DFDS PENSION LIMITED
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Cash
£9.6m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£9.9m
Equity attributable
Employees
2
Average over period
Profit before tax
£43k
Period ending 2023-12-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £281,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £44,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £43,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £21,000 | — | |
| Cash | £9,632,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,575,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £9,932,000 | — | |
| Equity | £9,932,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 2 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.7% | |
| Net margin | 7.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 6.2% | |
| Interest cover | 0.05x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- DFDS PENSION LIMITED 2015-01-09 → present
- DFDS LOGISTICS LIMITED 2010-11-22 → 2015-01-09
- NORFOLK LINE LIMITED 1963-12-27 → 2010-11-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of their assessment of the company's financial position the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The defined benefit plan implemented a buy-in during 2025 resulting in the plan becoming fully insured.”
- “On1 August 2025 the Trustees and the employer agreed to a Buy-in and the schedule of contributions ceased as at 31 July 2025. The company paid £858,900 as standard agreed contributions along with an additional £1,447,029 as part of the agreed £16,706,000 buy-in price.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEEK, Andrew | Secretary | 2020-12-03 | — | — |
| BELL, Allan James Macintyre | Director | 2022-01-19 | Feb 1978 | British |
| BOESEN, Karen Dyrskjot | Director | 2026-04-17 | Mar 1971 | Danish |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FITZGERALD, Graham Patrick | Secretary | 2012-10-01 | 2015-01-01 |
| JENSEN, Per Lund | Secretary | 2015-01-01 | 2020-01-31 |
| SPENCER, David John | Secretary | 1992-08-04 | 2012-10-01 |
| THORNTON, Patricia Ann | Secretary | — | 1992-08-04 |
| AL ERHAYEM, Jan | Director | 2002-02-18 | 2005-08-08 |
| ANDERSEN, Flemming Steen | Director | 1996-02-03 | 1997-04-15 |
| BLOM, Diederick Victor Joseph Marie | Director | 1997-11-18 | 2002-02-18 |
| BROWN, Clark Edward | Director | — | 1992-04-09 |
| CARLSEN, Torben | Director | 2010-08-12 | 2026-04-17 |
| GREEN, Edward James | Director | — | 2023-01-30 |
| HANSEN, Bent Eigl | Director | — | 1997-02-13 |
| HULTENGREN, Irving Allan | Director | 1993-12-16 | 1996-02-03 |
| JACOBS, Flemming Robert | Director | — | 1993-12-22 |
| KRUSE, Ib | Director | — | 1993-12-22 |
| MACAULAY, Stephen William | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2022-04-07 |
| OLSEN, Lars Bjorn | Director | 2006-02-14 | 2010-08-12 |
| SLOAN, Derek Geoffrey | Director | 1997-02-13 | 2003-12-15 |
| SMEDERGAARD, Niels | Director | 2010-08-12 | 2019-04-30 |
| SORENSEN, Jorgen Boye | Director | 1997-08-07 | 2001-07-16 |
| TROK, William Arnold | Director | 1992-05-13 | 1993-12-22 |
| WOLDBYE, Thomas | Director | 2003-12-15 | 2010-08-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dfds A/S | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2018-01-01 | Active |
| Dfds Logistics Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2017-02-07 | Ceased 2018-03-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 182 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-06-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.