DSV AIR & SEA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-18 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-04
Watchouts
Cash
£137K
+242.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£220M
+21% vs 2023
Employees
518
-1.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£50M
+31.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DSV AIR & SEA LIMITED 2007-01-09 → present
- DFDS TRANSPORT (UK) LIMITED 2001-11-16 → 2007-01-09
- BLUEFLITE LOGISTICS LIMITED 1995-10-16 → 2001-11-16
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £429,662,000 | £503,115,000 | |
| Operating profit | £42,560,000 | £52,061,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £37,865,000 | £49,719,000 | |
| Net profit | £28,707,000 | £37,572,000 | |
| Cash | £40,000 | £137,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £228,069,000 | £275,840,000 | |
| Net assets | £182,124,000 | £220,373,000 | |
| Equity | £182,124,000 | £220,373,000 | |
| Average employees | 526 | 518 | |
| Wages | £26,391,000 | £25,205,000 |
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 | 9.9% | 10.3% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 7.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.7% | 18.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.67x | 1.17x | |
| Interest cover | 5.03x | 8.33x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATTS, Nichola Claire | Secretary | 2026-02-14 | — | — |
| EBBE, Michael | Director | 2024-11-13 | Jan 1970 | Danish |
| EJSING, Brian Skovgaard | Director | 2024-11-13 | Sep 1966 | Danish |
| FRYER, Ian David | Director | 2024-02-14 | Jan 1979 | British |
| NIELSEN, Henrik | Director | 2024-11-13 | Aug 1963 | Danish |
| SOBOTKA, Frank | Director | 2024-11-13 | Jul 1970 | German |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONNOLLY, Declan Sean | Secretary | 1995-10-16 | 1998-06-15 |
| LONCKE, Larsen Jan | Secretary | 2025-05-16 | 2026-02-14 |
| RIDSDALE, Gary Maurice | Secretary | 2004-09-24 | 2025-05-16 |
| WILDE, Alistair Peter | Secretary | 1998-06-15 | 2004-09-24 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-10-16 | 1995-10-16 |
| ANDERSEN, Jens Bjorn | Director | 2013-08-28 | 2024-02-14 |
| BURNHAM, Hugh Bernard | Director | 2002-01-02 | 2007-07-31 |
| CONNOLLY, Declan Sean | Director | 1995-10-16 | 1999-01-28 |
| FRIE, Ole | Director | 1995-10-16 | 2000-11-20 |
| HANSEN, Michael Dyhre | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| LANDRY, Morten | Director | 2019-02-01 | 2024-02-14 |
| LARSEN, Kurt Kokhauge | Director | 2000-11-20 | 2001-06-29 |
| LUND, Jens Hesselberg | Director | 2013-08-28 | 2024-11-19 |
| MOELLER, Joergen | Director | 2002-01-02 | 2015-02-23 |
| NIELSEN, Jens Skibsted | Director | 2001-06-29 | 2002-04-02 |
| PAPE, Soren Holck Lonneker | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2019-01-29 |
| RICHES, Graham Charles | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2012-06-15 |
| RIDSDALE, Gary Maurice | Director | 2002-01-02 | 2013-11-01 |
| TROLLE, Carsten Elmdal | Director | 2015-02-23 | 2024-11-19 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-10-16 | 1995-10-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dsv A/S | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2024-08-07 | Active |
| Dsv Air & Sea Holding A/S | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-11-04 | Ceased 2024-08-07 |
| Dsv A/S | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-02-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
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Turnover
+17.1%
£429,662,000 £503,115,000
-
Cash
+242.5%
£40,000 £137,000
-
Net assets
+21%
£182,124,000 £220,373,000
-
Employees
-1.5%
526 518
-
Operating profit
+22.3%
£42,560,000 £52,061,000
-
Profit before tax
+31.3%
£37,865,000 £49,719,000
-
Wages
-4.5%
£26,391,000 £25,205,000
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