DFDS SEAWAYS PLC

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Cooper Parry Group Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“On the basis of their assessment of the company's financial position the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. DFDS SEAWAYS PLC · parent
   1. DFDS Tor line (Guernsey) Limited 100% · Guernsey · Dormant
   2. Norse Irish Ferries Limited 100% · Isle of Man · Non trading
   3. DFDS Tor Line Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant

Significant events

• “new contracts were secured with Swedish steel manufacturer SSAB and providing vessel support services for Orsted”
• “long-term collaboration between DFDS Seaways and Icelandic Lo-Lo operator Eimskip ended by mutual consent”
• “Warehousing capacity was increased by 7500 square metres in 2024”
• “all material handling equipment (MHE) was transitioned from diesel fuel to Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO)”
• “Delivery of 3 x 16 tonne fully electric forklifts, and a mandate to replace all cars with fully electric versions further improved the environmental credentials of the business”
• “A project to construct a new central commercial office for DFDS on the Humber reached a major milestone in 2024. The project, known as One Humber One Office (1H10)... will see all colleagues based in Nordic House and Norfolk House on Immingham Dock, and Grimsby Europarc, relocated into a single flagship office. ... determination expected in March 2025, however as of June 2025 the project is still pending consideration... will be delayed until Q1 of 2026, and completion and relocation to the facility in Q3 2027.”
• “DFDS continue to support the Grimsby Horizon Youth Zone”
• “During 2024 a 2 year pay deal was agreed with Unite the Union”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

1

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +3.3%

  £71,499,215 → £73,880,952

• Cash

  -100%

  £203,845 → £0

• Net assets

  -12.1%

  £4,317,052 → £3,795,395

• Employees

  +12.1%

  504 → 565

• Operating profit

  +385.6%

  £324,980 → £1,578,221

• Profit before tax

  +29%

  -£3,991,803 → -£2,833,876

• Wages

  +5.8%

  £19,052,579 → £20,158,991

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