.9%
- World Courier Logistics (UK) Limited 100%
- World Courier Ground (Europe) Limited* 100%
- World Courier Tasimacilik ve Log. Hiz. Tic. Ltd. Sti. 10%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIVAS CORTES, Pablo | Director | 2024-10-30 | Feb 1972 | Spanish |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVEY, Carolyn Vanessa Mary | Secretary | 2017-02-06 | 2025-10-15 |
| DAVIES, Mervyn Goronwy | Secretary | — | 2013-02-01 |
| RAHMATULLAH, Faisal Ibrahim | Secretary | 2013-02-01 | 2017-02-06 |
| ANSPACH, Gregory Stephen | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2017-02-06 |
| BEAUMONT, Simon Nicholas | Director | 2020-02-24 | 2026-04-24 |
| BERGER, James Robert | Director | — | 1993-07-01 |
| BISHOP, Mark Andrew | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2013-02-01 |
| BROWN, James Adamson | Director | — | 2000-08-18 |
| BRYAN, Alan | Director | 2001-04-04 | 2013-02-01 |
| BUTLER, John Carl | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2017-02-06 |
| CLIFFORD, Stephen Lawrence | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2025-10-15 |
| DAVEY, Carolyn Vanessa Mary | Director | 2019-01-10 | 2025-10-15 |
| DAVIES, Mervyn Goronwy | Director | — | 2013-02-01 |
| EILERS, Rolf | Director | — | 2000-08-18 |
| HANBURY, Trevor Paul | Director | 2017-02-06 | 2024-10-30 |
| HERBERT, Samuel Gordon | Director | 2017-02-06 | 2020-02-29 |
| HEYLAND, Wayne Bernard | Director | — | 1993-07-01 |
| PORTER, Nicholas Greaves | Director | 2022-05-19 | 2024-10-30 |
| TOWNSEND, Judith | Director | 2001-04-04 | 2013-02-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W.C. International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, Significant influence | 2016-10-04 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-05-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
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Turnover
-1.3%
£58,357,517 £57,608,392
-
Cash
+23.7%
£4,665,538 £5,769,632
-
Net assets
-19.4%
£30,708,341 £24,753,281
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Employees
-8.8%
215 196
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Operating profit
-5%
£2,797,239 £2,656,174
-
Profit before tax
+420.5%
£3,236,683 £16,846,072
-
Wages
-7%
£9,906,010 £9,209,456
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