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DHL GLOBAL FORWARDING (UK) LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 04056042
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2000-08-15
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 52290
Accounts
Pending extraction
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of their assessment of the company's financial position and resources, the directors believe that the Company is well placed to manage its business risks. The company remains profitable, has no external borrowings, and has a £228,814 cash balance and £142,643,000 cash pooling. Therefore, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements. Additionally, the company receives support from its German ultimate parent company, Deutsche Post AG. The directors have received a letter of continued support from Deutsche Post AG for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statement, to enable the company to continue to trade and meet its liabilities as they fall due. Therefore, the directors consider there to be no material uncertainties that may cast doubt on the company's going concern status.”
Subsidiaries
- DHL Trade Fairs and Events (UK) Limited · 100% held · United Kingdom · Lifting & Freight Forwarding for Exhibition Industry
Significant events
- “As we entered 2024, the Ocean freight market saw rates continue to rise due to the action by Houthi Rebels in the Red Sea at the end of 2023, causing vessels to divert by Cape of Good Hope on their voyages between Europe and Asia. Rates in 2024, the increase was quite dramatic seeing rates increase 300%.”
- “However, moving into 2025, rates have begun to drop significantly, with decreased demand due to too much capacity. If rates continue to slide, and carriers see any move toward an uplift in demand, shipping lines will adjust capacity and rates accordingly.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LYON, Paul David | Director | 2025-08-01 | May 1974 | British |
| MEIER, Coelestin Ignaz | Director | 2023-07-01 | May 1977 | Swiss |
| SCHILLING, Thorsten | Director | 2022-08-01 | Sep 1978 | German |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LI, Jane | Secretary | 2015-11-04 | 2018-12-31 |
| SARGEANT, Jane | Secretary | 2011-08-08 | 2011-08-08 |
| TANT, Brian Alan | Secretary | 2000-08-15 | 2011-08-08 |
| EXEL SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-08-08 | 2015-11-04 |
| BARKER, Steven Norman | Director | 2008-03-03 | 2016-12-31 |
| CAMERON, Vari Isabel | Director | 2000-08-15 | 2019-04-08 |
| CHIAVI, Renato | Director | 2000-09-04 | 2001-11-30 |
| CORPE, Geoffrey Leonard | Director | 2006-05-23 | 2006-12-28 |
| COUTTS, Paul William | Director | 2002-03-15 | 2004-06-07 |
| FAHY, Christopher John | Director | 2000-08-25 | 2008-05-12 |
| FOLEY, Ryan Peter | Director | 2024-10-01 | 2025-07-24 |
| GAGNA, Miriam Marcela | Director | 2019-04-08 | 2023-07-01 |
| GROSFELD, Koert Adolf Marie | Director | 2001-02-07 | 2003-12-19 |
| JOHN, Juergen Erich | Director | 2001-11-30 | 2003-03-17 |
| NIELSEN, Jesper | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2014-05-21 |
| OLSSON, Kjell Roger | Director | 2007-01-09 | 2012-02-01 |
| VAN OERLE, Remco Pieter | Director | 2014-05-21 | 2022-06-30 |
| YOUNG, Michael Paul | Director | 2017-03-17 | 2025-08-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhl Global Forwarding International Holdings B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-11-29 | Active |
| Deutsche Post Beteiligungen Holding Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2023-11-24 | Ceased 2024-11-29 |
| Ms Miriam Marcela Gagna | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-04-08 | Ceased 2023-07-19 |
| Mr Michael Paul Young | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-03-17 | Ceased 2023-07-19 |
| Mr Remco Pieter Van Oerle | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-08-15 | Ceased 2022-06-30 |
| Mrs Vari Isabel Cameron | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-08-15 | Ceased 2019-04-08 |
| Mr Steven Norman Barker | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-08-15 | Ceased 2016-12-31 |
| Deutsche Post Dhl Beteiligungen Gmbh | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-11-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-08-01 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-08-01 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-07-24 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-07-14 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2025-01-02 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2024-12-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2024-12-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2024-10-02 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-11-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2023-11-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-07-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2023-07-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2023-07-03 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
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