DAVENTRY INTERNATIONAL RAIL FREIGHT TERMINAL LIMITED
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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
- DAVENTRY INTERNATIONAL RAIL FREIGHT TERMINAL LIMITED 1996-09-06 → present
- ABBCOTT ESTATES LIMITED 1990-10-23 → 1996-09-06
- SHP LIMITED 1990-07-11 → 1990-10-23
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0.14x | 0.09x | |
| 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
- DAVENTRY INTERNATIONAL RAIL FREIGHT TERMINAL LIMITED · parent
- DIRFT East Management Limited 100%
- DIRFT Central Management Limited 100%
- DIRFT South Management Limited 100%
- DIRFT West Management Limited** 0%
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 | |
| 2025-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-12-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2019-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-04-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2018-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2018-08-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2018-08-06 | 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
+0.1%
£260,760 £261,030
-
Cash
+25.6%
£3,973 £4,992
-
Net assets
-10%
-£8,349,673 -£9,180,914
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+57%
-£309,618 -£133,115
-
Profit before tax
+9%
-£925,405 -£842,405
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