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DESCARTES SYSTEMS UK LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 02460698
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1990-01-18
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-01-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 62012
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the forecast, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they have adopted the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- BoxTop Technologies Limited · 100% held · Great Britain · Provider of shipment management solutions
- Descartes Kontainers Limited · 100% held · Great Britain · Provider of digital freight software
- Peoplevox Limited · 100% held · Great Britain · Provider of ecommerce warehouse management solutions
- Peoplevox Poland Sp. Z.o.o. · 100% held · Poland · Provider of software research & development and support services
Significant events
- “On 25 July 2025, the members of the Company declared a dividend of £4,200,000, which was settled in cash on 29 July 2025.”
- “On 27 January 2025, the members of the Company declared a dividend of £2,500,000, which was settled in cash on 29 January 2025.”
- “On 16 July 2024, 6,000,000 shares with a nominal value of £1 per share were allotted to The Descartes Systems Group Inc. in settlement of the funds previously advanced for the purchase of BoxTop.”
- “On 18 July 2024, the members of the Company passed a special resolution to reduce the share capital of the Company from 10,332,170 ordinary shares of £1 each in the Company, totalling £10,332,170, to 6,332,170 ordinary shares of £1 in the Company, totalling £6,332,170, by cancelling and repaying at par 4,000,000 ordinary shares of £1 in the Company, totalling £4,000,000.”
- “On 25 October 2024, the members of the Company passed a special resolution to reduce the share capital of the Company from 6,332,170 ordinary shares of £1 each in the Company, totalling £6,332,170, to 1,632,170 ordinary shares of £1 in the Company, totalling £1,632,170, by cancelling and repaying at par 4,700,000 ordinary shares of £1 in the Company, totalling £4,700,000.”
- “On 10 June 2024, the Company acquired all outstanding shares of BoxTop Technologies Limited ("BoxTop"), a leading provider of shipment management solutions for small- to mid-sized logistics services providers.”
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 · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, Peter Vinh Quang | Secretary | 2023-06-09 | — | — |
| BRETT, Allan James | Director | 2014-07-29 | Nov 1967 | Canadian |
| PAGAN, John Scott | Director | 2003-05-15 | Oct 1972 | Canadian |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRETT, Allan James | Secretary | 2014-07-29 | 2015-02-03 |
| MUIR, Andrew Peter | Secretary | 1994-05-02 | 1994-08-15 |
| NIEUWENHUIZEN, Hendrik | Secretary | 1999-02-09 | 1999-06-30 |
| PARKE, Rosemary Elizabeth | Secretary | — | 1993-11-01 |
| QUARMBY, Steven James | Secretary | 1993-11-01 | 1994-05-02 |
| RATZA, Stephanie Lynn | Secretary | 2007-11-21 | 2014-07-29 |
| VERHOEVE, Michael Roy, Mr. | Secretary | 2015-02-03 | 2023-06-09 |
| EPS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1995-10-06 | 1999-01-08 |
| KEY LEGAL SERVICES (SECRETARIAL) LTD | Corporate Secretary | 1999-07-01 | 2007-11-21 |
| TKB REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1994-08-15 | 1995-10-06 |
| CLARKE, Colley | Director | 2001-01-01 | 2004-02-10 |
| DUNCOMBE, Ronald | Director | 1998-07-13 | 2001-01-31 |
| JOHNSTON, Hooks Kelley | Director | 1996-08-01 | 1998-07-13 |
| LAUFERT, Paul | Director | 1998-07-13 | 2003-05-15 |
| MUIR, Andrew Peter | Director | 1994-05-02 | 1996-07-09 |
| NELSON, Kenneth Terrance | Director | 1995-05-01 | 1997-11-15 |
| NUSSEY, Brandon | Director | 2004-02-10 | 2007-04-01 |
| QUARMBY, Steven James | Director | — | 1994-05-02 |
| RATZA, Stephanie Lynn | Director | 2007-04-02 | 2014-07-29 |
| REEVES, Raymond | Director | 1996-08-01 | 1996-11-06 |
| REGIER, Gerald Arthur | Director | 1994-05-02 | 1995-04-28 |
| SOULTS, Donald | Director | — | 1996-08-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Descartes Systems Group Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 209 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-10-29 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-08-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2025-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-01-14 | SH19 | capital | capital statement capital company with date currency figure |
| 2025-01-14 | SH20 | capital | legacy |
| 2025-01-14 | CAP-SS | insolvency | legacy |
| 2025-01-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2024-10-24 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-07-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2024-07-19 | SH19 | capital | capital statement capital company with date currency figure |
| 2024-07-19 | SH20 | capital | legacy |
| 2024-07-19 | CAP-SS | insolvency | legacy |
| 2024-07-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2024-07-18 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2024-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-10-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-06-26 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2023-06-26 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2023-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
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