DSV ROAD HOLDING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-18 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-04
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£23M
+3.5% vs 2023
Employees
93
+8.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£19M
+5,579.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- DSV ROAD HOLDING LIMITED 2007-01-25 → present
- DFDS TRANSPORT GROUP LIMITED 1999-12-17 → 2007-01-25
- DANTRANSPORT (UK) LIMITED 1991-12-31 → 1999-12-17
- JUMBO SHIPPING LIMITED 1982-09-13 → 1991-12-31
- COASTBEACH LIMITED 1982-08-03 → 1982-09-13
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 | — | £17,827,000 | |
| Operating profit | £203,000 | £17,881,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £326,000 | £18,514,000 | |
| Net profit | £247,000 | £18,362,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,388,000 | £23,161,000 | |
| Net assets | £22,388,000 | £23,161,000 | |
| Equity | £22,388,000 | £23,161,000 | |
| Average employees | 86 | 93 | |
| Wages | £7,482,000 | £8,364,000 |
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 | — | 100.3% | |
| Net margin | — | 103.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.9% | 77.2% | |
| Current ratio | 6.44x | 4.66x | |
| Interest cover | 20.30x | — |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through an intercompany funding facility in place with the ultimate parent company. [...] Consequently, the company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- DSV ROAD HOLDING LIMITED · parent
- DSV Road Limited 100%
- DSV Commercials Limited 100%
- DSV Pension Trustees Limited 100%
- DSV GIL Pension Trustees Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The services that the company provides to others within the wider group have increased from the prior year and additional people are now employed by the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATTS, Nichola Claire | Secretary | 2026-02-14 | — | — |
| DIESEN, Pierre Van | Director | 2025-06-09 | May 1974 | Dutch |
| MALMQVIST, Magnus Nils | Director | 2025-06-09 | Apr 1973 | Swedish |
| THYGESEN, Jesper Krupa | Director | 2025-06-09 | Nov 1978 | Danish |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLABY, Leslie James | Secretary | — | 1994-01-07 |
| LONCKE, Larsen Jan | Secretary | 2025-05-15 | 2026-02-14 |
| OLIVIER, Steven Anthony | Secretary | 1994-01-07 | 1999-11-30 |
| RIDSDALE, Gary Maurice | Secretary | 2004-09-24 | 2025-05-15 |
| WILDE, Alistair Peter | Secretary | 1999-11-30 | 2004-09-24 |
| ANDERSEN, Bjarne | Director | — | 1999-10-01 |
| ANDERSEN, Jens Bjorn | Director | 2002-12-16 | 2017-06-20 |
| ELLABY, Leslie James | Director | — | 1994-01-07 |
| ERIKSSON, Christer Carl Ragnar | Director | 1998-06-21 | 1999-10-01 |
| FACHNIE, Robert Russell | Director | 2001-12-01 | 2003-05-31 |
| FRIE, Ole | Director | 1999-12-31 | 2000-11-20 |
| FUSSELL, Charles James | Director | 2001-12-01 | 2003-05-31 |
| HANSEN, Benny Rhe | Director | 1996-04-24 | 1999-10-01 |
| HANSEN, Jesper Kenneth | Director | 2013-06-17 | 2025-06-12 |
| HANSEN, Johannes Peter Hoetberg | Director | 2001-06-29 | 2008-09-05 |
| HANSEN, Johannes Peter Hoetberg | Director | 1998-06-21 | 2000-03-31 |
| HEIJNSBROEK, Marcel | Director | 1999-01-01 | 1999-08-23 |
| HOLMSTRUP, Kasper | Director | 2024-10-24 | 2025-09-01 |
| JAKOBSEN, Jesper Helmer | Director | — | 1997-04-09 |
| LARSEN, Kurt Kokhauge | Director | 2000-11-20 | 2008-09-05 |
| LORD, Arnold | Director | 1992-01-07 | 1994-11-10 |
| LUND, Jens Hesselberg | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2024-10-24 |
| MOLLER, Jorgen | Director | — | 1999-10-01 |
| NIELSEN, Jens Skibsted | Director | 2001-12-01 | 2002-12-16 |
| OLESEN, Rene Falch | Director | 2007-10-15 | 2013-11-01 |
| OLESEN, Rene Falch | Director | 1998-06-21 | 2000-03-31 |
| PAVEY, Ian | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| PEDERSEN, Torben Koed | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| PEDERSON, Dan | Director | — | 1991-11-11 |
| RIDSDALE, Gary Maurice | Director | 2001-12-01 | 2009-08-17 |
| SCHMIDT, Soren | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2025-06-12 |
| SIEGERS, Robert | Director | 1999-01-01 | 1999-08-23 |
| THORPE, James | Director | 1992-01-07 | 1994-09-30 |
| TYLLESEN, Kjeld Bonnerup | Director | 1998-06-21 | 1999-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dsv A/S | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2024-07-30 | Active |
| Dsv Road Holding A/S | Legal person | Shares 75–100% | 2022-09-08 | Ceased 2024-07-30 |
| Dsv A/S | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-09-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 236 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-02-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-30 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 5
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+3.5%
£22,388,000 £23,161,000
-
Employees
+8.1%
86 93
-
Operating profit
+8,708.4%
£203,000 £17,881,000
-
Profit before tax
+5,579.1%
£326,000 £18,514,000
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Wages
+11.8%
£7,482,000 £8,364,000
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