DHL AVIATION (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-20 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£37M
+78.7% vs 2023
Employees
2,394
-4.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£11M
+11.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DHL AVIATION (UK) LIMITED 1988-02-12 → present
- ANCHORMERE LIMITED 1987-02-19 → 1988-02-12
- ANCHORMERE LIMITED 1987-02-04 → 1987-02-19
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £183,857,000 | £195,199,000 | |
| Operating profit | £16,599,000 | £18,772,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,793,000 | £10,960,000 | |
| Net profit | £7,542,000 | £14,277,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £20,924,000 | £37,384,000 | |
| Equity | £20,924,000 | £37,384,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,515 | 2,394 | |
| Wages | £98,334,000 | £101,714,000 |
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 | 9.0% | 9.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 7.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 92.2% | 86.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.48x | 0.61x | |
| Interest cover | 2.02x | 1.88x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of their assessment of the company's financial position and resources, the directors believe that the company is well placed to manage its business risks. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements. Additionally, the company receives support from its German ultimate parent company, Deutsche Post AG.”
Significant events
- “There were no material events subsequent to 31 December 2024 and up until the authorisation of the financial statements for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASLAM, Shakeela | Director | 2019-01-01 | Jul 1969 | British |
| SMITH, Russell | Director | 2025-02-26 | Jun 1973 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LI, Jane | Secretary | 2015-11-04 | 2018-12-31 |
| MUNSON, Anne Patricia | Secretary | 2004-03-31 | 2005-02-03 |
| ROBINSON, Merle Catharine | Secretary | — | 1994-12-14 |
| WAGLAND, Karen Ann | Secretary | 1994-12-14 | 2004-03-31 |
| EXEL SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-12-15 | 2015-11-04 |
| ORBITAL SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-03-10 | 2014-12-15 |
| BARDENS, Peter James | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2022-01-01 |
| COUCHAN, Philip Edward | Director | — | 1993-07-20 |
| CRUIKSHANKS, Geoffrey David | Director | — | 2014-09-30 |
| EVANS, Mark | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2024-11-01 |
| FERGUSON, Neil Ivie Lamont | Director | — | 2019-01-01 |
| HAMBROOK, Rachael | Director | 2008-02-13 | 2008-05-23 |
| HICKLING, Rebecca Ruth | Director | 2024-11-01 | 2025-02-26 |
| MEIJER, Annette Marian | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2021-01-01 |
| PEDRI, Daniel Bruno | Director | 1993-09-02 | 2020-08-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Annette Marian Meijer | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-01-01 |
| Mr Daniel Bruno Pedri | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-08-20 |
| Mr Neil Ivie Lamont Ferguson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-01-01 |
| Dhl Distribution Holdings (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
-
Turnover
+6.2%
£183,857,000 £195,199,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+78.7%
£20,924,000 £37,384,000
-
Employees
-4.8%
2,515 2,394
-
Operating profit
+13.1%
£16,599,000 £18,772,000
-
Profit before tax
+11.9%
£9,793,000 £10,960,000
-
Wages
+3.4%
£98,334,000 £101,714,000
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