SECURED EXPRESS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-18 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-04
Watchouts
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
the Directors do not consider the Company to be a going concern and have prepared the financial statements on a basis other than going concern.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- SECURED EXPRESS LIMITED 2023-04-18 → present
- THE DELIVERY GROUP LIMITED 2015-04-30 → 2023-04-18
- SECURED MAIL GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 2011-05-17 → 2015-04-30
- STEVTON (NO.495) LIMITED 2011-05-04 → 2011-05-17
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“the Directors do not consider the Company to be a going concern and have prepared the financial statements on a basis other than going concern.”
Group structure
- SECURED EXPRESS LIMITED · parent
- The Delivery Group (Holdings) Limited 100%
- CMS Network (London) Limited 100%
- Secured Mail Limited 100%
- Postal Choices Holdings Limited 100%
- Postal Choices Limited 100%
- The Delivery Group E-Trak Holdings Limited 100%
- E-Trak Logistics Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year ended 2 May 2025, the Directors approved and implemented a change to the Group structure as part of a wider group reorganisation.”
- “As part of the Group's ongoing corporate planning, the Group completed a corporate structure simplification exercise in the year which has resulted in a decrease in the carrying value of investments due to capital reductions and distributions in specie.”
- “The Company completed a corporate structure simplification exercise in the year which has resulted in a decrease in the carrying value of investments due to a capital reduction and distribution in specie of the investment in The Delivery Group Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Jason | Secretary | 2018-07-20 | — | — |
| CARVELL, Paul David | Director | 2011-09-27 | Mar 1955 | British |
| OWEN, Michael John | Director | 2020-02-03 | Jan 1973 | British |
| STOKES, Stephen Leslie | Director | 2015-03-27 | May 1964 | British |
| WILKINS, James Harvey | Director | 2018-07-20 | Jan 1974 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRELL, Malcolm | Director | 2017-05-05 | 2018-03-23 |
| BAXTER, Richard Alistair | Director | 2011-05-04 | 2011-05-27 |
| BIGLEY, Mark Stuart | Director | 2011-05-27 | 2020-05-16 |
| BREWER, Ian Patrick | Director | 2018-07-20 | 2020-02-03 |
| BROD, Jonathan Alfred | Director | 2017-10-05 | 2018-06-22 |
| BROD, Jonathan Alfred | Director | 2011-05-27 | 2013-10-30 |
| DOWIE, Ian | Director | 2017-05-05 | 2018-03-23 |
| EVANS, Meurig Fon | Director | 2024-01-08 | 2025-12-12 |
| GRIFFIN, Andrew David | Director | 2020-02-03 | 2020-04-18 |
| KILROY, Thomas Gerard | Director | 2011-05-27 | 2015-03-27 |
| OWEN, Michael | Director | 2011-05-27 | 2018-03-23 |
| PORTEOUS, Jonathan Ross | Director | 2011-05-04 | 2011-05-27 |
| WALLS, Stephen Roderick | Director | 2011-05-27 | 2018-06-22 |
| WILKINS, James Harvey | Director | 2011-05-27 | 2015-03-27 |
| WOOD, Peter John | Director | 2013-10-30 | 2017-10-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tdg Top Newco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2026-01-30 | Active |
| Tdg 2018 Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-05-22 | Ceased 2026-01-30 |
| Next Wave Partners Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-05-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-29 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-04-29 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-04-29 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-04-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
Latest filed period vs the prior one