WINCANTON UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- 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.”
Group structure
- WINCANTON UK LIMITED · parent
- Wincanton Holdings Limited 100%
- Wincanton Ireland Limited 100%
- Risk Underwriting (Guernsey) Limited 100%
- Onevast Limited 100%
- Wincanton Group Limited 100%
- Cygnia Logistics Limited 100%
- Caledonia Bidco Limited 100%
- C.E.L Group Limited 100%
- C.E.L (Engineering) Limited 100%
- C.E.L (Logistics) Limited 100%
- City Self Storage Limited 100%
- Dalepak Limited 100%
- Dalepak Holdings Limited 100%
- Data and Records Management Limited 100%
- Glass Glover Group Limited 100%
- Glass Glover Management Services Limited 100%
- Hanbury Davies Limited 100%
- Hanbury Holdings Limited 100%
- Lane Group plc 100%
- Nair Properties Limited 100%
- Product Support (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Product Support Limited 100%
- RDL Distribution Limited 100%
- RDL Holdings Limited 100%
- Roadtanks Limited 100%
- Swales Haulage Limited 100%
- Trans European Holdings Limited 100%
- W. Carter (Haulage) Limited 100%
- Wincanton Air & Ocean Limited 100%
- Wincanton High Tech Limited 100%
- Wincanton Logistics Limited 100%
- Wincanton Records Management (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Wincanton TechCo, Incorporated 100%
- Wincanton Trans European (Ireland) Limited 100%
- Wincanton Trans European Limited 100%
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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
Latest filed period vs the prior one