FEDEX EXPRESS UK TRANSPORTATION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-29 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£11M
+24.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£285M
+6.5% vs 2024
Employees
6,314
-0.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£25M
-10% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- FEDEX EXPRESS UK TRANSPORTATION LIMITED 2020-03-25 → present
- TNT UK LIMITED 1996-05-30 → 2020-03-25
- TNT MATERIALS HANDLING LIMITED 1982-04-13 → 1996-05-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £566,015,000 | £539,547,000 | |
| Operating profit | £25,327,000 | £25,390,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £27,255,000 | £24,522,000 | |
| Net profit | £22,249,000 | £18,240,000 | |
| Cash | £9,222,000 | £11,478,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £385,654,000 | £404,094,000 | |
| Net assets | £268,075,000 | £285,478,000 | |
| Equity | £268,075,000 | £285,478,000 | |
| Average employees | 6,324 | 6,314 | |
| Wages | £213,127,000 | £218,551,000 |
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.6% | 6.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.7% | 43.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.82x | 1.97x | |
| Interest cover | 8.89x | 7.34x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has received confirmation of financial support from its ultimate parent company FedEx Corporation, which confirms that the Group, if required, will provide financial support to the Company through 1 December 2026.”
Group structure
- FEDEX EXPRESS UK TRANSPORTATION LIMITED · parent
- TNT Transport (NI) Limited 100%
- TNT Offshore Islands Express Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 9 May 2025, the company announced its commitment to UK growth with plans for two new state-of-the-art logistics hubs, anticipated to be operational by 2029. This proposed strategic move consolidates its existing road hub infrastructure from five hubs into two brand new facilities, incorporating advanced technologies to enhance service for customers and support future growth.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORNISH, Alun Douglas | Director | 2025-06-09 | Mar 1969 | British |
| DAVIES, James Alexander | Director | 2021-03-19 | Jul 1981 | British |
| PETO, Robert James | Director | 2015-02-26 | Jul 1967 | British |
| SYMONS, Emma Louise | Director | 2024-11-13 | Apr 1982 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Justin Neil | Secretary | 2014-01-20 | 2020-06-12 |
| DAVIES, James Alexander | Secretary | 2020-06-12 | 2021-03-19 |
| GINTY, Gerard Francis | Secretary | — | 2009-03-31 |
| O'ROURKE, Mary Frances | Secretary | 2009-03-31 | 2014-01-20 |
| ALEXANDER, Pankaj Verghese | Director | 2021-03-19 | 2022-06-09 |
| BAKKER, Martinus Peter | Director | 2001-08-30 | 2003-08-01 |
| BARNES, Susan Elizabeth | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2015-07-31 |
| BELFIELD, David Nigel | Director | 2022-06-09 | 2026-03-31 |
| BELL, Thomas | Director | 1999-12-22 | 2010-12-31 |
| BLACK, Robert John | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2009-03-31 |
| CLARKE, Edward Robert | Director | 2021-03-19 | 2023-03-01 |
| COCHRANE, Alistair Daniel John | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2014-11-14 |
| CROSSTHWAITE, Neil | Director | 1999-12-22 | 2002-04-25 |
| CULVER, Marianne | Director | 2015-02-03 | 2016-06-10 |
| DOWNING, Jonathan Clifford | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2015-03-31 |
| GINTY, Gerard Francis | Director | 1996-05-07 | 2009-03-31 |
| HANLEY, William Vincent | Director | — | 2006-12-31 |
| HARPER, Simon Richard William | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2017-11-09 |
| HOYLE, Lawrence Trevor | Director | 2016-06-13 | 2021-03-19 |
| JONES, Alan David | Director | — | 2003-10-13 |
| JUDGE, Ronald Michael | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2014-07-10 |
| LAY, Stephen | Director | 1999-12-22 | 2002-04-25 |
| LYGO, Raymond Derek, Admiral Sir | Director | 1996-05-07 | 1997-07-01 |
| LYNAGH, Catherine Elizabeth | Director | 2002-04-25 | 2004-03-25 |
| MORTIMER, David Allen | Director | 1996-05-07 | 1997-10-10 |
| SCHEEPBOUWER, Adrianes Jahannes | Director | 2001-08-30 | 2001-11-01 |
| STOBIE, Stuart David | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2015-07-31 |
| STOBIE, Stuart David | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2011-08-04 |
| VINES, Daniel John | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2021-03-19 |
| WALKER, Suzanne Elizabeth | Director | 2002-04-25 | 2007-08-03 |
| WILKINS, Steven | Director | 2021-03-19 | 2024-11-13 |
| YATES, John Thomas | Director | — | 2002-04-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fedex Express Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2020-08-11 | Active |
| Tnt Transport Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-08-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 221 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-06-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
-4.7%
£566,015,000 £539,547,000
-
Cash
+24.5%
£9,222,000 £11,478,000
-
Net assets
+6.5%
£268,075,000 £285,478,000
-
Employees
-0.2%
6,324 6,314
-
Operating profit
+0.2%
£25,327,000 £25,390,000
-
Profit before tax
-10%
£27,255,000 £24,522,000
-
Wages
+2.5%
£213,127,000 £218,551,000
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