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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-03 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2025-12-20

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£5K

+25.6% vs 2023

Net assets

-£9M

-10% vs 2023

Employees

Average over period

Profit before tax

-£842K

+9% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. DAVENTRY INTERNATIONAL RAIL FREIGHT TERMINAL LIMITED 1996-09-06 → present
  2. ABBCOTT ESTATES LIMITED 1990-10-23 → 1996-09-06
  3. SHP LIMITED 1990-07-11 → 1990-10-23

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £260,760£261,030
Operating profit -£309,618-£133,115
Profit before tax -£925,405-£842,405
Net profit -£914,253-£831,241
Cash £3,973£4,992
Total assets less current liabilities £2,181,319£2,189,520
Net assets -£8,349,673-£9,180,914
Equity -£8,349,673-£9,180,914
Average employees
Wages

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin -118.7%-51.0%
Net margin -350.6%-318.4%
Return on capital employed -14.2%-6.1%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 375.0%412.4%
Current ratio 0.14x0.09x
Interest cover -0.50x-0.19x

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 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Abridged
Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
Auditor
KPMG
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The company had net liabilities of £9,180,914 (2023: £8,349,673) as at 31 December 2024. The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements which indicate that, taking account of reasonably possible downsides, the company will have sufficient funds through DIRFT operations. If the company is unable to meet its liabilities as they fall due, Prologis, Inc. ("the ultimate controlling party") indicated its intention to continue to make available such funds as are needed by the company for the period covered by the forecasts. The company is in receipt of a letter of support from Prologis, Inc. indicating its intention to provide continued financial support to the company for at least 12 months from the date of the approval of the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. DAVENTRY INTERNATIONAL RAIL FREIGHT TERMINAL LIMITED · parent
    1. DIRFT East Management Limited 100% · United Kingdom
    2. DIRFT Central Management Limited 100% · United Kingdom
    3. DIRFT South Management Limited 100% · United Kingdom
    4. DIRFT West Management Limited** 0% · United Kingdom

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 16 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
SMITH, Nicholas David Mayhew Secretary 2009-07-13 British
SMITH, Nicholas David Mayhew Director 2013-08-07 Oct 1968 British
WESTON, Paul David Director 2018-11-01 Nov 1968 British
Show 16 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
CHETTLE, David Secretary 2000-01-06 2006-11-03
STEPHENSON, Mark William Secretary 2006-11-03 2009-07-10
HP SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 2000-01-06
BRILEY, Andrew Director 2007-06-08 2008-06-30
CURTIS, Alan James Director 2007-06-08 2008-05-30
GRIFFITHS, Andrew Donald Director 2007-02-09 2019-04-10
HALL, Kenneth Robert Director 2007-06-08 2008-06-30
HAYNES, John Stuart Richard Director 1998-09-01 2007-01-02
JONES, Jeffrey Director 2007-06-08
LARNDER, Stuart Martin Director 1991-10-31
LEWIS, Mark Andrew Director 2007-06-08 2013-09-30
LEWIS, Mark Andrew Director 2007-01-02 2007-02-09
LONG, Peter Cyril Director 1992-01-10 1998-09-01
LUDLOW, Paul Arnott Director 2006-07-03
MATTIN, David William Director 1991-12-06 1992-01-10
ROPER, Michael John Director 2001-11-16

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Prologis (Stp) Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2016-04-20 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 151 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-12-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-01-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-08-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-01-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-07-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-01-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-12-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-12-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-12-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-01-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-09-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2019-12-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2019-12-20 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2019-10-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2019-05-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-04-26 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2018-11-14 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2018-08-30 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2018-08-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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