DB CARGO (UK) HOLDINGS LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-31 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-07-17

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1M

+26.1% vs 2023

Net assets

£205M

0% vs 2023

Employees

—

Average over period

Profit before tax

-£116K

+91.1% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

DB CARGO (UK) HOLDINGS LIMITED 2016-03-01 → present
DB SCHENKER RAIL (UK) HOLDINGS LIMITED 2013-02-28 → 2016-03-01
ENGLISH WELSH & SCOTTISH RAILWAY HOLDINGS LIMITED 1996-07-10 → 2013-02-28
NORTH AND SOUTH RAILWAYS LIMITED 1995-10-16 → 1996-07-10

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Industrials median

DB CARGO (UK) HOLDINGS LIMITED·Industrials median · n=6236

Accounts

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

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—
Operating profit	-£1,297,000	-£201,000
Profit before tax	-£1,310,000	-£116,000
Net profit	-£1,011,000	-£74,000
Cash	£833,000	£1,050,000
Total assets less current liabilities	£204,870,000	£204,796,000
Net assets	£204,870,000	£204,796,000
Equity	£204,870,000	£204,796,000
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
Return on capital employed		-0.6%	-0.1%

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: KPMG LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The company participates in cash pooling arrangements with Deutsche Bahn AG (DBAG) and operates these to manage working capital. This is a long standing arrangement which the company has been party to for a number of years. A letter of comfort has been provided by DBAG to confirm the funds in the cash pooling facility will remain available on request. Future forecasts show that credit facilities are not required in order for the company to continue as a going concern. The company has provided a letter of support across the DB Cargo UK group.”

Group structure

DB CARGO (UK) HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
1. DB Cargo Services Limited 100% · England & Wales · Provision of services to the rail industry
2. DB Cargo Maintenance Limited 100% · England & Wales · Design, refurbishment and maintenance of rail wagons and fleet management services
3. Rail Terminal Services Limited 100% · England & Wales · Haulage of freight by rail and other rail related services
4. DB Cargo International Limited 100% · England & Wales · Haulage of freight by rail
5. Rail Express Systems Limited 100% · England & Wales · Provision of charter & passenger services
6. DB Cargo (UK) Limited 100% · England & Wales · Haulage of freight
7. Engineering Support Group Limited 100% · England & Wales · Provision of technical engineering consultancy services to the rail industry
8. Railway Approvals Limited 100% · England & Wales · Inspection & certification of rolling stock
9. DB Cargo Information Services Limited 100% · England & Wales · Provision of information systems & services to the rail industry
10. Locomotive Operating Leasing Partnership 100% · England & Wales · Provision of locomotives for leasing contracts
11. Locomotive 6667 Limited 100% · England & Wales · Holding company

Significant events

“The European Commission has concluded the state aid proceedings, pending since 2022, against the Federal Republic of Germany (federal government) concerning DB Cargo AG with its decision of November 29, 2024.”
“The profit transfer agreement between DB AG and DB Cargo AG has been terminated and will no longer be in effect as of January 1, 2025.”

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

People

3 active · 40 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
YOUNG, Helen Louise	Secretary	2016-10-01	—	—
HARDY, Deborah Anne	Director	2021-02-16	Apr 1968	British
ROSSI, Andrea	Director	2013-12-01	Aug 1975	British

Show 40 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BUTCHER, Simon Patrick	Secretary	2004-07-16	2006-07-26
DAVIES, Michelle Karen	Secretary	2006-07-26	2008-06-30
GOLD, Paul Gerald	Secretary	2015-06-17	2016-09-30
RISSMAN, Thomas William	Secretary	1995-10-16	1997-01-22
SHAW, William George Armstrong	Secretary	2008-06-30	2010-10-22
SUNNUCKS, William D'Urban	Secretary	1997-01-22	2000-04-05
TINGLE, Christopher James	Secretary	2010-10-22	2015-05-10
TREBILCOCK, Christopher Gordon	Secretary	2000-04-06	2004-07-15
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	1995-10-16	1995-10-16
BODGER, Stephen Graham	Director	2000-11-15	2003-07-18
BODGER, Stephen Graham	Director	2000-07-12	2000-07-12
BRAYBROOK, Ian Kenneth	Director	1996-05-21	2000-01-02
BRIAN LORD GRIFFITHS OF FFORESTFACH, Brian	Director	1996-05-21	2007-11-13
BURKHARDT, Edward Arnold	Director	1996-02-01	1999-07-22
BUTCHER, Simon Patrick	Director	2007-11-13	2008-06-09
CLARKE, Rosalind Julia Georgina, Lady	Director	1996-05-21	1997-11-18
CONGER, Hamdi	Director	2005-07-29	2007-11-13
DAVIS, Leigh Robert	Director	1997-01-21	1998-09-15
DAVIS, Leigh Robert	Director	1995-10-16	1996-05-14
FERENBACH, Carl	Director	1995-10-16	2007-11-13
FINN, Sean	Director	2003-01-22	2007-11-13
GIBBS, Alan Timothy	Director	1999-09-15	2003-07-14
HARRISON, E Hunter	Director	2001-11-14	2002-03-13
HELLER, Keith Louis	Director	2002-03-13	2010-01-31
LAWRENCE, Michael Ronald	Director	2008-06-09	2011-08-01
LUBIN, Richard Keith	Director	1996-05-21	2004-11-17
LÜBS, Andreas Hugo Heinrich	Director	2011-08-01	2013-12-01
MENGEL, Philip R	Director	2000-01-12	2003-11-28
MONGEAU, Claude	Director	2001-11-14	2007-11-13
MORLEY, Rupert Oliver Henry	Director	1998-09-15	1999-09-15
POWER, Thomas Francis	Director	1995-10-16	2001-11-14
PRICE, Rodney Francis	Director	1996-05-21	1998-09-15
RICHWHITE, David Mackellar	Director	1995-12-06	2007-11-13
RISSMAN, Thomas William	Director	1995-10-16	2001-11-14
TELLIER, Paul M	Director	2001-11-14	2003-01-22
THAUVETTE, Alain	Director	2010-02-01	2016-07-21
WERNER, Hans-Georg	Director	2016-07-21	2020-08-31
WHEELER, Robert Hobert	Director	1999-09-15	2001-11-14
WHEELER, Robert Hobert	Director	1995-10-16	1996-05-14
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Director	1995-10-16	1995-10-16

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Db Cargo Aktiengesellschaft	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2018-12-07	Active
Db (Uk) Investments Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2018-12-07

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 281 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-08-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-07-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-10-02	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-10-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-07-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-10-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-07-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-07-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-08-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-07-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-02-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-02-16	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2020-09-07	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2020-07-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-10-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-07-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2019-07-19	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2019-07-19	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

—

Not reported
Cash

+26.1%

£833,000 £1,050,000
Net assets

0%

£204,870,000 £204,796,000
Employees

—

Not reported
Operating profit

+84.5%

-£1,297,000 -£201,000
Profit before tax

+91.1%

-£1,310,000 -£116,000

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

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