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CAROUSEL LOGISTICS LIMITED
Cash
£131K
-92.1% vs 2022
Net assets
£21M
+26.8% vs 2022
Employees
150
+4.2% vs 2022
Profit before tax
£5M
-12.1% vs 2022
Profile
- Company number
- 01908712
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1985-04-26
- Last accounts made up
- 2023-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 49410
Net assets
3-year trend · vs UK Logistics & Mobility median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £4,956,472 | £6,228,583 | £5,476,379 | |
| Net profit | £4,185,116 | £5,212,509 | £4,467,201 | |
| Cash | £382,253 | £1,662,171 | £130,614 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,107,011 | £16,746,443 | £21,190,789 | |
| Net assets | £11,479,747 | £16,692,256 | £21,159,457 | |
| Equity | £11,479,747 | £16,692,256 | £21,159,457 | |
| Average employees | 142 | 144 | 150 | |
| Wages | £6,256,174 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Lopian Gross Barnett & Co
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that Carousel Logistics Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Carousel Logist cs Holdings Limited, as a whole has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Subsidiaries
- Carousel Logistics Ireland Limited · 100% held · Ireland
- BDA NightExpress Limited · 100% held · United Kingdom
- Carousel Logistics B.V · 100% held · Netherlands
- NightExpress Luftverkehrsgesellschaft · 100% held · Germany
Significant events
- “On 10 July 2024, the company acquired 100% of the share capital of Logik Group Limited and its subsidiary Logik Logistics Limited.”
- “In order to finance the purchase of Logik Group Limited, Carousel Logistics Limited borrowed £8,865,827 from the parent company AX VI INV5 Holding ApS on 24 July 2024. This is a 7 year loan with an interest rate of the aggregate of (a) CIBOR1 3 months (capped at 0% if negative), plus; (b) a margin of 4.35 per cent. per annum.”
- “On 28 June 2024 Carousel Logistics Limited directly acquired the share capital BDA Night express Limited, a subsidiary that was formerly held indirectly. On 28 June 2024, BDA Night express Limited transferred its trade and assets to the company and became dormant.”
- “On 7 May 2024 there was a purchase of business and assets of BST Transport & Warehousing Limited.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
3 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOWERY, Andrew Peter | Director | 2022-06-21 | Jun 1961 | British |
| RYSSEL, Lars | Director | 2022-06-21 | May 1973 | German |
| SINCLAIR, Helen Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2025-08-22 | Jun 1977 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, Graham Andrew | Secretary | — | 2013-12-20 |
| CORDT, Lars | Director | 2022-02-28 | 2022-06-21 |
| FRASER, Sean Thomas | Director | 2009-04-06 | 2014-09-18 |
| GONGE, Soren Byder | Director | 2022-02-28 | 2022-06-21 |
| GRIFFITHS, Morton Paul | Director | 2015-07-31 | 2020-03-27 |
| MARCER, Adam John, Mr. | Director | 2022-06-21 | 2024-01-24 |
| MARCER, Adam John, Mr. | Director | 2022-02-28 | 2022-02-28 |
| MARTIN, Graham Andrew | Director | — | 2022-02-28 |
| MARTIN, Maureen Ann | Director | — | 2010-05-28 |
| MARTIN, Michael Patrick | Director | — | 2022-02-28 |
| MARTIN, Michael James | Director | — | 2010-05-28 |
| MARTIN, Peter James | Director | — | 1997-05-28 |
| OVENDEN, Andrew Richard | Director | 2009-04-06 | 2015-07-31 |
| RYSSEL, Lars | Director | 2022-02-28 | 2022-02-28 |
| SCHMIDT-JACOBSEN, Christian Gymos | Director | 2022-02-28 | 2022-06-21 |
| SIMPSON-DENT, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2022-02-28 | 2022-06-21 |
| SIMPSON-DENT, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2022-02-28 |
| WADE, Matthew James | Director | 2024-01-24 | 2025-08-22 |
| WARD, Nigel James | Director | 2020-03-27 | 2022-02-28 |
| WEIR, Edward Kenneth | Director | 2009-04-06 | 2020-03-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carousel Logistics Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 218 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company current shortened |
| 2025-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-08-29 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-08-29 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-03-17 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-03-17 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2024-12-06 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2024-12-06 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-09-26 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-09-17 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2024-07-29 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2024-01-25 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-01-25 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-12-29 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-10-11 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2023-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-07-03 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2023-04-28 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2023-12-31
6.19
SAFE
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets 0.334 × 6.56 = +2.19
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets 0.187 × 6.72 = +1.26
- Book equity / Total liabilities 2.612 × 1.05 = +2.74
Bands: > 2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · < 1.1 distress. Z″ is a public-formula baseline, not a substitute for adverse-data signals (CCJs, charges, gazette notices) — those land in a later pass.
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory