PDP COURIER SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-10 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£844K
-44.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-36% vs 2023
Employees
61
-10.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£986K
+5.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PDP COURIER SERVICES LIMITED 1997-06-30 → present
- PDP ACQUISITIONS LIMITED 1997-06-25 → 1997-06-30
- DE FACTO 618 LIMITED 1997-03-27 → 1997-06-25
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 | £14,005,581 | £10,400,941 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,290,928 | -£1,228,960 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,038,428 | -£985,522 | |
| Net profit | -£1,149,878 | -£1,031,708 | |
| Cash | £1,518,385 | £843,711 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,803,698 | £2,096,895 | |
| Net assets | £2,044,117 | £1,308,510 | |
| Equity | £2,044,117 | £1,308,510 | |
| Average employees | 68 | 61 | |
| Wages | £2,809,632 | £2,710,931 |
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 | -9.2% | -11.8% | |
| Net margin | -8.2% | -9.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -46.0% | -58.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.1% | 85.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.81x | 0.75x | |
| Interest cover | -12.52x | -5.63x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors do not consider there to be any material uncertainty relating to the company's ability to continue as a going concern, and they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- PDP COURIER SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- PDP Couriers (Singapore) Pte Limited 1%
- PDP Courier Services (Korea) Limited 1%
- PDP Life Science Logistics India Private Limited 1%
Significant events
- “DHL takeover”
- “Cancellation of the RSUs”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIDDIQUI, Khurram Hussain | Secretary | 2024-04-23 | — | — |
| TREMORIN, Tangi Pierrick | Director | 2021-06-21 | Apr 1975 | French |
| WHITAKER, David | Director | 2022-12-05 | Oct 1965 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOURI, Attul | Secretary | 2018-12-01 | 2024-04-23 |
| BROOKS, Caroline Mary | Secretary | 2007-07-31 | 2008-08-31 |
| GOLDER, David Sidney | Secretary | 1997-06-18 | 2007-07-31 |
| TRAVERS SMITH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-03-27 | 1997-06-18 |
| WHITE HOUSE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1997-07-23 | 2007-07-31 |
| BALKWELL, Paul Anthony | Director | 2000-03-06 | 2013-05-14 |
| BIER, Robert Edward | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2013-08-28 |
| BROOKS, Caroline Mary | Director | 2003-04-28 | 2008-08-31 |
| BROWN, Raymond Keith | Director | 1997-06-18 | 2000-03-01 |
| BRYANT, Clive John | Director | 2008-08-14 | 2014-04-30 |
| CHEVILLON, Guillaume | Director | 2016-02-09 | 2021-06-21 |
| FROST, Derrick Charles | Director | 1997-06-26 | 2007-07-31 |
| GARROW, John Nicholas | Director | 1997-06-18 | 2007-07-31 |
| GILLES, Carole | Director | 2016-02-09 | 2018-07-20 |
| GOLDER, David Sidney | Director | 1997-06-18 | 2007-07-31 |
| HASNIP, Matthew John | Director | 2016-04-08 | 2020-07-30 |
| JOSHI, Manish Endrawadan | Director | 2013-08-28 | 2016-08-03 |
| MACSWINEY, Peter John | Director | 1997-06-18 | 2000-03-01 |
| MCLEISH, Iain Alasdair | Director | 2013-08-28 | 2018-05-18 |
| PETTLER, Mark | Director | 2019-12-11 | 2021-04-15 |
| PICAUD, Cédric | Director | 2016-02-09 | 2021-06-21 |
| SAINT, Timothy Wakelin | Director | 2000-03-06 | 2002-05-26 |
| THOMIS, Joseph, Dr | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2013-08-28 |
| THOMSON, Archibald Thomas James | Director | 2008-08-14 | 2013-08-28 |
| TOTTEN, Joseph Wilson, Doctor | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2016-02-09 |
| VERIK, Yuliya | Director | 2021-06-21 | 2022-12-29 |
| TRAVERS SMITH LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-03-27 | 1997-06-18 |
| TRAVERS SMITH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-03-27 | 1997-06-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spl Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-07-23 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-06-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-06-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
-25.7%
£14,005,581 £10,400,941
-
Cash
-44.4%
£1,518,385 £843,711
-
Net assets
-36%
£2,044,117 £1,308,510
-
Employees
-10.3%
68 61
-
Operating profit
+4.8%
-£1,290,928 -£1,228,960
-
Profit before tax
+5.1%
-£1,038,428 -£985,522
-
Wages
-3.5%
£2,809,632 £2,710,931
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