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WINCANTON UK LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 05396052
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2005-03-17
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 49410
Accounts
Pending extraction
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, notwithstanding net current liabilities of £326,103k and net liabilities of £44,235k, consisting primarily of amounts owed to other Group undertakings. The Directors have received confirmation in writing from the Directors of Wincanton Limited (formerly Wincanton plc) ("Group Directors"), that they will provide the necessary support needed, and are satisfied that Wincanton Limited has the ability to provide that support to the Company.”
Subsidiaries
- Wincanton Holdings Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Contract logistics services
- Wincanton Ireland Limited · 100% held · Republic of Ireland · Contract logistics services
- Risk Underwriting (Guernsey) Limited · 100% held · Guernsey · Insurance subsidiary
- Onevast Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Online solutions for warehousing space
- Wincanton Group Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Cygnia Logistics Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Caledonia Bidco Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- C.E.L Group Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- C.E.L (Engineering) Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- C.E.L (Logistics) Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- City Self Storage Limited · 100% held · Republic of Ireland · Dormant
- Dalepak Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Dalepak Holdings Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Data and Records Management Limited · 100% held · Republic of Ireland · Dormant
- Glass Glover Group Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Glass Glover Management Services Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Hanbury Davies Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Hanbury Holdings Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Lane Group plc · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Nair Properties Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Product Support (Holdings) Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Product Support Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- RDL Distribution Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- RDL Holdings Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Roadtanks Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Swales Haulage Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Trans European Holdings Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- W. Carter (Haulage) Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Wincanton Air & Ocean Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Wincanton High Tech Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Wincanton Logistics Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Wincanton Records Management (Ireland) Limited · 100% held · Republic of Ireland · Dormant
- Wincanton TechCo, Incorporated · 100% held · United States of America · Intermediate holding company
- Wincanton Trans European (Ireland) Limited · 100% held · Republic of Ireland · Dormant
- Wincanton Trans European Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
Significant events
- “Following the acquisition of Wincanton Limited by GXO Logistics, Inc. ("GXO") on 29 April 2024, GXO became the ultimate holding and controlling company. As a result, the company has aligned its financial reporting period with GXO, changing its year end to 31 December. These accounts therefore cover the 9 month period from 1 April 2024 to 31 December 2024.”
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
4 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACGREGOR, Stuart Robert | Secretary | 2026-01-30 | — | — |
| FOX, William James Staley | Director | 2023-05-11 | Oct 1965 | British |
| GILL, James Edward | Director | 2025-10-01 | Nov 1976 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Gavin Glen | Director | 2025-10-01 | Oct 1971 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLOFF, Lyn Carol | Secretary | 2019-12-10 | 2025-04-30 |
| DOWLING, Alison Jane | Secretary | 2014-12-03 | 2017-07-07 |
| FORBES, David John | Secretary | 2017-07-07 | 2017-08-14 |
| PHILLIPS, Charles Francis | Secretary | 2005-03-17 | 2010-04-26 |
| RABJOHNS, Louise | Secretary | 2025-05-01 | 2026-01-30 |
| SHARMA, Rajiv | Secretary | 2017-08-14 | 2019-12-10 |
| WILLIAMS, Stephen Philip | Secretary | 2010-04-26 | 2014-09-01 |
| CAPITA COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-09-01 | 2014-12-03 |
| OVALSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-03-17 | 2005-03-17 |
| BATEMAN, Paul | Director | 2005-03-17 | 2005-12-14 |
| BORN, Eric Martin | Director | 2011-03-25 | 2015-07-31 |
| CLARKE, James Ian | Director | 2022-03-01 | 2023-04-25 |
| COLMAN, Adrian Maxwell | Director | 2013-01-07 | 2019-09-02 |
| CONNELL, Gerard Dominic | Director | 2005-03-17 | 2010-06-21 |
| HINTON, Thomas Edward | Director | 2025-06-01 | 2025-09-22 |
| HUNT, Anthony Paul | Director | 2025-10-01 | 2025-11-28 |
| KEMPSTER, Jonathan | Director | 2010-07-22 | 2012-11-12 |
| LAWLOR, Timothy Charles | Director | 2015-09-28 | 2022-02-28 |
| MCFAULL, Graeme | Director | 2005-12-14 | 2010-12-14 |
| WROATH, James Peter Daniel | Director | 2019-09-02 | 2025-05-31 |
| OVAL NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-03-17 | 2005-03-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wincanton Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 124 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2026-01-30 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-10-02 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-10-02 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-10-02 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-09-23 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-06-04 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-06-04 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-05-12 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2025-05-12 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2025-03-18 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-09-03 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company current shortened |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2023-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-08-29 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
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