DACHSER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-12 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+33.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£29M
+13.8% vs 2023
Employees
586
-3.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+9.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DACHSER LIMITED 2006-04-12 → present
- DACHSER TRANSPORT (U.K.) LIMITED 1975-01-08 → 2006-04-12
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 | £90,778,000 | £95,651,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,548,000 | £4,773,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,261,000 | £4,657,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,014,000 | £3,227,000 | |
| Cash | £1,893,000 | £2,522,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £34,877,000 | £32,835,000 | |
| Net assets | £25,593,000 | £29,125,000 | |
| Equity | £25,593,000 | £29,125,000 | |
| Average employees | 608 | 586 | |
| Wages | £18,952,000 | £19,510,000 |
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 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 5.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.0% | 14.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 53.9% | 41.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.32x | 1.36x | |
| Interest cover | 7.66x | 11.23x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having reviewed the company's forecasts and financial position, the directors are of the opinion that the company will continue to trade profitably for the foreseeable future and has adequate resources available to meet its liabilities as they fall due, allowing the company to continue in operational existence for à period of twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The directors therefore believe that it is appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The directors have continued to assess the company's trading results and confirm there has been no direct impact of Russia/Ukraine conflict and additionally no impact from the ongoing US tariffs on the financial results.”
- “In June 2023, the High Court ruled in the case between Virgin Media and the NTL Pension Trustees II Limited (and others) that the absence of a "Section 37" certificate accompanying an amendment to benefits in a contracted-out pension scheme would render the amendment void.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHANLEY, Gabriel | Secretary | 2022-09-28 | — | — |
| BURGER, Tobias Alexander, Dr | Director | 2021-06-24 | Jul 1977 | German |
| REINEL, Wolfgang Helmut | Director | 2014-02-13 | Feb 1963 | German |
| ROLLINSON, Mark Edward Michael | Director | 2018-10-01 | Jun 1971 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FITZHUGH, David George | Secretary | — | 1999-12-31 |
| FRY, Carol Ann | Secretary | 2001-12-18 | 2005-01-28 |
| ROWLEY, Susan Lesley | Secretary | 2005-01-28 | 2022-09-28 |
| ST CLAIRE-BARRASS, Robert | Secretary | 2000-01-01 | 2001-12-18 |
| BICKER, Hans | Director | — | 1997-10-09 |
| BISCHLER, Peter, Mr. | Director | 1998-04-14 | 2001-03-16 |
| BOECKENHOLT, Ingo, Dr | Director | 2005-09-29 | 2007-11-23 |
| FITZHUGH, David George | Director | — | 1999-12-31 |
| HAASE, Wolfgang | Director | 1997-10-09 | 2004-04-15 |
| KLUG, Ruediger Detlef | Director | 2010-07-26 | 2014-09-10 |
| KRUEGER, Thomas | Director | 2014-09-11 | 2021-02-18 |
| LOWE, Nicholas Telford | Director | 2001-05-01 | 2018-09-30 |
| RAPER, Colin Trevor | Director | — | 2000-03-21 |
| SIMON, Bernhard | Director | 2005-02-17 | 2014-02-13 |
| STEPHENSON, David | Director | — | 1998-04-30 |
| WEBER, Michael Jurgen Gerd | Director | 2004-04-15 | 2018-09-30 |
| WECKER, Gerd, Doctor | Director | 1997-10-09 | 2005-01-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dachser Se | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-10-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
+5.4%
£90,778,000 £95,651,000
-
Cash
+33.2%
£1,893,000 £2,522,000
-
Net assets
+13.8%
£25,593,000 £29,125,000
-
Employees
-3.6%
608 586
-
Operating profit
+4.9%
£4,548,000 £4,773,000
-
Profit before tax
+9.3%
£4,261,000 £4,657,000
-
Wages
+2.9%
£18,952,000 £19,510,000
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