CEVA AIR & OCEAN UK LIMITED
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Cash
£4.3M
-62.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£30M
+13.6% vs 2023
Employees
426
+9.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£9.3M
-38.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £409,554,262 | £173,231,674 | £160,450,073 | -7.4% | |
| Operating profit | £40,665,454 | £14,358,946 | £7,446,270 | -48.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £40,738,270 | £15,009,691 | £9,283,523 | -38.1% | |
| Net profit | £32,930,060 | £11,504,395 | £8,841,778 | -23.1% | |
| Cash | £23,871,515 | £11,256,521 | £4,267,235 | -62.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £49,555,224 | £28,458,461 | £35,180,934 | +23.6% | |
| Net assets | £48,207,691 | £26,801,086 | £30,440,864 | +13.6% | |
| Equity | £48,207,691 | £26,801,086 | £30,440,864 | +13.6% | |
| Average employees | 397 | 388 | 426 | +9.8% | |
| Wages | £20,916,571 | £20,321,914 | £19,037,105 | -6.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £203,189 | £228,398 | £420,515 | +84.1% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.9% | 8.3% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | 8.0% | 6.6% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 82.1% | 50.5% | 21.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 55.9% | 63.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.74x | 1.54x | 1.63x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-01-09
- CEVA AIR & OCEAN UK LIMITED 2025-01-09 → present
- CEVA AIR AND OCEAN UK LIMITED 2024-12-05 → 2025-01-09
- BOLLORÉ LOGISTICS UK LTD 2016-01-04 → 2024-12-05
- SDV LTD 2009-12-29 → 2016-01-04
- SDV BERNARD LIMITED 2007-12-27 → 2009-12-29
- J.E.BERNARD & CO.LIMITED 1928-08-17 → 2007-12-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Constantin
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- CEVA AIR & OCEAN UK LIMITED · parent
- Bernard Forwarding Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The recent security and related military activities affecting certain parts of the Middle East is ongoing and remains highly fluid. Shipping lines, vessel owners, air carriers, and ground transportation providers have already implemented, and may continue to implement, war risk premiums, security surcharges, fuel adjustments, rerouting charges, and other extraordinary cost increases in response to the evolving situation. Customers must anticipate additional costs or surcharges.imposed by upstream service providers. The Company remains fully committed to operational continuity and is actively implementing contingency measures and alternative solutions to mitigate disruption and to continue servicing customers to the maximum extent reasonably possible under the circumstances.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FARR, Paul Andrew | Director | 2025-12-24 | Mar 1976 | British |
| GODKIN, Deborah | Director | 2025-01-01 | Jan 1974 | Irish |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRETT, Richard Paul | Secretary | 2023-11-08 | 2025-06-12 |
| BOOTLE, William John | Secretary | 1992-09-01 | 1999-03-24 |
| DAVIES, David Anthony | Secretary | — | 1992-09-01 |
| HOUGH, Alexander John | Secretary | 2007-12-12 | 2011-03-21 |
| LOVE, John David Gavin | Secretary | 2011-03-21 | 2024-01-05 |
| OLIVER, David John | Secretary | 1999-03-24 | 2007-12-12 |
| BLAKELY, David | Director | 2008-04-16 | 2010-07-31 |
| CLEETON, Austen Edgar | Director | — | 2007-02-23 |
| DE ST SIMON, Herbert | Director | 2007-02-23 | 2011-01-01 |
| EHRENBOGEN, Thierry Joseph | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2024-04-01 |
| JANNIN, Bertrand | Director | 2007-02-23 | 2012-01-10 |
| JORE, Didier | Director | 2007-02-23 | 2011-01-01 |
| KIMBER, Edwin Barry | Director | — | 2009-02-10 |
| LE GOUIS, Henri Antoine | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2024-11-25 |
| OLIVER, David John | Director | 1992-03-30 | 2009-03-31 |
| PETIT, Jéróme Gilles | Director | 2024-04-01 | 2025-12-24 |
| RADZIWILL, John | Director | — | 1995-05-12 |
| SMITH, David | Director | 2009-02-10 | 2021-12-31 |
| SMITH, Frank | Director | 2021-12-31 | 2024-12-20 |
| WILSON, Bruce Alan | Director | — | 2007-02-23 |
| WOOD, Alan Reginald | Director | — | 2009-02-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Deborah Godkin | Individual | Significant influence | 2026-02-13 | Active |
| Mr Paul Andrew Farr | Individual | Significant influence | 2026-02-13 | Active |
| Ceva Air & Ocean International Se | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-02-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-13 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-13 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-07 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-09 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-05 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.