HILLEBRAND GORI UK LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-27 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-13
Watchouts
Cash
£334K
-96.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+39,940% vs 2023
Employees
109
-9.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
+68.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £79,361,861 | £63,223,573 | |
| Operating profit | — | £4,132,857 | £7,174,839 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £4,449,645 | £7,482,711 | |
| Net profit | — | £3,922,165 | £7,283,822 | |
| Cash | — | £10,336,246 | £333,567 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £149,979 | £2,088,293 | |
| Net assets | — | -£4,811 | £1,916,703 | |
| Equity | -£3,926,976 | -£4,811 | £1,916,703 | |
| Average employees | — | 121 | 109 | |
| Wages | — | £5,784,625 | £5,649,270 |
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 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 5.2% | 11.3% | |
| Net margin | — | 4.9% | 11.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 2755.6% | 343.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 100.0% | 87.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.99x | 1.16x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1375.78x | 104.04x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have carried out a going concern assessment using forecasts which incorporate market conditions for a period to the end of July 2026. The Company participates in the DHL Group's centralised treasury arrangements and so shares banking arrangements with its parent and other group undertakings. The Company can draw on these arrangem”
Group structure
- HILLEBRAND GORI UK LTD · parent
- Global Equipment Logistics Limited 100%
- Transclear Limited 100%
- J F Hillebrand (GC) Limited 100%
- A B V Logistics Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Trading volumes are down year on year due to change in customer mix”
- “Revenue, along with our customer base, declined year on year by 20% due to lower freight rates and the change in Profit Share mechanism between our Global offices.”
- “Increase in gross profit and operating profit is due to cost reduction, income from release of accruals along with the change in retention period of freight accruals from a number of years to less than 9 months 2024 - £4,902,614 (2023 - £578,399).”
- “In 2023 there was an impairment cost of £2,652,433.”
- “Post year end, as at June 2025, there are no post balance sheet events.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Carolyn Leigh | Secretary | 2024-02-01 | — | — |
| ANSELL, Steven William | Director | 2024-02-01 | Jun 1974 | British |
| BAKER, Carolyn Leigh | Director | 2024-02-01 | May 1972 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRY, Kevin | Secretary | 2012-05-28 | 2016-06-30 |
| KELLY, Joanne Christina | Secretary | 2016-06-30 | 2024-01-31 |
| NORTON, Stephen John | Secretary | 1993-07-01 | 2012-05-28 |
| YUSEF, Thomas Abraham | Secretary | — | 1993-07-01 |
| BEER, Thorsten | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2019-08-01 |
| BROCK, Kevin Richard | Director | 2002-10-24 | 2017-03-31 |
| COLLINS, Noel Mervyn | Director | 2007-11-06 | 2014-03-31 |
| DAVIES, Russell Adam | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| DESREUMAUX, Sebastien Robert | Director | 2016-06-30 | 2018-06-30 |
| FRY, Kevin William | Director | 2012-05-28 | 2016-06-30 |
| GORDON, Gary Donald | Director | 2010-01-15 | 2012-11-30 |
| HERMAN, Gavin Steward, Mr. | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2024-01-31 |
| KELLY, Joanne Christina | Director | 2016-06-30 | 2024-01-31 |
| LITTLEJOHN, Russell George | Director | — | 2002-10-11 |
| MAWER, George David | Director | 2007-11-06 | 2018-06-01 |
| MIGNOT, Michel | Director | 2007-11-06 | 2009-12-31 |
| MORRIS, Daniel Jonathan | Director | 2010-01-15 | 2017-03-31 |
| NORTON, Stephen John | Director | 2007-11-06 | 2012-05-28 |
| NORTON, Stephen John | Director | 1993-07-01 | 2002-10-24 |
| PERRY, Raymon Leo Francis | Director | 2007-11-06 | 2009-12-31 |
| PORTER, Christopher Charles | Director | 2007-11-06 | 2017-03-31 |
| PRESTON, Roger John | Director | 2007-11-06 | 2010-12-31 |
| VAN GENT, Cornelis Sigmund | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2022-03-22 |
| WOOD, Stephen Charles | Director | 2007-11-06 | 2017-06-15 |
| YUSEF, Thomas Abraham | Director | — | 2014-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Steven William Ansell | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-12-31 | Active |
| Mr Russell Adam Davies | Individual | Significant influence | 2024-02-01 | Ceased 2025-12-31 |
| Mr Gavin Steward Herman | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2020-09-01 | Ceased 2024-01-31 |
| Mr George David Mawer | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-09-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 169 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-02-01 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
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Turnover
-20.3%
£79,361,861 £63,223,573
-
Cash
-96.8%
£10,336,246 £333,567
-
Net assets
+39,940%
-£4,811 £1,916,703
-
Employees
-9.9%
121 109
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Operating profit
+73.6%
£4,132,857 £7,174,839
-
Profit before tax
+68.2%
£4,449,645 £7,482,711
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Wages
-2.3%
£5,784,625 £5,649,270
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