INPOST DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-02 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£15M
+117.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£69M
+21.2% vs 2023
Employees
2,288
-11.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£15M
+277.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-06-25
- INPOST DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 2025-06-25 → present
- MENZIES DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 2001-08-06 → 2025-06-25
- JOHN MENZIES DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 1998-01-28 → 2001-08-06
- NEWSRIDERS LIMITED 1985-07-29 → 1998-01-28
- GOLDEN ACORN PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED(THE) 1979-06-15 → 1985-07-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £855,400,000 | £881,700,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,700,000 | £13,600,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£8,400,000 | £14,900,000 | |
| Net profit | -£20,400,000 | £12,000,000 | |
| Cash | £6,700,000 | £14,600,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £114,400,000 | £106,400,000 | |
| Net assets | £56,600,000 | £68,600,000 | |
| Equity | £56,600,000 | £68,600,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,575 | 2,288 | |
| Wages | £80,900,000 | £75,100,000 |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.7% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | -2.4% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.0% | 12.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.6% | 69.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.00x | 0.97x | |
| Interest cover | 1.90x | 4.12x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Considering the continued profitability and the availability of sufficient cash flow facilities, the Directors are satisfied that use of going concern basis in the financial statements of the Company is appropriate.”
Group structure
- INPOST DISTRIBUTION LIMITED · parent
- InPost Ireland Ltd 1%
- InPost Northern Ireland Ltd 1%
- InPost Response Ltd 1%
- Take One Media Ltd 1%
- The Network (Field Marketing & Promotions) Company Ltd 1%
- Jones, Yarrell & Co Ltd 1%
Significant events
- “On 25 June 2025, Menzies Distribution Limited changed its name to InPost Distribution Limited.”
- “the decision to close Menzies Parcels Ltd and certain loss-making contracts in our Express division on 29 February 2024 to transform that division into a principally single product focused business, offering out of home delivery services to support the growth of InPost across the UK”
- “the decision to demerge Menzies Distribution Solutions Ltd from the Menzies Distribution Group Ltd to operate on a stand-alone basis, focusing on full-load transport and warehousing solutions across Great Britain”
- “in October 2024 the governance structure changed significantly with the acquisition of the Company by InPost UK leading, to a position whereby the governance structures are led by the InPost Group who take overall control for the carbon management strategy across all markets including the UK and Ireland.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROUSE, Michael Brian | Director | 2025-11-27 | Mar 1973 | British |
| SIMON, Andrew | Director | 2026-03-31 | Jan 1985 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Charles Adair | Secretary | 1998-01-30 | 2006-10-20 |
| GEDDES, John Francis Alexander | Secretary | 2006-10-20 | 2018-09-04 |
| KIRKWOOD, George | Secretary | 2005-09-01 | 2010-07-02 |
| MULHOLLAND, Eric | Secretary | 2010-07-02 | 2012-02-09 |
| MULHOLLAND, Eric | Secretary | — | 1998-01-30 |
| TURNBULL, David Alistair | Secretary | 2012-02-09 | 2014-05-30 |
| ANDERSON, Charles Adair | Director | — | 1998-01-30 |
| BELL, Paula | Director | 2013-06-10 | 2016-05-20 |
| BENNETT, James Douglas Scott | Director | — | 1999-07-31 |
| BLACK, Forsyth Rutherford | Director | 2014-06-02 | 2018-01-29 |
| BLAND, Catherine Mary | Director | 2010-08-23 | 2013-11-29 |
| BOYLE, Thomas | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2009-07-31 |
| CALLAGHAN, Iain Mills | Director | 1998-01-30 | 2005-09-16 |
| CASSIE, Mark Stephen | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2018-09-04 |
| COOKE, David Michael | Director | 2009-09-28 | 2015-12-16 |
| COYLE, Francis John | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2006-05-31 |
| DOLLMAN, Paul Bernard | Director | 2009-03-16 | 2013-05-17 |
| DOLLMAN, Paul Bernard | Director | 2002-10-01 | 2005-09-01 |
| DYSON, Jane Allison | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2014-03-28 |
| JENKINSON, Dermot Julian | Director | 1998-01-30 | 1999-04-30 |
| KIRKWOOD, George | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2010-07-02 |
| KUSCHEL, Neil Oliver | Director | 2024-10-15 | 2025-11-26 |
| MACDONALD, Patrick James | Director | 2003-05-09 | 2005-09-01 |
| MACKAY, David James | Director | 1997-01-31 | 2003-05-09 |
| MCCOURT, Paul Raymond Patrick | Director | 2013-11-29 | 2026-03-31 |
| MCINTOSH, David Dennis | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2014-06-30 |
| MELLON, Christina | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2015-05-01 |
| MICHAEL, Gregory John | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2024-10-15 |
| MITCHELL, Alexander | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2011-06-30 |
| MORTON, David Emerson | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2012-01-06 |
| NOEL-PATON, Frederick Ranald, The Hon | Director | — | 1998-01-30 |
| SMITH, Martyn Robert | Director | 1999-07-05 | 2002-09-10 |
| SPEIRS, David William Ogden | Director | 2008-04-01 | 2014-09-18 |
| WARD, John | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2006-04-04 |
| WATSON, Ellis Alan Nicholas | Director | 2005-09-16 | 2009-07-22 |
| WILSON, Giles Robert Bryant | Director | 2016-05-20 | 2018-09-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menzies Distribution Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-09-04 | Active |
| John Menzies Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-09-04 |
| Menzies Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 276 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-25 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2022-08-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-08-02 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-25 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-06-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-08-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-12-28 vs 2023-12-30
-
Turnover
+3.1%
£855,400,000 £881,700,000
-
Cash
+117.9%
£6,700,000 £14,600,000
-
Net assets
+21.2%
£56,600,000 £68,600,000
-
Employees
-11.1%
2,575 2,288
-
Operating profit
+138.6%
£5,700,000 £13,600,000
-
Profit before tax
+277.4%
-£8,400,000 £14,900,000
-
Wages
-7.2%
£80,900,000 £75,100,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers