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DHL EXPRESS (UK) LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 02275780
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1988-07-08
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 49410
Accounts
Pending extraction
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has net liabilities, including pension plan net assets, of £4,399,000 (2023 as restated: £4,515,000 net liabilities) at 31 December 2024. The Directors believe that preparing the financial statements on the going concern basis is appropriate due to the continued financial support of the ultimate parent company, Deutsche Post AG. The Directors have received confirmation that Deutsche Post AG intends to support the company for at least one year from the date that these financial statements are signed.”
Significant events
- “At 31 December 2024 the amount owed by HM Revenue & Customs was £975,000. At 31 December 2023, this receivable amounted to £1,540,000.”
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
2 active · 49 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LYON, Paul David | Director | 2025-12-01 | May 1974 | British |
| MEIER, Coelestin Ignaz | Director | 2025-12-01 | May 1977 | Swiss |
Show 49 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LI, Jane | Secretary | 2015-11-04 | 2018-12-31 |
| MUNSON, Anne Patricia | Secretary | 1992-04-10 | 2005-02-03 |
| EXEL SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-12-15 | 2015-11-04 |
| ORBITAL SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-03-10 | 2014-12-15 |
| ANDREWS, Robert | Director | — | 1997-06-30 |
| BENSON, Richard John Robert | Director | — | 1999-07-09 |
| BOWMAN, Richard Ian | Director | 2018-10-16 | 2025-12-01 |
| CALDER, Roy James | Director | 1993-12-03 | 2012-10-16 |
| CARROLL, Philip | Director | 2002-12-17 | 2004-02-17 |
| CASLING, Richard Charles | Director | 1996-05-01 | 2002-08-05 |
| CLIFTON, Paul | Director | 1993-12-03 | 2000-02-04 |
| COUCHMAN, Philip | Director | 2010-12-21 | 2016-12-31 |
| COWDEN, David Gaven | Director | 1996-06-28 | 2000-12-01 |
| CROFT, Simon John | Director | 2002-12-17 | 2004-02-17 |
| DAVIES, Royston Killick | Director | — | 2002-10-28 |
| DENTON, Wayne Leigh | Director | 1996-05-01 | 1998-03-31 |
| DUNCAN, David Archibald | Director | 2015-03-02 | 2016-12-31 |
| GLENCASTLE, Elouise | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2024-01-25 |
| GLOECKNER, Dirk | Director | 2011-01-19 | 2012-04-16 |
| GREGOIR, Serge | Director | 2014-04-15 | 2015-03-06 |
| HAWKINS, Richard George | Director | — | 1993-04-11 |
| HINES, Alan Ronald | Director | 1996-06-28 | 1998-01-14 |
| HOGAN, John Christopher James | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2005-08-31 |
| HOWES, Patrick David | Director | — | 2001-08-20 |
| JOHNSTON-SMITH, Martin John | Director | 2017-03-27 | 2018-10-16 |
| LABAERE, Frederik Reinhart | Director | 2018-07-10 | 2023-01-01 |
| MASOUD, Mahmoud | Director | 2010-09-08 | 2011-03-31 |
| MAY, Andrew Leslie | Director | 2015-03-24 | 2017-03-31 |
| MC CAMBRIDGE, Alistair | Director | 2011-09-14 | 2011-09-14 |
| MCCALL, Kenneth Stanley | Director | 2008-05-06 | 2010-09-08 |
| MCCAMBRIDGE, Alastair | Director | 2011-09-14 | 2015-12-31 |
| MERCURI, Thomas | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2025-02-01 |
| MICHAEL, Gregory John | Director | 2001-11-09 | 2008-01-28 |
| MILLER, John Henry James | Director | 2000-05-02 | 2002-05-31 |
| MILLER, Keith Worsley | Director | 1993-12-03 | 1997-06-30 |
| MUMFORD, Kane Daniel | Director | 2025-02-01 | 2025-12-01 |
| MUNTWYLER, Christian | Director | 2005-08-31 | 2008-03-31 |
| NORTON, Denis | Director | 1992-06-01 | 1993-12-01 |
| SMITH, Mark Nicholas | Director | 1995-06-01 | 1998-07-27 |
| SMITH, Peter Alexander Charles | Director | — | 1997-06-01 |
| STEENLANT, Liesbeth Katrien Suzanne Jeanine | Director | 2023-02-01 | 2025-04-01 |
| STEVENSON-FRASER, Pauline | Director | 1998-05-22 | 2004-02-09 |
| VEALE, Simon Nicholas | Director | 2001-11-09 | 2006-03-31 |
| WHITLOCK, Philip Noel | Director | 1996-05-01 | 2002-04-30 |
| WHITLOCK, Philip Noel | Director | 1992-10-01 | 1993-12-01 |
| WIGGS, Roger Sydney William Hale | Director | 2001-08-20 | 2003-07-03 |
| WIGGS, Roger Sydney William Hale | Director | — | 1993-12-01 |
| WILSON, Bernard Jeffrey | Director | — | 1993-12-01 |
| ZIEGLER, Robert Alexander | Director | 2017-03-10 | 2018-07-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard Ian Bowman | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-10-16 | Active |
| Mr Frederik Reinhart Labaere | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-07-10 | Ceased 2023-01-01 |
| Mr Robert Alexander Ziegler | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-04-10 | Ceased 2018-07-10 |
| Mr Martin John Johnston-Smith | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-04-10 | Ceased 2018-07-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 248 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2025-12-08 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-12-08 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-12-08 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-12-08 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-10-11 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-04-14 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-02-03 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-02-03 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-01-25 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-02-10 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-01-06 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-01-03 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-01-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
Credit score
Altman Z″ — composite of working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, and leverage
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory