POLAR SPEED DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-19 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+15,224.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
-0.8% vs 2023
Employees
725
+13.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£303K
-64.7% vs 2023
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 | £59,834,349 | £74,870,587 | |
| Operating profit | £2,086,973 | £2,652,139 | |
| Profit before tax | £857,101 | £302,922 | |
| Net profit | £563,012 | -£72,536 | |
| Cash | £23,900 | £3,662,657 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,372,650 | £11,193,052 | |
| Net assets | £9,621,480 | £9,548,944 | |
| Equity | £9,621,480 | £9,548,944 | |
| Average employees | 637 | 725 | |
| Wages | £21,318,406 | £25,237,060 |
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 | 3.5% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.1% | 23.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 90.8% | 93.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.96x | 0.94x | |
| Interest cover | 1.50x | 1.05x |
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)
- Auditor
- Deloitte Ireland LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COURT, James Mark | Director | 2023-09-19 | Oct 1967 | British |
| FATHALLAH, Doaa Abdel | Director | 2019-03-05 | Dec 1970 | American |
| JACQUES, William Michael | Director | 2023-09-19 | May 1982 | American |
| SLEIMAN, Andrew | Director | 2025-11-01 | Feb 1980 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, John Anthony | Secretary | 1996-02-05 | 2014-02-07 |
| HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-02-05 | 1996-02-05 |
| CESARONE, Nando | Director | 2016-02-25 | 2018-03-29 |
| CHESHIRE, Alan | Director | 2000-08-01 | 2014-02-07 |
| CHESHIRE, Mumtaz | Director | 1999-01-18 | 2014-02-07 |
| DAWSON, Tony | Director | 2018-11-23 | 2019-03-05 |
| DOBBERSTEIN, Boris | Director | 2018-03-06 | 2019-03-05 |
| DUNSTAN, Peter Kingsley | Director | 2016-05-10 | 2017-04-20 |
| EVANS, John Anthony | Director | 1996-02-05 | 2014-02-07 |
| GRANT, Kevin Nigel Hugh | Director | 2017-07-17 | 2018-08-17 |
| GRAVATT, Andrew Scott | Director | 2019-03-05 | 2023-08-18 |
| HOLMES, Richard Alan | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2017-11-21 |
| KIRK, Simon Noel Craigan | Director | 2019-06-01 | 2023-10-04 |
| MCKAY, Brian Thomas | Director | 1996-02-05 | 2014-02-07 |
| MENSING, Hans Michael | Director | 2014-02-07 | 2017-02-01 |
| MILLER, Cindy Jayne | Director | 2014-02-07 | 2016-02-25 |
| RIVIECCIO JR, Louis Anthony | Director | 2018-03-30 | 2019-03-06 |
| RODRIGUEZ MARQUEZ, Elisabel | Director | 2017-07-13 | 2018-03-06 |
| STEWARDSON, Peter Raoul | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2025-11-17 |
| HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-02-05 | 1996-02-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ups (Uk Holding) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-14 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2022-03-14 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2022-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+25.1%
£59,834,349 £74,870,587
-
Cash
+15,224.9%
£23,900 £3,662,657
-
Net assets
-0.8%
£9,621,480 £9,548,944
-
Employees
+13.8%
637 725
-
Operating profit
+27.1%
£2,086,973 £2,652,139
-
Profit before tax
-64.7%
£857,101 £302,922
-
Wages
+18.4%
£21,318,406 £25,237,060
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